Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad said the government has taken the initiative to provide training to Bangladeshi migrant workers currently living abroad with an aim to create skilled workforce.

The Ministry of Education orders the closure of Al Jameyatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Madrasa, popularly known as Hathazari madrasa, in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila until further notice.

The government is going to impose a 22-day ban on catching, selling, hoarding and transporting of hilsa from October 14 to November 4 to protect safe spawning of the fish during its peak breeding period.

Negligence of Titas Gas authorities and the mosque’s committee was behind the explosion at Baitus Salat Jame Mosque in Sadar upazila on September 4, according to the report of a probe body formed by the Narayanganj district administration to investigate the incident.

The Rohingya crisis requires a political solution, which lies in the return of the Rohingyas to Myanmar by addressing the root causes, said Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to UN Ambassador Rabab Fatima.

The price of onion has started declining in the market due to government measures, commerce ministry says.

In the Fifth Episode, we look into the life of Shofikul Islam, who is an executive committee member of Moynerbag Mosque, President of Moynerbag development society, donor, and member of Sekandarbag Islamia Madrasa committee. He is also the President of the CHAT (Community Hope Action Team) Committee of Dhaka East AP. He and other committee members have played an active role in their society during the pandemic. When vulnerable families have been hit hard by the pandemic, their committee prepared the list of neediest persons in their area and went on to provide food support (Rice, Onion, Sugar, Oil, and Pulse) to over 1,000 families fully by the committee's own initiatives and funds.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today seized Tk 42 lakh from the bank account of former Cox’s Bazar municipality councillor Javed Md Kaisar Nobel.

The Covid-19 pandemic threatens hard-won gains in health and education over the past decade, especially in the poorest countries, a new World Bank Group analysis finds.

With incense smoke, flowers and photos of President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden, Peruvian shamans have performed an ancestral ritual for the US elections, but there was little agreement about who would win the November 3 ballot.

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directive to the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) to stop its move to relocate astray dogs from the DSCC area to Matuail.

An unlicensed pharmaceutical company -- Techno Drugs Limited -- has been fined Tk 10 lakh for manufacturing medicines without license in Narsingdi. Unauthorised drugs worth Tk 40 lakh have also been destroyed.

Libya’s internationally recognised Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj has said he wants to quit by the end of October, which could feed political tensions in Tripoli amid new efforts to find a political solution to the country’s conflict.

Two Palestinian travel bloggers are promoting local Palestinian tourism in the West Bank as an act of defiance against Israeli occupation.

As the number of patients declined, the government today decommissioned three Covid-19 designated hospitals in the capital.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Indian Ministry of External Affairs is very "repentant" for not informing Bangladesh beforehand while imposing a ban on onion export.

The High Court will deliver its order on September 24 on a revision petition that challenged police for arresting three people and taking their confessional statements in front of a magistrate for raping and killing a minor in Narayanganj, only to find the victim alive days after.

36 die, 1,593 infected, 2,443 recover in 24 hours

A four-day border conference between Bangladesh and Indian border guards began at 10.45am today in the conference room of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) headquarters.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Ministry of Health demonstrated enough efficiency in checking the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, by taking necessary measures in time.