Bangladesh Mahila Parishad’s Central Committee has elected Dr Fauzia Moslem as its new president, said a press release, signed by Maleka Banu, general secretary of the organisation.

A total of 1,60,566 individuals and organisations have grabbed 2.57 lakh acres of forest land across the country.

One person was arrested in Gazipur in a case filed under the pornography act on charge of raping a young woman and filming the crime.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today halted the High Court bail for four accused in two separate cases filed over the killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya in May last year.

A national initiative has taken off in Malaysia to place foreign workers at hotels temporarily to address the worsening Covid-19 situation in the country caused by poor living conditions.

A total of 31,160 people were vaccinated on the first day of countrywide inoculation programme.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked Norway to invest more in Bangladesh's economic zones, especially in the ICT and jute sectors, to get easy access to markets in South and Southeast Asia.

A man was sentenced to life term today for raping his seven-year-old daughter in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area in April 2018.

Hundreds of members of the Mro community brought out a long march today -- from Chimbuk Hill to Bandarban town -- in protest against construction of a five-star hotel and tourist spot in Chimbuk Hill, which they believe is “a threat to the forest, biodiversity and environment of the area”.

Reza Kibria, general secretary of Gono Forum, has resigned from the party post and its membership citing personal reasons.

A journalist was injured in an attack by a group of people in Basail upazila of Tangail today.

Britain will not introduce Covid-19 vaccine passports, but people will be able to seek proof from their doctor if needed for travel to other countries, vaccine deployment minister Nadhim Zahawi said today.

Fifteen people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

After taking the first shot of Covid-19 vaccine at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder and trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury today called upon all to get inoculated.

The United Nations special envoy on Yemen is visiting Iran for the first time to discuss Yemen’s crisis, Iranian state TV reported on Sunday, days after Washington announced an end to its support for Saudi-led military operations in Yemen

About 150 labourers working in a power project were reported to have gone missing after a glacier broke and crashed into a dam in India’s Himalayan state of Uttarakhand's Chamoli district today.

The High Court today directed Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Sylhet to hold the trial of both charges: gang rape and snatching valuables of the victim at Sylhet's MC College in September last year.

Shots were heard today as police broke up a protest in the southeastern town of Myawaddy against Myanmar’s junta, which was demanding the release of Aung San Suu Kyi after last week’s coup, live video published on Facebook showed.

The eighth episode of Mujib Graphic Novel, a series on the life of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be unveiled this evening.

The World Bank yesterday approved $40 million to help Bangladesh expand the coverage of electronic government procurement (e-GP), with new features to respond to the Covid-19 challenges.