Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said eight “iconic” mosques with all modern facilities will be built in eight divisions of the country with Saudi assistance.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today reported 20 more dengue cases in 24 hours.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked administration cadre officers to take proper measures against social ills like rape, terrorism, militancy and corruption, without considering the identities and political affiliations of the criminals.

The government has taken the decision, in principle, to hand over the charge of drainage system to Dhaka north and south city corporations. Up until now, drainage system has been under Wasa’s jurisdiction.

Dhaka seeks strong partnership with the UK to address the fallouts of climate change that threaten life and livelihood of millions of people. At a virtual meeting with UK State Minister Lord Ahmed on Wednesday, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam hoped for further engagement of UK both in Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) and Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) South Asia.

A woman and her child were killed and five injured as a bus hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw on Lalmonirhat-Burimari road in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat.

Prof Amit Chakma, the first Bangladeshi to take over as Vice-Chancellor and President of University of Western Australia (UWA), has been accorded a reception.

Six youths have been sued for allegedly raping two girls while they went to visit Tetulia in Panchagarh on Tuesday.

A teenage boy was shot dead as wildlife hunters were checking their firearms at Lohagara in Chattogram yesterday evening.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed her profound shock and sorrow at the death of Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona.

More than 60 million cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected worldwide, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP as of 1830 GMT on Wednesday.

All adults should do a minimum of 150 minutes of vigorous physical activity per week, even more vital for well-being and mental health in the COVID-19 era, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday in its first guidance in a decade.

President-elect Joe Biden said Wednesday that Americans "won't stand" for attempts to derail the US election outcome, as Donald Trump called for the results to be overturned.

The High Court has justified the law that empowered the courts of the country to virtually carry out judicial proceedings through videoconferencing and other digital means, and summarily rejected a writ petition that challenged the legality of the Usage of Information Communication Technology by Court Act, 2020.

The Bangladesh Bar Council will hold the written test of candidates for advocateship on December 19.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has laid emphasis on creating highly skilled manpower to meet future needs as the world is now talking about the fourth industrial revolution.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) today demanded effective enforcement of law to stop violence against women in society as crimes like rape can't be stopped due to lack of exemplary punishment in most cases.

About 100 pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins have died in a mass stranding on the remote Chatham Islands, about 800 km (497 miles) off New Zealand’s east coast, officials said on Wednesday.

Rights activists have brought out a torch procession with the slogan “Muktir Michhil” (March for Freedom) in Dhaka protesting the violence against women across the country.

The High Court today questioned the legality of two provisions of the ninth wage board award involving the payment of income tax of journalists and workers of newspapers and news agencies and their gratuity.