India’s Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has approved a proposal to levy a “green tax” on old vehicles polluting the environment, an official statement said today.

Thirty-eight Bangladeshi boys and girls returned home from India through the Benapole check post this evening after languishing in jail there for two years.

The Vulnerable 20 Group of Finance Ministers (V20) have highlighted mounting pressures to their economies amidst climate disasters and the Covid-19 pandemic during the inaugural Global Climate Adaptation (GCA) Summit.

A man has been arrested in Rajshahi for sexually harassing women while being in guise of a beggar.

An independent mayor candidate of Jajira municipality election in Shariatpur has filed a written complaint against Shariatpur-1 lawmaker Md Iqbal Hossain with the returning officer, bringing allegations of violating the electoral code of conduct.

Police arrested a private university student from Dhaka on charge of raping a student of another university in October last year and blackmailing her for months afterwards.

The inaugural session for Covid-19 vaccination will be held at 3:30pm on Wednesday.

Authorities have deployed 25 platoons of Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) across Chattogram city ahead of the upcoming Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) elections scheduled for January 27.

The Election Commission (EC) cannot avoid responsibility for any kind of clash which occurs centering the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls, Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder said in a statement today.

Water transport workers have withdrawn their work abstentions following the authorities' assurance to meet their demand.

Tour operators and tourist guides will have to get registered to offer their services, according to a proposed new law.

A Dhaka court today placed two close associates of PK Halder on a five-day remand each in a Tk 70.82 crore money laundering case.

Captain Mahbubur Rahman and Captain Syed Nazmul Hasan have been elected president and general secretary of Bangladesh Airlines’ Pilot Association for a two-year term.

Two eighth-graders were killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Barishal Highway at Hamirdi under Bhanga upazila in Faridpur today.

The government has set a target of earning four billion dollars in foreign currency by 2025 through exporting ships.

The High Court today cleared the lower court concerned to continue the trial proceedings against Partha Gopal Banik, a suspended deputy inspector general (prisons) of Sylhet division, in a case filed over the recovery of Tk 80 lakh from his residence in Dhaka.

Police have arrested a madrasa teacher for allegedly raping a seven-year-old in Benopole, Jashore today.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said that the amount of default loans in the banking sector decreased, riding on the rules and regulations which were relaxed by the central bank.

Eighteen 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).

An Indian national was arrested at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport last evening while he was trying to board a UK-bound flight with a fake visa.