A student of polytechnic institute was stabbed to death over a trifling matter in Cox's Bazar Sadar upazila today.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has initiated a nationwide training programme for officials of duty stations and other stakeholders on the proposed customs law in a bid to implement it from next year.

Thousands of people have joined a protest led by high school students in Bangkok to call for education reforms as well as the demands of a broader movement pushing to remove the government and curb the powers of the monarchy.

Amid the rise in Covid-19 deaths and infections, the number of dengue cases are also seeing an uptick in the country, especially in Dhaka this month.

Wealthy nations have reiterated their opposition to a proposal to waive intellectual property rules for Covid-19 drugs, despite pressure to make an exception to improve access to drugs for poorer countries.

Leaders of the 20 biggest world economies (G20) will debate this weekend how to deal with the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic that has caused a global recession and how to manage the recovery once the coronavirus is under control.

The chiefs of the three services today paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day 2020.

Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Motijheel division arrested three persons earlier today, for allegedly being involved in torching a bus in the capital's Paltan area on November 12.

Hong Kong reported 26 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, the highest in nearly three months as the government suspended on-site classes for Primary One to Three pupils for two weeks, starting Monday.

Two people were killed and 10 others injured as a gas cylinder, used for inflating balloons, exploded in Borhanuddin upazila of Bhola last night.

Bangladesh and Jordan are in discussions to convene bilateral Foreign Office Consultations (FOC), with a view to strengthening the bilateral relations in areas of tourism, trade and investment, as well as employment and recruitment of Bangladeshi workers in Jordan.

Detectives arrested four members of a fraud gang which produced counterfeit revenue stamps and postage stamps and circulate those in the markets.

The Bangladesh government made 241 requests for data to Facebook in the first half of 2020, a new record high.

Transport workers in Barguna went on an indefinite strike on all routes in the district since this morning, protesting attack on Barguna Minibus Workers Union general secretary Imam Hasan.

More than 1,000 demonstrators attacked a Carrefour Brasil supermarket in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on Friday after security guards beat to death a Black man at the store.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken to Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and raised the UK’s ongoing concerns over the Rohingya crisis and conflict in Rakhine.

The impact of Covid-19 on women in the garment industry in the region has worsened due to underlying challenges, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Donald Trump Jr, the eldest son of President Donald Trump, was quarantining Friday after learning he has been infected with the coronavirus, a spokesperson said.

Eight people were injured in a shooting at a US mall in Wisconsin on Friday according to police, who said they were still hunting for the shooter.

Rapid Action Battalion arrested a businessman -- Monir Hossain, known as "Golden Monir" -- from his Badda residence in Dhaka earlier today on charges of possessing illegal firearms and drugs.