Britain’s Labour opposition has suspended its former leader Jeremy Corbyn after he downplayed a report that detailed serious failings in the party’s handling of persistent anti-Semitism complaints during his 2015-2019 leadership.

Ayesha Siddique Minni, wife of Rifat Sharif who was sentenced to death in the case filed over his murder in Barguna, has been sent to Kashimpur Women’s Central Jail from Barguna jail amid tight security.

Director of Institute of Public Health (IPH) Dr Muhammad Abdur Rahim has sought apology for the notice he issued to his colleagues for adhering to a specific dress code.

The health ministry has filed a departmental case against the Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital director Prof Dr Uttam Kumar Barua for corruption worth around Tk 6.4 crore in purchasing medical equipment.

An assistant sub-inspector of Rangpur police was sent to jail today after he was arrested in a case filed over gang-rape of a ninth grader, said police.

Bangladesh and India had “fruitful discussions” on modalities of conducting clinical trials in Bangladesh for Covid-19 vaccine development.

Future pandemics will happen more often, kill more people and wreak even worse damage to the global economy than Covid-19 without a fundamental shift in how humans treat nature, the United Nations' biodiversity panel said Thursday.

A nationwide study found that 63 percent of men -- from both urban and rural areas -- agreed that “wives can be hit if they deny to have sex with their husbands” while another 62 percent believed that “there are times when wives deserve to be beaten.”

A Dhaka court today granted ad-interim bail to suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid, in connection with a case filed for amassing Tk 3.08 crore beyond known sources of income.

The Indo-China and US-China tensions can have a “deep negative shadow” on cooperation within the region, including Bangladesh’s economic cooperation with China, two foreign relations analysts have said.

A structure made of local materials at Dinajpur’s Rudrapur village has been selected for an international architecture award. Anandaloy, an eye-catching construction made out of natural resources such as mud and bamboo situated in Biral upazila, some 25kms away from Dinajpur district town, was named winner of the Obel Award 2020 on October 21.

The University Grants Commission with the help of independent experts will review a software developed to conduct admission tests online for enrolling first year honours students at public universities under 2020-21 academic session.

Authorities of Dhaka University have decided to halve the development fees of students of the ongoing 2019-2020 academic session.

Global temperatures boosted by climate change will still be higher than usual despite the cooling effect of a "moderate to strong" La Nina weather phenomenon, the UN said today.

Jagannath University students today stood in a human chain to press home a decade-old demand -- they want their dormitories back. Some 12 dormitories are currently occupied by different factions, the students alleged, including lawmaker of the area Haji Salim.

Against the backdrop of the Institute of Public Health (IPH) asking its Muslim employees to follow specific dress code, State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain has said no official can issue such circular.

France has raised the security alert for French territory to the highest level after the knife attack in the city of Nice, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government is working towards make Bangladesh economically self-dependent so that people can live a life of dignity.

On October 25, 2020, a 14-year-old girl from the Kalia village in Basail upazila, Tangail, reportedly died due to excessive genital bleeding after being admitted at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

Dr Muhammad Abdur Rahim, director of the institute under the health directorate, in a circular issued on Wednesday asked male employees to wear clothes above the ankle and women below the ankle with hijab.