Under severe criticism over its alleged bias and handling of hate speech, Facebook today said it has banned a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party politician from its platform and Instagram for “violating” its policy on content promoting violence and hate.

In the wake of wide criticism, Dhaka University authorities today backtracked from their earlier notice of banning rag day celebration on campus.

A Dhaka court has placed JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury on a two-day remand in a case filed against her on charges of possessing two National ID cards with fake information.

Wahida Khanam, the upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Ghoraghat upazila of Dinajpur, and her father were injured when they came under attack at her official residence early today.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) finds that the government and its relevant offices are not following their own decisions and instructions in preventing recurrence of devastating fire incidences like the one at Churihatta in Dhaka's Chawkbazar last year.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned Shamimuzzaman Kanchan, owner of Jahid Automobiles, to quiz him as he allegedly amassed crores of taka illegally.

Senegalese-American R&B singer Akon is moving ahead with plans to create a futuristic pan-African city, announcing Monday that construction will begin next year on the $6 billion project despite global tourism’s uncertain future.

India registered a record spike of 83,833 coronavirus cases across the country in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally past the 38-lakh mark, according to the health ministry today.

Twitter has said an account linked to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal website was hacked and was later restored.

Pro-wrestler turned Hollywood actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said in a video message posted on social media on Wednesday that he, his wife and their two young children tested positive for Covid-19 in recent weeks but that they all have recovered and are healthy.

The Trump administration has urged US states to get ready to distribute a potential Covid-19 vaccine by November 1, in the latest sign of the accelerating race to deliver a vaccine by year's end.

Sixty six more Bangladesh nationals stranded in Thailand have returned home.

A difference between English and Arabic versions of a trilateral statement after an historic flight from Israel to the UAE has been seized upon by Palestinians to suggest the Gulf state has overstated Israeli readiness to drop West Bank annexation plans.

A local Awami League leader “settled” the complaint of rape of an underage Marma girl at Mahalchhari upazila in Khagrachhari on Monday night by fining the rapist Tk 10,000 and preventing the victim from taking legal action.

The government has decided to appoint Mizanur Rahman as the next ambassador of Bangladesh to Oman.

Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has tested positive for coronavirus and is currently in isolation at home, his staff said in a statement today.

Two High Court judges have been promoted to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.

The annual results of the students of 8th-grade for the academic year will be based on the evaluation of their respective educational institutions, according to a release of the Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board of Dhaka.

The High Court rules that Hindu widows will have right to the agricultural and nonagricultural lands of their husbands.

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and Dhaka University (DU) have secured position in 1000+ group in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021.