Ekushey Boi Mela 2021 will remain open from 12pm to 5pm daily during the lockdown declared by the government that starts tomorrow.

The Cabinet Division today issued a circular with some 11 directives to be implemented during the seven-day restrictions on movement, beginning tomorrow.

Taiwan’s transport minister said on Sunday he would not shirk his responsibility for a deadly train crash even as his resignation offer was rejected amid growing questions over safety lapses that could have contributed to the disaster.

Aslamul Hoque, an Awami League lawmaker from Dhaka-14, died at Square Hospitals today. He was 61.

Lokman Hossain Miah, secretary to the Ministry of Textiles and Jute, has been appointed as secretary to the Health Services Division under the health ministry.

A bill titled ‘Bangladesh Film Artistes’ Welfare Trust Bill, 2021’ was placed in parliament today, aiming to ensure the welfare of actors and actresses as well as financial support to insolvent and ailing artistes.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today directed all authorities concerned to perform their duties properly to ensure that the government directives are implemented appropriately to battle the second wave of Covid-19 in the country.

Hajj and Umrah Management Bill 2021 was placed in parliament today -- in principle -- to deal with irregularities and mismanagement in the sector.

Public transport services will be suspended from tomorrow, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said today.

Four people were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Nawabganj road in Keraniganj this morning.

A top former Jordanian royal aide was among several suspects arrested Saturday in a security sweep, as the army cautioned a half-brother of King Abdullah II against damaging the country's security.

Election in Pabna’s Sujanagar municipality began this morning amid risk of Covid-19 spread.

Police recovered the body of a local journalist from his office in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram last night.

All ships stranded by the grounding of the giant container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal in March had passed through the canal by Saturday, ending the backlog that built up during the blockage, the canal authority said.

A leaker says they are offering information on more than 500 million Facebook Inc users - including phone numbers and other data - virtually for free.

Rohingyas, now living in Bhasan Char, today interacted with visiting foreign diplomats and expressed their willingness to return to their homeland, Myanmar.

The authority of Brahmanbaria municipality has suspended all activities for indefinite period due to the severe damages caused by Hefajat-e-Islam activists and supporters.

An addict son allegedly stabbed his mother to death as she was unable to give him money for drugs at Pashchim Mithapukur area in Panchagarh municipality this afternoon.

Ambassadors and High Commissioners of Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America today visited Bhasan Char to see the facilities in place for the Rohingyas.

BNP today applied to Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury to nominate its MP Barrister Rumeen Farhana as its whip in the parliament.