The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Liberation War Affairs Ministry today recommended increasing Freedom Fighters’ (FFs) monthly honourarium to Tk 20,000.

Law enforcers have arrested two persons accused in the case filed over the gang-rape of a woman on Friday at Murari Chand (MC) College in Sylhet.

Sri Lanka has shipped back to Britain 21 container-loads of waste that the government said was brought into the island in violation of international laws governing the shipping of hazardous material.

A Dhaka court today granted bail to Sherpur District BNP Vice-President Md Hazrat Ali in a case filed on charges of embezzling Tk 69.58 crore from Farmers Bank Ltd.

In a letter today, the Communist Party of China extended its warm congratulations to Sheikh Hasina on the eve of her 74th birthday.

The parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Information today recommended the concerned ministry to quickly complete the registration of online news portal as the government has made registration mandatory for operating online news portals.

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed profound shock at the demise of Bangladesh Government's chief legal adviser Attorney General Mahbubey Alam.

Staffers of the sample collection centre at the Dhaka North City Corporation market delivered a Covid-19 test report within just nine hours of sample collection of a Saudi-bound expatriate Bangladeshi worker.

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam has passed away at 7:25pm this evening at Dhaka’s Combined Military Hospital.

Police seized eight tonnes of government rice, contained in 134 sacks, which were allegedly being smuggled for the black market, in Sirajganj’s Shahzadpur upazila today.

The government has appointed new deputy commissioners to Chapainawabganj and Shariatpur districts.

Bangladesh has requested the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to increase flights between the two countries so that the expatriates stranded here can return to their workplaces smoothly.

UNDP Bangladesh has launched a social media campaign with the hashtag #MaskUpBangladesh to encourage the use of masks.

Forty-five years after founding his fashion group, Giorgio Armani has come up with a new way of showing his latest catwalk creations - a prime-time TV show.

The bodies of two Palestinian fishermen who Palestinian officials say were shot dead by Egyptian naval forces were returned to Gaza, the territory’s ruling Islamist group Hamas has said.

All nine accused in the gang-rape of a Chakma girl in Khagrachhari are members of a robbery gang, police said today.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is poised to retain power at next month’s election, a widely watched poll has showed, although it said a recent Covid-19 outbreak has dented her support slightly.

At least thirty-two people died with Covid-19 and 1,275 new infections were recorded in the country in the last 24 hours.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended heartiest felicitations to Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of her 74th birthday, to be celebrated tomorrow.

Nonstop rain, over the last 12 hours, has caused unprecedented waterlogging in most areas of Rangpur district.