Former Jatiya Party lawmaker MA Hannan, who was facing trial for allegedly committing crimes during the Liberation War, died of cancer today. He was 86.

The parliament today passed “Hajj and Umrah Management Bill, 2021” to deal with irregularities and mismanagement in the sector.

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal MP Shirin Akhter today demanded intervention of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to prevent implementation of the recommendation of a parliamentary committee to exclude women officers in giving ‘guard of honour’ to heroic freedom fighters after death.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen inaugurated the newly established Bangabandhu Lounge at the Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the UN in New York yesterday.

A woman died after gas cylinder of a truck exploded in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh Beribandh area early today.

Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Cote d'Ivoire have progressed the most on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) index score since the adoption of the 2030 global agenda in 2015, according to the Sustainable Development Report 2021.

Employees of Bangladesh Railway in Chattogram today demanded reshuffling the mileage options at integrated budget and accounting system (IBAS++ software), which is going to be introduced from July.

Ruling Awami League MP Shahiduzzaman Sarker of Naogaon-2 constituency was made the chief of the parliamentary standing committee on law ministry today.

Workers Party President and lawmaker Rashed Khan Menon, today in parliament, lambasted a parliamentary standing committee for its recommendation to take measures to find alternatives to a female upazila nirbahi officer’s (UNO) presence during the guard of honour given to valiant freedom fighters after death.

Consumers may experience disruption in gas supply from today to Wednesday due to interrupted delivery of imported liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Expressing concern over BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s health, the party said that her kidney and liver are not functioning well, and that’s why keeps having fever.

BNP MP Harunur Rashid today -- at the parliament -- demanded that the law enforcement agencies bring those to book who allegedly assaulted and attempted to rape actress Pori Moni.

Brahmanbaria Railway Station, which remained closed since March 27 following violence carried out by supporters and activists of Hefajat-e-Islam, will resume its operations from tomorrow.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has allowed online recruitment tests in public universities along with in-person exams on five conditions.

Over 3,000 stranded Bangladeshi expatriates today urged the Italian government to withdraw the entry ban for travellers from Bangladesh.

The second consignment of six lakh Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses reached Dhaka this afternoon.

Declaring the detention and arrest of four children in connection with a rape case in Barishal in October last year as “illegal and contradictory to fundamental rights”, the High Court today ordered the home secretary to immediately suspend seven police personnel of Bakerganj Police Station of the district including its officer-in-charge and the probation officer and to take departmental action against them.

LGRD Minister Md Tazul Islam today asked concerned authorities to take necessary steps and ensure makeshift cattle markets are set up only in designated places maintaining health guidelines during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.

The authorities of Comilla University have started taking in-person examinations -- postponed due to Covid-19 situation -- from today, maintaining health guidelines.

Police in North Macedonia say officers discovered 82 migrants, including 20 Bangladeshis, hidden in vehicles in two separate operations on Friday.