Despite the government’s pro-digital approach, 54 percent rural households in Bangladesh do not have access to internet, a new study shows. And experts fear this ‘digital divide’ could hinder e-governance progress.

Taliban and Afghan government forces have clashed across Afghanistan hours after the start of long-awaited peace talks in Doha, underscoring the uphill challenge of settling a 19-year insurgency.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have seized smuggled goods worth around Tk 17.75 crore and arrested 201 persons involved in smuggling along border areas of Jashore’s Benapole over the last year.

The process for enrolling students to Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent courses for the next academic session begins and will continue till September 17.

The Supreme Court today stayed till December 1 a High Court order that asked Titas Gas Ltd to give Tk 5 lakh as primary compensation to families of those who died and suffered burn injuries in the Narayanganj mosque blast.

Long-term worries about a pandemic can take a toll on mental and emotional health and may result in the worsening of mental health conditions and chronic health problems. Terri Chen, head of psychology and senior clinical psychologist at the National University Hospital's department of psychological medicine in Singapore, gives some tips on how to cope with pandemic fatigue.

Police recovered the body of a 13-year-old house help from her employer’s house in Dhaka’s Banani area this afternoon.

Palestinians fear the UAE’s move will weaken a long-standing pan-Arab call for Israeli withdrawal from occupied land and acceptance of Palestinian statehood in return for normal relations with Arab countries.

A court in Chattogram today framed charges against former lawmaker of Cox’s Bazar-4 constituency Abdur Rahman Bodi in a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission in 2007.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today termed all converted non-motorised vehicles using batteries illegal, and announced legal action against them from today.

The Bay of Bengal Institute Project at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) is going to implement four webinars.

A tribunal in Dhaka today sentenced six people to death for killing a couple -- a retired government primary school teacher and his wife -- in a bid to grab land property in Sadar upazila of Tangail in 2017.

Four more prosecution witnesses today gave their statements before a Dhaka tribunal in connection with an arms case against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed.

Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist) -- CPB (M) -- today announced a siege of the Ministry of Textiles and Jute on September 15 to realise its three-point demand, including the resignation of Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi for his failure in protecting the country's jute industry.

They are data entry operators of election offices. Having the access to the NID database server, they -- in collusion with some others -- created a gang that provide fake National ID cards, helping defaulters secure bank loans using those.

Thirty-one people have died from Covid-19 and 1,476 new infections were recorded in the country in the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Six Seasons Hotel has introduced a "Pescatarian Feast” in Bangladesh from September 6.

A man allegedly stabbed three people, including his wife and house owner, to death in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi early today.

The Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order that granted bail to Anwar Hossain Choudhury, an assistant professor of Chattogram University’s sociology department, in a sedition case.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to virtually inaugurate the newly-constructed Bangladesh Chancery Complex in Ankara tomorrow.