About 500 metres of Patuakhali’s Kuakata beach, the lone tourist attraction of the district, was washed away due to tidal surge caused by recent Cyclone Yaas.

Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a CNG-run autorickshaw and a motorcycle in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj district on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway today.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has lauded the role of Bangladeshi peacekeepers as “ambassadors of peace”, saying they are helping brand the country abroad as a peace-loving nation.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh has to maintain friendship with all as the government wants to develop the country into a prosperous one.

Expatriates’ welfare ministry has decided to provide Tk 20,000-25,000 to each Saudi Arabia-bound migrant worker for hotel booking (for institutional quarantine) -- from the Wage Earners Welfare Fund -- to reduce their huge financial burden.

Four mild earthquakes jolted Sylhet today, creating panic among people in the district.

Three of a family, including a child, sustained burn injuries in a fire at their tin-shed house in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area early today.

The University Grants Commission has allowed all universities to take in-person examinations for undergraduate and master’s degrees.

Export of mangoes to the UK from Rajshahi started today with the first consignment of three tonnes of the sweet summer fruit sent to Dhaka for packaging.

Deputy Minister for Water Resources AKM Enamul Hoque Shameem today said the government has started repair works, including immediate rehabilitation, in the country’s coastal areas affected by Cyclone Yaas.

Bangladeshi expatriates who returned from Malaysia and have been stranded here for 14 months will form a human chain in front of the National Pres Club on June 1 to demand that they be allowed to go back to their workplaces.

The allowance for the valiant freedom fighters of the country is going to see a significant jump of 66.66% in the coming 2021-22 fiscal.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has developed fever last night, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today.

One person was killed and five others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and an auto-rickshaw on the Gaibandha-Saghata Road in Badiakhali today.

Police recovered the body of a man from Manikganj’s Shibalaya upazila this morning.

The United Nations has awarded eight fallen peacekeepers from Bangladesh posthumously with the “Dag Hammarskjöld Medal”.

Three autorickshaw passengers were killed today as a bus hit two three-wheelers on a highway in Ghuingarhat area of Bhola’s Charfashion upazila.

A 13-month-old boy from Barguna's Amtali municipality area died after choking on a litchi.

Bangladesh government has decided to arrange hotel facilities and partly subsidising it for Saudi-bound workers who are required to stay in quarantine for seven days after landing in the Kingdom, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said today.

The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) has issued emergency use authorisation (EUA) to the Pfizer mRNA Covid-19 vaccine in the country today.