Shahabuddin, an automobile mechanic hailing from Kutubdia island of Cox’s Bazar, has built a “watercraft” that can tread the sea at a speed of about 110 km/h.

President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid tribute to Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib and said her ideology would always remain as a source of inspiration for Bangalee women.

Pallabi police complete interrogation of three arrestees during their seven-day remand in connection with a case filed against them under the Arms Act.

Serum Institute of India (SII) today said it has entered a partnership with international vaccine alliance Gavi and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate manufacturing and delivery of up to 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines for India and low and middle-income countries (LMIC).

Delhi Airport today announced it has developed a first-of-its-kind portal where India-bound international flyers can fill mandatory self-declaration form and apply online for exemption from mandatory institution quarantine process.

Detectives claim to have arrested two members of an international human trafficking gang in a drive in Noakhali’s Begumganj upazila last night.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said the government is working to bring back convicted killers of Bangabandhu, at least one more, in Mujib Borsho -- to execute them and implement the court verdict.

Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Ltd (HPL) and Eli Lilly and Company today announced the launch of Trulicity (dulaglutide) in Bangladesh. This is the first once-a-week use, injectable medication designed to improve blood sugar control in adults with type 2 diabetes, according to a press release issued to media.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is set to start another round of combing operation against Aedes mosquitoes -- carrier of both dengue and chikungunya -- from tomorrow.

The dollar is at its most oversold level in over 40 years, investment bank Morgan Stanley says, adding it had now shifted from its dollar-bearish stance and turned “tactically neutral” on the US currency.

On the first day of this month, 76 years ago, Anne Frank wrote her last diary entry. Three days later, on August 4, the building she was hiding in with her family and four family friends was raided by the Gestapos.

Mountaineer Reshma Nahar Ratna, who was riding a bicycle, was killed when a microbus hit her on Lake Road, adjacent to Chandrima Udyan, in Dhaka this morning.

27 die, 2,851 infected, 1,760 recover in 24 hours.

Abul Khaiyer, owner of Sajeeb Builders, was found dead on the top floor of an under-construction building at Bashundhara Residential Area in Dhaka this morning.

Radiant in a long white gown and veil, 29-year-old Lebanese bride Israa Seblani stands smiling and posing for her wedding video. The scene is shattered by a deafening roar, and a powerful shockwave nearly blows her off her feet.

A prisoner, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, went missing from Kashimpur Central Jail-2 yesterday.

Malaysia’s former finance minister Lim Guan Eng is charged with corruption over a $1.5 billion undersea tunnel project and slams the move as political persecution by the new government.

Renowned actors and Ekushey Padak awardees Ramendu Majumdar and Ferdousi Majumdar have tested positive for Covid-19.

A man was killed and 16 others injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over land dispute in Thakurgaon’s Ranishankoil upazila yesterday.

In the wake of the devastating Beirut blast, Indian authorities are on alert over the reported presence of 740 tonnes of ammonium nitrate in a customs warehouse in Chennai port for nearly five years.