The Jatiya Sangsad is to hold a two-day long special session beginning from March 22 to mark Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary.

President Abdul Hamid earnestly urges for taking concerted efforts to build national consensus among all irrespective of political parties, classes and professions regarding the fundamental issues of continuity of democracy, rule of law and uninterrupted socioeconomic development of the country

Following a rigorous application process, Acumen Academy has selected 23 Bangladeshi changemakers as Fellows for the inaugural group of the Acumen Fellowship Program.

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says there is no possibility of reshuffle in cabinet before the upcoming Dhaka city elections.

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar says that the level playing field would be hampered if important persons and beneficiaries within the government take part in the electioneering.

Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Ainjibi Forum (BJAF), a body of pro-BNP lawyers, today demanded release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail for treatment in the country or abroad of her own choice.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) files two cases against former minister Nazmul Huda’s wife and his two daughters for allegedly laundering about Tk 6.73 crore in abroad.

Audree, a platform for mountain enthusiasts in Bangladesh arranged the Dhaka Mountain Film Festival 2020 at Ruhul Kuddus Auditorium near Nilkhet of the capital tomorrow.

Australian authorities urge another mass evacuation across the heavily populated southeast as a return of hot weather fanned huge bushfires threatening several towns and communities.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges the country’s textile sector to diversify products and expand the market for boosting the export income.

Pope Francis urges the United States and Iran to avoid escalation and pursue “dialogue and self-restraint” to avert a wider conflict in the Middle East.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on January 9, 2020

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said her Trinamool Congress would boycott a joint meeting of opposition parties called by Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday next in protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi government's controversial amended citizenship law and proposed NRC.

Shakhawat Hossain Shafique has been made organising secretary of ruling Awami League and given charges of Sylhet division.

People for Animal Welfare (PAW), an organisation dedicated to welfare of street animals, has served a legal notice to Bangladesh Forest Department and Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board after overhead electrical power lines installed inside Mymensingh’s Santoshpur Reserve Forest injured and killed monkeys in the forest.

Students of Dhaka University have formed a human chain on the campus demanding capital punishment for the person who allegedly raped and tortured one of their fellows on Sunday night.

Majnu who was arrested in connection with the rape of a Dhaka University student is placed on a seven-day remand by a Dhaka court.

The temperature will likely drop further after a light rain or drizzle in parts of Bangladesh today, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said.

Iranian missiles damaged or destroyed seven buildings in the part of Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq that houses US military personnel, satellite photographs appear to show.

The decision of US President Donald Trump to kill Qasem Soleimani has left the international community reeling.