A Dhaka court today sentenced two persons, including the mother, to death for killing six-year-old Khandaker Samiul Azim Wafi in June 2010.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said the economic situation of the country is good now as the coronavirus situation is under control.

A policeman died as he lost control over his motorbike in Patuakhali’s Baufal upazila last night.

A housewife was killed allegedly by her dowry greedy husband in Rangpur’s Mithapukur upazila on Friday night.

Only 38 brick kilns out of 144 in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram have legal approval from the Department of Environment (DoE). These 106 brick kilns have been operating illegally for years. The topsoil of the farmlands is being ruined for manufacturing bricks in the kilns.

Volunteers came to the rescue of char residents in Char Rajibpur and Roumari upazilas of Kurigram by building bamboo walk bridges on drying shallow channels of the Brahmaputra river.

Expatriates Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad says his ministry will take steps so that outbound migrant workers get coronavirus vaccine on a priority basis.

A seven-year-old boy was found dead at a 14-storey building in Mirpur-10 today, two days after he went missing from Dhaka’s Mirpur-6 area from near his house.

Saying that internal dispute in Gonoforum has been settled, the party’s President Dr Kamal Hossain today said there is no problem in the party at present.

Another 250kg bomb was found buried at the construction site of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport's 3rd terminal in the capital today.

Against the backdrop two sculptures being vandalised in Kushtia recently, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Shafiqul Islam today asked field level police personnel to remain alert to foil any attempts to damage sculptures in the city.

Nineteen science and technology, and general public universities set to hold centralised admission tests for the next academic session today fixed the minimum GPA requirement for applying.

A total of 86 percent people with physical and leprosy disabilities in Bangladesh are directly involved in agriculture while income of 88 percent of farmers with disabilities has been reduced during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said foreign investment flow will increase significantly in the country contributing to job creations through government efforts to brand Bangladesh positively across the world.

Awami League lawmaker Aslamul Haque has filed a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, challenging the High Court verdict that cleared the way for the government to carry out eviction drives and recover Buriganga river land in Keraniganj from the possession of his three companies under Maisha Group.

The lowest temperature of the country was recorded at 6.6 degrees Celsius at Rajarhat in Kurigram district today, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).

A group of Bar Council Enrollment written exam candidates allegedly went berserk at different exam centres -- preventing others to sit for the exams and burning their answer sheets this morning.

A group of 42 distinguished citizens have urged the President to constitute the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to investigate the allegations of financial irregularities, corruption and gross election-related misconduct against the present Election Commission under the leadership of Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda.

Three people, including a local Jubo League leader, have been arrested in connection with the vandalisation of a statue of revolutionary leader during the British Raj, Bagha Jatin, on the campus premises of Kaya College in Kushtia's Kumarkhali upazila.

Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) detained Md Nuruzzaman, Chief Executive Officer of Rajshahi Zilla Parishad, from Chapainawabganj while he was carrying banned phensidyl in the government vehicle.