Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government has been able to put the coronavirus “under control” in the country, as different ministries and government organisations -- including the Health Ministry and Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) -- worked in a synchronised way with what the PM termed “utmost sincerity”.

Awami League Presidium Member and former State Minister for Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) and Cooperatives Jahangir Kabir Nanak has tested positive for Covid-19.

Rapid Action Battalion claimed to have busted a firearms-making factory at a remote hilly area in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar and arrested two firearms makers in this connection.

Two people were killed and five others were injured in a three-vehicle pile-up on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chandina upazila of Cumilla this morning.

Three of the named accused in the case filed over the gang rape of a woman at Murari Chand (MC) College in Sylhet have made confessional statements under section 164 before a Sylhet court.

A university student died while bathing at the Cox’s Bazar beach today.

Jazeera Airways, a Kuwait-based airlines, has started operating flights from Dhaka.

A team of forest officials seized a dredger used for sand lifting from inside Machuakhali reserve forest of Meherghuna range under Cox's Bazar North forest division early today.

Ordinary Level examinations are scheduled to begin from Monday, three days after the Advanced Level examinations kicked off.

A 30-year-old man threw acid on his wife while she was sleeping at her parents’ house in Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila early today, police say.

The female peacekeepers of Bangladesh Police have been given the responsibility to ensure security at Congo’s Monusco Airport run by the United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Mission.

To promote job-oriented education in Bangladesh, the government has decided to recruit for some 12,600 posts across technical colleges and polytechnics over three fiscals.

The flood situation in Gaibandha and Bogura districts is deteriorating as the water level of five rivers flow above the danger level triggering the inundation of cropland.

The driver of a pickup van was killed and his helper injured as it collided head-on with a covered van on Bangabandhu Bridge East Link Road in Tangail’s Kalihati upazila.

The time of the year that Priyanka Biswas usually waits with the bated breath - crab harvesting season - turned her down this year instead, pushing her towards the brink of nervous breakdown.

Hilsa, a fish that has emotional bondage with the Bengali community living across the world, is engaged with our life, literature and culture.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for enhancing surface water by increasing the storage capacity of water bodies across the country, aiming to protect the biodiversity, boost fish production and ensure safe water for all.

The mayor of a Bhola municipality allegedly held a vehicle of Transcom Distribution Company Limited today for withdrawing a case filed against his followers on September 27, last year with Char Fasson Police Station for attacking the staffers of the company and robbing them.

The country’s remittance earning has continued to soar despite global economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nasim Real Estate owner Imam Hossain Nasim embezzled more than Tk 300 crore from unsuspecting people, Rab said today.