Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today predicted rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind at some places of the country in the next 24 hours (starting from 9:00am today).

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed High Commissioner Imran Ahmed Siddiqui to continue efforts for promotion of bilateral ties with Bangladesh.

Miscreants vandalised an idol of Hindu goddess Saraswati at a temple in Dhunot upazila of Bogura early today.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday (Monday) reconstituted jurisdictions of 17 High Court benches, as both the Appellate and High Court divisions of the Supreme Court will reopen tomorrow (Wednesday) after a 12-day annual vacation.

Language Movement veteran and journalist Yusuf Kalu passed away at a hospital in Barishal yesterday due to old age complications. He was 91.

A trail of damage could be seen everywhere in Brahmanbaria, resulting from the mayhem centring the daylong hartal called by Hefajat-e-Islam.

The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune and forgiveness, was observed in the country with due religious fervour.

A teenage boy was stabbed to death and at least two others were injured after a rival gang attacked them in Dhaka’s Sutrapur area.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday underscored the need for ambitious and concentrated global action plans to address the liquidity crisis and sovereign debt burdens now and during the post-Covid-19 era.

A man was hacked to death over a land-related dispute in Cox’s Bazar town yesterday afternoon.

The state is preparing to move an appeal before the Supreme Court challenging an HC order that granted ad-interim bail to Mahfuzur Rahman Sharod, the main accused in a case filed for raping and blackmailing a student of Rajshahi University in January last year.

Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), the implementing agency of metro rail projects, yesterday signed a contract with a French consulting firm for feasibility study, detailed design and tender assistance for the southern part of Metro Rail Route-5.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said the extreme poverty rate will come down to 3 percent by 2030 and that the country will be free of poverty after 2041.

Two workers were killed and the driver injured when a brick-laden trolley overturned at Targaon area in Kapasia upazila of Gazipur while on its way to Kaliganj upazila.

Five people were injured as local leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies clashed with police in Gazipur this afternoon.

A Saudi man has been sentenced to death by a court in the kingdom for killing a Bangladeshi expatriate in Dammam 15 years ago.

A special committee to fix public transport’s fare has proposed a 60 percent hike in bus fare, hours after the government directed all public modes of transport to operate on 50 percent of their capacity and maintain health safety guidelines.

BNP Chattogram City unit President Shahadat Hossain was arrested today following the clash between BNP men and police in Kazir Dewri area in the port city this evening.

A Chattogram court today placed a student of Chattogram University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) who was later suspended, on a two-day remand for derogatory remarks about religion on social media.

Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) has extended the deadline for the 43rd Bangladesh Civil Service exam applications till June 30 from March 31.