Police recovered the body of a doctor from her house in Dhaka’s Kalabagan area this afternoon.

Local administration, civil surgeon and local representative can jointly declare lockdown in an entire district or in a particular place if Covid-19 situation turns serious there.

A Bangladeshi worker was killed after he was hit by lightning while working at a construction site on May 28 in Malaysian city of Johor Bahru.

Professor Dr Mashiur Rahman of sociology department of Dhaka University has been appointed National University (NU) vice-chancellor for four years.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today called for precaution instead of panicking after a series of mild quakes were felt in the northeastern district.

The Indian media has applauded Bangladesh’s currency swap with Sri Lanka this past week, claiming that Dhaka has started to showcase its economic rise and forge deeper ties with its neighbours.

Some students of Dhaka University this morning held a protest at the base of Raju Sculpture -- demanding reopening of educational institutions and dormitories.

NID services should be entrusted to the Election Commission, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda said today.

Bangladesh nationals in Khulna division’s six districts have been using some points between Bangladesh and India to cross the border without visa.

Travel ban via land borders with India has been extended for 14 more days, a foreign ministry official has said.

Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan), a civil society platform for good governance, released a statement today expressing concern over the decision to entrust the NID services to the Ministry of Home Affairs instead of the Election Commission.

The Cabinet Division issued a circular today, extending the ongoing countrywide restrictions on movement and public transport till June 6 in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19.

Two senior officials of UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, arrived today on a four-day visit to observe the Rohingya situation in both Cox's Bazar Rohingya camps and Bhasan Char.

A day after five tremors hit Sylhet, another mild quake was felt early today.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained an Indian national from the border area in Panchagarh Sadar on charge of trespassing into Bangladesh territory yesterday.

A two-year-old, who sustained burn injuries with his parents in a fire at Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area on Saturday, died at a hospital early today.

A former joint director of Bangladesh Rural Development Board died this evening, hours after he was in a road accident in Dhaka’s Mirpur area.

Mr Raju Sarker once had dreams. Work hard and save enough to open his own business and give his wife and son a comfortable life.

Bangladesh Hindu-Bouddha-Christian Oikya Parishad today expressed discontent over the poor allocation of funds for religious minorities under the Annual Development Programme (ADP) of the proposed budget in the upcoming fiscal year.

Two people were killed and one was injured in separate accidents in Chandpur when hit by Sagarika Express train over 24 hours.