Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad today said the government has taken step to provide certificates to returning migrant workers based on the skills they acquired in host countries.

A Dhaka court today sent Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Salim's son Mohammad Erfan Salim and his bodyguard Zahidul Mollah to jail after rejecting their bail petitions in a case filed over assaulting navy official Lt Wasif Ahmed Khan.

Fishermen started preparation for netting hilsa as the 22-day ban on catching, selling, hoarding and transporting of the fish will end after midnight today.

Department of Environment (DoE) of Chattogram region fined 25 businesses including 22 brick kilns Tk 17.31 lakh for violating DoE conditions.

Saudi Arabia announces new plans to ease foreign workers’ contractual restrictions, improving a controversial seven-decade-old sponsorship system known as kafala.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal hopes that the country’s foreign currency reserves will reach $50 billion by December 2021.

The United States has formally exited the Paris Agreement, fulfilling an old promise by President Donald Trump to withdraw the world's second-largest greenhouse gas emitter from the global pact to fight climate change.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Bangladesh today signed loan agreements worth $160 million to establish a modern and sustainable sewerage system in Khulna.

Bangladesh Civil Society for Migrants today expressed grave concern at the wretched condition of several hundred Bangladeshis stranded in different locations near the Croatia-Bosnia border.

Bangladesh has reaffirmed its commitment to respect everyone’s religious and cultural sensitivity, conveying to the French government that no religion supports killings.

The High Court today admitted for hearing the appeal filed by Ayesha Siddika Minni challenging the Barguna court verdict that convicted and sentenced her to death in the Rifat Sharif murder case.

President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden today each faced narrow paths to potential victory in a close-fought US presidential election that will be determined by a razor-thin margin.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) will give public university students interest-free loan by January 2021, so that they can buy smartphones and attend online classes amid the pandemic.

Rapper Kanye West on Tuesday voted for himself as the next US president after a long-shot campaign marked by erratic statements and speculation that he might siphon some Black votes from Democrat Joe Biden.

A Dhaka court today reframed charges against five members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) in a case filed over the murder of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu in 2015.

Five people, including an officer of local Fisheries and Livestock Department, were injured in an alleged attack by fishermen at Ilisha Bongerchar in Bhola early today during a drive to protect hilsa.

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

Democrat Joe Biden’s campaign says it will fight any efforts by President Donald Trump’s campaign to go to the US Supreme Court to prevent ballots from being tabulated.

If elected US president, Joe Biden will restore economic assistance to the Palestinians and reopen the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) office in Washington, reports Al Arabiya quoting Kamala Harris as saying.

Five more people have been arrested in connection with the brutal killing of Abu Yunus Md Shahidunnabi Jewel in Lalmonirhat early this morning.