University of Dhaka and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) have yet again failed to make any progress in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) world university ranking of 2022.

Dhaka moved one notch up in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual ranking of most liveable cities in 2021, which has largely been shaken up by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bangladesh and Japan have agreed to work together to tackle the challenges of Covid-19 and Rohingya crisis.

A twelve-year-old girl died at hospital after a boundary wall collapsed on her in Dhaka Mirpur area.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today sang a line from the popular Bhawaiya song “O ki garial bhai” over the issue of the Chilmari river port during a meeting of Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec).

State Minister for Civil Aviation M Mahbub Ali today directed the concerned engineers and contractors to complete the runway expansion of Cox's Bazar Airport and the construction work of link-bridge over the Baagkhali River by next December.

A delegation of Citizens’ Platform (Nagorik Samaj) today demanded a stop to the conspiracy to evict Khasia and Garo communities from their land in Moulvibazar in the name of expanding tea garden.

Uncertainty looms over nationwide Covid-19 vaccination since the government depended on a single organisation, the executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) said today.

Bangladesh has been elected vice-president of the upcoming 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from the Asia-Pacific Region for a one-year term starting September this year.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam said they want to install fire hydrants in slums so that its dwellers can respond first and minimise losses in case of fire incidents.

Admission process for first year honours and professional courses of the academic session 2020-2021 in different colleges under National University (NU) has been postponed.

A huge amount of chemicals worth around Tk 50 lakh which was imported from India were gutted in a fire at Benapole land port in Jashore this evening.

After a two-month gap due to Covid-19 restrictions and domestic issues in Lebanon, undocumented Bangladeshi migrant workers there have started returning home.

A mild earthquake jolted Sylhet this evening.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 12 Bangladeshis today from a madrasa in Jhenaidah’s Maheshpur upazila. The detainees entered Bangladesh illegally from India last night through the Matila border and took shelter in the madrasa, according to BGB.

A woman sustained server burns in Dhaka’s Mirpur area last night and was admitted to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.

The Ministry of Information has served a notice to Robi Axiata Limited, seeking its explanation in seven working days, for using Rabindranath Tagore’s image instead of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam in a social media post dedicated to the latter on his birth anniversary.

The Jatiya Sangsad today passed the supplementary budget of Tk 13,987.27 crore for 2020-21 fiscal to meet the increased expenditures under 19 different ministries and divisions.

Three Bangladeshis returned home through Benapole check point after serving in Indian prison for two years.

The authorities have imposed restrictions on movement and activities in Kushtia district from June 6 midnight till June 16 midnight to check transmission of Covid-19.