A Dhaka court takes into cognisance the charge sheet in the murder case filed over Rana Plaza collapse that killed over a thousand people in April 2013. The court also issued arrest warrant against absconding 24 accused.

Bangladesh is set to see 50 percent urban population in the next four decades as people are increasingly migrating to the urban areas for livelihoods, education or as fallouts of climate change.

Dhaka South City Corporation authorities evicts over 100 shops built illegally occupying footpaths in the city’s busy Gulistan intersection as part of a month-long drive.

Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal, freedom fighters’ wing of BNP, will organise a discussion in Dhaka tomorrow, marking the 45th Victory Day.

The government signs a deal with an insurance company to provide health cards to poor people under a pilot project.

Bangladesh’s position remains unchanged in the Human Development Index, according to the 2015 Human Development Report launched by UNDP.

Police this morning arrested one person accused in a case over the Rangpur arson attack on a bus that left six people killed.

The Election Commission urges the ministers, lawmakers and other government officials concerned not to violate the electoral code of conduct ahead of the municipality polls, its official says.

Marzia's 16th minute goal becomes the defining factor for Bangladesh clinching the AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship in the finals against Nepal - a match that was postponed because of the catastrophic earthquake there.

Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina asks BGB personnel to remain alert so that incident like the 2009 BDR mutiny does not recur in the future.

Fire breaks out at an office room of the second floor of Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Believed to have been caused by an electrical malfunction, the fire is said to have caused insignificant damage.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will sit with pro-BNP professionals tonight to discuss the country’s latest political situation and work out strategies for the December 30 municipality polls.

BNP alleges that the government and the Election Commission are jointly conspiring to influence December 30 municipal election results in favour of the ruling party.

Rajshahi University authorities decide to allow only freshly passed HSC students to appear in its admission tests for a single year from the 2016-17 academic session.

Health Minister Mohammad Nasim today said the government was contemplating to increase internship tenure for MBBS doctors by one year.

Bangladeshi expatriates and several environmental groups in England have demonstrated in London protesting the open-pit coal mine project in Phulbari of Dinajpur district.

A false post regarding an American woman falling in love and marrying a Bangladeshi rickshaw puller over his honesty spread like wildfire on the internet.

Law enforcers arrest the Sylhet city unit assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj.

The Dhaka Premier League 2015-16 season due to begin in March next year will adopt the players-by-choice transfer method after its proposal was passed through votes by the respective clubs.

A Bangladeshi youth who was critically injured in a road accident on Thursday, succumbs to his injuries today in California.