The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today confiscated assets worth Tk 100 crore of expelled Juba League office secretary Kazi Anisur Rahman.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, at the cabinet meeting, has asked all concerned to be tougher in ensuring the compulsory use of masks.

Sixteen new dengue cases were recorded in the country, mostly in Dhaka, in the 24 hours until this morning.

Ethiopian federal forces are encircling the Tigray region’s capital from around 50 km (31 miles), the government has said, after giving the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) a 72-hour surrender ultimatum.

The cabinet with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair today approved the draft of Bangladesh Film Artists’ Welfare Trust Act-2020 to ensure welfare of actors and actresses of the country’s film industry and enhance their professional excellence.

Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram region today fined 12 businesses Tk 6,61,000 for polluting environment and breaking environmental laws.

Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik has said that his party -- Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) -- will welcome BJP's move “if it creates one country by merging India, Pakistan and Bangladesh,” reports Indian news channel NDTV.

Police have arrested a death row convict who has been on the run for 14 years after killing his wife and child in Bagerhat.

Patrick Quinn, whose personal battle with ALS helped power the Ice Bucket Challenge fundraising campaign, died on Sunday at age 37, seven years after his diagnosis, supporters announced on Facebook.

Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change, hit record highs last year and have continued climbing this year, despite measures to halt the pandemic, the UN said Monday.

Eleven shops were burned to ashes in a fire that broke out at Burinbazar in Lalmonirhat’s Sadar upazila this morning.

A member of Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet and Likud party confirmed media reports on Monday that the Israeli prime minister had held a meeting in Saudi Arabia, calling it an “amazing achievement”.

The world has finally got two Covid-19 vaccines, which are said to be highly effective. Will the people of Bangladesh have access to those as fast as they expect? Experts say there are challenges.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday became the latest world leader to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden on his election victory, saying she offered to share her nation’s expertise on dealing with the coronavirus.

Twenty-eight people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A Dhaka court today acquitted BNP’s Ishraque Hossain, a candidate of the last Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) election, in a case filed for not submitting his wealth statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

An elephant was found dead near a forest in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram this morning.

Nearly 2 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines will be shipped and flown to developing countries next year in a “mammoth operation”, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said on Monday, as world leaders vowed to ensure the fair distribution of vaccines.

The High Court today dropped from its cause list a writ petition that sought a stay order on Dhaka South City Corporation's (DSCC) move to relocate stray dogs.

Ministry of Liberation War Affairs has formed a committee to scrutinise the list of intellectuals, who sacrificed their lives during the Liberation War in 1971.