A man is killed in a road accident at Tejgaon’s Satrasta area in Dhaka, despite roads in the city being vacant as the suspension of public transport services begin this morning.

A man was killed in a clash between workers -- demonstrating over arrears -- and police in Dinajpur’s Birol upazila last night.

Today is Bangladesh’s Independence Day. In the wake of the deadly novel coronavirus, the government has suspended all programmes of the day.

A 30-year old man, who was placed in isolation at Khagrachhari Sadar Hospital after being admitted with fever and breathing complications, dies less than six hours after he was admitted.

The atrocities unfolded on women by Pakistani occupation forces during the War of Liberation in 1971 have left an indelible scar in the psyche of the nation. While the nation moves on leaving behind the trauma, it holds dear the glorious sacrifices the heroines and heroes of the country made during the nine-month-long struggle.

Hundreds of fishermen in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat are going through hard times as fish stocks in the Brahmaputra and Teesta rivers have drastically decreased over the years.

The people of south-western region are eagerly waiting for enjoying faster communication with different parts of the country including the capital Dhaka as the construction of the country’s first ever six-lane bridge is scheduled to be complete in September next year.

Five seriously ill measles affected children of Tripura community were yesterday flown to Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) from remote Lungtian Para under Sajek union of Rangamati by helicopter.

A member of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS-MN Larma) is shot dead by unidentified miscreants in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati.

Prisoners at Bagerhat District Jail will now be able to talk to their loved ones over phone.

A courier service is busted by a mobile court in Rajshahi for illegally ferrying passengers to the district from Dhaka.

A bank officer’s house is robbed in Bagerhat’s Fakirhat upazila.

Five children of the Tripura community who were critically affected by measles have been airlifted to Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) from the remote Lungtian para under Sajek union of Rangamati.

A fire breaks out at a spinning mill in Shreepur upazila of Gazipur.

BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has been released this afternoon, 25 months after she landed in jail in a graft case.

Brig Gen AKM Mostofa Kamal, inspector general of prisons, said, “We have received copy of the release order. We’ll act accordingly.”

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to be released from prison shortly, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said this afternoon.

At least six people were killed and 15 injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Sherpur Upazila in Bogura district this morning.

A suspected robber, who was an accused in at least nine cases, was killed in an alleged gunfight with police in Kushtia’s Sadar upazila early today.

An elderly man has died after being denied treatment at several local hospitals in Sylhet due to the fear of coronavirus, civil surgeon of Sylhet said.