A total of 880 children are still detained in three “Shishu Unnayan Kendra” (children development centres) in connection with different criminal cases, even after 489 were granted bail in last 20 working days.

A bird taking flight is an exquisite and miraculous event. Raising its wings, it spreads them while kicking off with its feet to sail through the air. The swift and energetic display has visual drama. Capturing it on camera is a challenge for the photographer, mainly because one cannot predict the precise moment of takeoff.

A university student was killed and another person injured in a road accident in Birol upazila of Dinajpur yesterday afternoon.

The government will take steps to send returnee migrant workers overseas again after providing them with training and helping develop their skills based on changing demands in post-pandemic international labour market, expatriates’ welfare minister Imran Ahmad said on Thursday.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between Bangladesh Judicial Service Association and Universal Medical College Hospital Ltd in order to provide treatment to the lower court judges across the country for Covid-19 and other diseases.

Dhaka University’s annual senate session is going to be held tomorrow, but the university’s annual budget is not ready yet.

Abul Khair Group has come forward to ease the oxygen crisis by supplying a bulk amount of oxygen to hospitals for free to support coronavirus patients in Chattogram.

Dhaka North City Corporation authorities are continuing their anti-mosquito drive for the seventh day today and have fined houses and establishments Tk 3.7 lakh for presence of Aedes mosquito larvae.

The doctor and two nurses who were on duty at the isolation unit for coronavirus patients at United Hospital fled from the scene soon after the fire broke out, handing over the responsibility of patients’ lives to a cleaner, says a police investigation report.

Senior journalist Moazzem Hossain Nannu sustains severe burn injuries in a fire at his home in Dhaka’s Aftabnagar area.

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court, seeking its directive on the government to immediately put entire Dhaka

The High Court yesterday directed the government to continue selling essential commodities through Trading Corporation Bangladesh (TCB) to people at upazila level, beyond the city corporations and municipality areas, until the coronavirus pandemic ends.

Moslem Uddin Chowdhury, lawmaker for Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali-Chandgaon) constituency, and nine of his family members have tested Covid-19 positive.

Eleven thousand crore taka in additional revenues could have been raised from tobacco sector if the proposed tax and price measures from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare were adopted, anti-tobacco campaigning organisation Progga said in an instant budget reaction yesterday.

Leading beverage brand Pepsi yesterday announced its collaboration with Bollywood superstar Salman Khan as brand ambassador in Bangladesh.

Most political parties were critical about the proposed budget in their initial reaction yesterday, terming it “as usual” and expressing doubts whether it would be possible to achieve the targets.

Rozina Akhter, an 11-year-old child with autism, has stayed confined to her home at Mirpur for the last three months and her mother is still struggling to make her understand why school is closed.

A Supreme Court lawyer has filed a writ petition with the High Court asking that the government be asked to immediately lockdown the entire Dhaka city.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has submitted an application to show expelled Jubo League's Dhaka South Organising Secretary Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan arrested in a money laundering case.

The fire at corona unit of United Hospital originated from short circuit of an air conditioner (AC), Fire Service and Civil Defence Director General Brigadier General Md Sazzad Hossain said today.