A fire broke out at Daser Bharani area under Sharankhola Range of Sundarbans East Forest Division today.

Three were killed, and five others were injured, in two separate road accidents in Sirajganj this morning.

The ongoing restriction on movement and public transport has been extended till May 16, considering the current Covid-19 pandemic situation.

A worker died after falling off an under-construction building in Khulna’s New Market area early today.

Three people were killed after being hit by a truck on Sylhet-Tamabil highway in Jaintiapur upazila of Sylhet this morning.

At least 26 people were killed as a speedboat overturned after hitting a sand-laden bulkhead anchored in Padma in Madaripur’s Shibchar upazila this morning.

Transport workers today brought out a procession in the city’s Sayedabad area to press home their 3-point demand including resumption of public transport services maintaining health protocols.

“I used to lead huge congregations during Friday’s Jummah prayers, and ministers, MPs, dignitaries and devotees of various classes and professions; people of Arabic, Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani and other origins stood behind me. I feel anxious when I remember losing that prestige as an expatriate imam.”

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reaffirmed that the government will procure vaccines at any cost to protect people from Covid-19.

Five persons, including two children, were killed as a truck hit a CNG-run autorickshaw on Sylhet-Tamabil highway this morning.

Police today arrested Hefajat-e-Islam's now defunct central committee assistant secretary general Maulana Jafar Ahmad and two others from Hathazari upazila in Chattogram.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) last night detained a Bangladeshi man at Roumari border in Kurigram.

ABM Aminul Islam Liton, Jamalpur correspondent of The Daily Star, died of brain stroke at the intensive care unit of a hospital in Delhi this morning, family sources said quoting doctors. He was 52.

Criminal Investigation Department arrested Hefajat-e-Islam leader Junayed Al Quasemi from Brahmanbaria this morning.

The government is considering the resumption of public transport services across the country ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said today.

Three vegetable traders were killed and three others were injured when they fell from a pick-up van after it was hit by a truck on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj early today.

The historic May Day is being observed today as the world is battling the coronavirus pandemic which has rendered millions of workers jobless across countries in recent months.

The authorities of Jahangirnagar University (JU) has decided to start its online registration process for the 2020-21 academic session from June 1 to June 15.

A survey by Brac Migration Programme has found that 47.23 percent of 417 returnee migrants do not have any income source now.

All long-term pass holders and short-term visitors who have been in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the last two weeks will no longer be allowed to enter or transit through Singapore, Education Minister Lawrence Wong announced on Friday (April 30).