Firefighters have brought under control a fire that broke out at the Meena Bazar outlet in Dhaka's Dhanmondi area.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Dhaka on a two-day official visit to take part in the golden jubilee celebration of Bangladesh's independence and Mujib Borsho – birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar, marking the 51st Independence and National Day.

Bangladeshis across the globe need to raise their voices to earn global recognition of the genocide committed by Pakistani occupation forces and their collaborators during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971, speakers said during a webinar today.

Two fraudsters were arrested by the Counter-Terrorism unit of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) early today from Khagrachhari district.

The three-day 7th Staff Talks between Indian Navy and Bangladesh Navy for further bolstering existing defence relations between the two countries in the maritime domain ended in New Delhi today.

Members of the Bomb Disposal Unit of the Counter-Terrorism Unit of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) today destroyed an old mortar shell at Hathazari upazila of Chattogram.

All secondary schools and colleges across the country will reopen on May 23, after the Eid-ul-Fitr, Education Minister Dipu Moni said this evening.

The High Court has recently released the full text of its order that asked the government to stop media from disclosing identities, photographs and workplaces of rape and sexual assault victims in line with the relevant law.

Presenting various statistics of the country’s development, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said, “This is the achievement of the people of the country… My government created a congenial environment, giving only policy support. You (people) proved that if people of Bangladesh get favourable environment, they can make the impossible possible.”

The Hi-Tech Park, which is being built in the Korean Export Processing Zone in Chattogram, will emerge as a hub for ICT-centric innovative growth in tune with the digital transformation in Bangladesh, said South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun today.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he would be having “substantive discussions” with his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka following the “very productive” virtual meeting between them in December last year.

The government today published a partial list of freedom fighters, containing 1,47,537 names.

A man was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers at Doyrampur village in Pabna’s Santhia upazila today.

The Anti-Corruption Commission today arrested a former district accounts and finance officer in Dinajpur in a corruption case.

Traffic on various important and main roads of the capital will be controlled from 10:00am tomorrow and will continue for the next day, with some roads also set to be temporarily closed on March 26 and 27.

Those who were born after Muktijuddho (Liberation War), to whom do they go, to fully realize its true spirit? To answer this, we can talk about the dusty books from the libraries, memoirs written by our ancestors, or the articles printed in newspapers.

At least four volunteers of Bidyanondo Foundation were injured as miscreants attacked them while they were distributing food among children in Dhaka's Kalshi area this afternoon.

Fourteen young women and girls escaped from the government-run safe home at Mogorkhal in Gazipur city last night.

The district administration in Lalmonirhat has started an investigation against former Patgram Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Kamrun Nahar for alleged negligence on duty while Abu Yusuf Md Sahidunnabi Jewel was beaten up and burnt to death by a mob in October last year.