Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram region fined one Saleh Carpet Mill and a union parishad chairman for assisting in the set-up and operation of a factory which eventually caused pollution in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila.

The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase today approved eight procurement proposals, including setting up of a 42.5MW waste to energy power project in Dhaka.

Ethiopia’s military has defeated local forces in the west of Tigray state, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says, accusing his foes of atrocities during a week of fighting that threatens to destabilise the Horn of Africa.

In their first calls with Joe Biden since the US election, the leaders of Japan, South Korea and Australia have reaffirmed plans to form close ties with the president-elect to tackle issues including climate change and regional security.

Police arrested three persons including the owner of City Health Clinic in Chattogram's Chawkbazar area last night and sealed it off in connection with an abortion-related death.

The Malaysian government will implement two plans involving undocumented migrants, including regulating their presence in the country by ensuring that they are legally employed, Malaysia’s Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin has announced.

A 72-year-old retired teacher from Pabna proved that it is never too late to learn and achieve as he passed his Masters examinations with the best score in his batch.

Samia Islam, 13, a class-8 student, and Abu Hanif, 45, a van driver, were killed when the van they were in was hit by a truck.

Dr AA Mamun, a renowned professor of Physics department at Jahangirnagar University, has been selected among the top two percent of the most cited scientists in the world in a journal published by Stanford University based researchers in the US.

Police arrested another director of Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-Addiction Hospital from the capital's Dhanmondi area today, following the death of senior ASP Anisul Karim allegedly after being assaulted by hospital staffers on Monday.

At least 1,026 people were killed in 1,011 motorcycle accidents in the country from January to October this year.

On behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Rajshahi district administration today began looking after Dil Afroze Khuki.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged everyone to protect the society from militancy, terrorism, corruption and drug abuse to strengthen the younger generation for development of the country.

The High Court today ordered the authorities concerned of the government to take necessary steps to stop the encroachment of the Talma river in Panchagarh in the next 72-hours.

Thirteen 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).

At least eight buses and a minibus were torched in different parts of Dhaka within a span of a few hours this afternoon.

Government has extended the closure of educational institutions till December 19 in a bid to combat the spread of Covid-19.

A tribunal in Dhaka today fixed November 19 for delivering verdict in the case filed over the rape of a DU student in the capital's Kurmitola this year.

Zoynul Abedin, proprietor of Hanif Paribahan, died of Covid-19 last night at the age of 87.

Prothom Alo Editor and Publisher Matiur Rahman and eight others have been indicted in a case filed over the death of Dhaka Residential Model College student Naimul Abrar Rahat at a Kishor Alo programme last year.