Today (December 16) marks the golden jubilee of Bangladesh's victory in the Liberation War. On this day in 1971, freedom fighters of the nation snatched victory from the Pakistani army. People gathered at the Jatiya Smriti Shoudho today to pay tributes to the martyrs.

June 13, 1971. It was midnight, when they began bringing hundreds of Marwari families to Saidpur Railway Station.

Medical technologist Prokash Kumar Das, lab-in-charge of Khulna General Hospital, managed to embezzle Tk 2.58 crores of the Covid testing fees collected at the hospital.

Bangladesh has entered the era of 5G mobile network. On December 12, 2021, the new infrastructure was experimentally launched at Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel in Dhaka. Only Teletalk will offer this service in certain places on an experimental basis.

Today is the 50th anniversary of Bir Shreshtha Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir's martyrdom. He was martyred on December 14, 1971 during a frontline battle in Chapainawabganj. His comrades still bear the tragedy of his death only two days before the liberation.

Three members of a family were burnt in an explosion in Old Dhaka. The explosion, believed to be caused by gas line leakage, also injured seven more. The injured are being treated in a hospital. Some parts of the building collapsed following the explosion.

Residents of South Saroatoli Kanjuri village in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram have been living in fear of snakes for months.

April 4, 1971: Pakistani army, with the aid of Urdu speaking non-Bengalis started killing Bengalis en masse. On April 19, they killed martyred intellectual Mostafa Hassan Ahmed, then assistant teacher of Lalmonirhat Railway CP School.

Three members of parliament have violated polls code and publicly campaigned for the Awami League backed candidate of Natore municipality election.

The United States government has issued an executive order on account of "Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption", imposing property and visa sanctions on Benazir Ahmed, former Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and current Inspector General of Police, along with six former and current high officials of the force.

Due to conflicts between two ministries, the plan to establish a unified and independent intellectual property (IP) office to provide copyrights, patents, design, and trademark certificates has been stuck in limbo.

Illustrations on the War of Liberation and struggle of Bangladeshis have been portrayed on a 50 feet canvas in Barishal. Barishal City Corporation and Charukola Barishal jointly unveiled this massive artwork, created with the contribution of 50 artists.

Omicron, the new Covid-19 variant of global concern, was detected in two female cricketers who recently returned from Zimbabwe.

In December, summer seems to be prevailing in the shuttle train of Chittagong University.

The youngest gallantry award recipient of Bangladesh is Bir Protik Abu Salek. Abu Salek of Hasimpur village in Dharkhar union of Akhaura Upazila of Brahmanbaria was a sixth grader in 1971. Pakistani forces brutally killed 33 people including his father and his uncle. With the intense desire for revenge, Abu Salek left his textbooks and went to Agartala, India to take part in the Liberation War.

Journalism has become one of the most dangerous occupations. Journalists are being murdered both across the country and globally.

Since the start of the pandemic, coronavirus has mutated many times. Delta variant caused a severe panic for the second time recently. Vaccination, adherence to hygiene rules, and awareness-raising have almost eliminated the dangers of Covid-19. Slowly but surely people had started to go back to normal life. But while the world is recovering, we’re facing another Covid-19 outbreak. The new Omicron variant is spreading all over the world. Omicron has been found in the western part of Canada to the eastern part of Australia. The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Omicron as a “Variant of Concern”.

Ahmed Ali, a young freedom fighter of 20 years, came forward in 1971 to help the freedom fighters. Numerous freedom fighters have been sheltered in his house, and he also gave information about the Pakistan Army and Razakar Al-Badr to freedom fighters. After training in India in August 1971, he joined the front line.

A body of a child, Kamal Uddin, was discovered in Chittagong, 68 hours after he fell in a sewage drain. The first two days were spent searching the Chasma canal and drains connected to it but there were no signs of the child. His body was discovered from Mirza canal of Muradpur, Chittagong.

Airfares to many Middle Eastern countries have increased since last month. As a result, returning to work has become harder for expatriate Bangladeshi workers.