The people of Bangladesh would not accept any political settlement short of independence, said Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani.

Deaths of rare and endangered species of wildlife under the wheels of vehicles and on train tracks are rampant in Moulvibazar’s Lawachhara forest.

A massive fire broke out at a jute mill beside Dhaka-Khulna highway in Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur. The mill authorities said the blaze caused damages worth around Tk 4 crore.

Although road conditions under Roads and Highways Department network have improved a little compared to the last year, over 3,000km surveyed roads -- 16.26 percent -- are still in “poor, bad or very bad” condition, says an RHD survey.

A total of 119 people died with Covid-19 in Bangladesh in 24 hours until yesterday morning, the biggest figure since the pandemic hit the country.

Brig Gen Md Sazzad Hussain, director general of Fire Service and Civil Defence, said they are primarily suspecting that the explosion took place from accumulation of gas from a leakage.

Ninety-three percent of those who received both doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine have developed antibodies against Covid-19, according to a study done at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

A one-and-a-half-month old girl has been infected with the coronavirus in a rare case of Covid-19 in an infant.

One in every 1,000 tuberculosis (TB) patient in Bangladesh has HIV, found a recent study -- in what can be viewed as a boost to the country’s bid to end the infectious disease and meet 90-90-90 targets for HIV by 2030.

Pakistani President Yahya Khan, in a letter dated June 28, 1971, expressed his disappointment to American President Richard Nixon at Pakistan

Thirteen Bangladeshis have been sentenced to six months in prison in Malta after they were caught trying to enter the county with fake Pakistani passports.

At least six people were killed and 50 others were injured in an explosion in Dhaka's Moghbazar this evening.

The government has directed to suspend all types of public transport, except goods-laden vehicles and rickshaws, across the country from 8am tomorrow to 6am on Thursday.

Four persons were killed and one was critically injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a private car in Jashore. The accident took place at Dhopakhola area on Benapole-Jashore road this afternoon.

Dhaka Education Board has postponed the process of form fill-up for Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination 2021, considering the surge in Covid-19 cases.

A school student was swept away by waves this morning after he went to the Cox’s Bazar sea beach.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called for cooperation from all as she reiterated her government’s resolve to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.

Sixty-one lakh Ansar members are ready to work at the field level to assist administration in enforcing the seven-day “complete lockdown” started from July 1, said Major General Mizanur Rahman Shamim, director general of Ansar and VDP.

Thirty-two individuals and organisations have received prestigious Bangabandhu Jatiya Krishi Puroshkar-1424, the highest state recognition for achievements in the agriculture sector.

Around 400 vehicles were waiting at Shimulia ferry ghat to cross the Padma river in Louhajang upazila of Munshiganj this morning.