Security forces at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday recovered 1,415 pieces of yaba from a Saudi-bound passenger.

“All the gold and money saved for my two daughters’ marriage has been taken away. I was saving money for them as my husband could not work. Now how will I live?” said a teary-eyed Jharna Rani Das (55) of Noagaon village in Shalla upazila of Sunamganj.

Considering the coronavirus situation, the Dhaka Wasa Board has decided not to increase the price of water for now.

Unesco Director-General Audrey Azoulay today said the historic March 7 speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman defended universal values freedom, human rights and dignity.

The lawyers of Shariatpur Bar Association today observed a “work abstention” programme in all the courts, expressing their dissatisfaction towards Sunday's judgement in the case filed over the killing of Public Prosecutor Habibur Rahman and his brother 19 years ago.

Bangladesh, Nepal and India are on the final stage of a deal allowing Bangladesh to import hydropower from the Himalayan state, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today.

Hearing his name called out, Sinial Da paused chopping wood at the sawmill at Nilphamari’s Domar upazila town and squinted at the direction of the caller around 10:30am yesterday.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) is going to release regular currency notes, commemorative coins and silver commemorative notes of Taka 50 marking the Golden Jubilee of Independence.

Several activists of the Pragatishil Chhatra Jote were injured after alleged members of Chhatra League attacked their protest program against the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in front of the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) on Dhaka University campus today.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier today said Bangladesh has undergone an impressive development and vibrant democracy is prevailing in the country with high economic growth.

“If you send me with my husband; this time, he will kill me,” Hashi Begum pleaded during a mediation process involving her family members and her husband Rubel Hossain.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today alleged that the government is celebrating the Golden Jubilee of Independence keeping people and freedom fighters “away”.

Authorities have so far recovered 11 bodies from the ruins at Balukhali refugee camp in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar in the aftermath of the deadly fires that burned several thousand shanties yesterday.

Initiatives should be taken now to help micro merchants recover from the pandemic, address gender participation in retail businesses and shed light on digital use cases that address both financial and non-financial needs of enterprises, experts said today.

Globally renowned vocalist Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty composed a new raag named “Maitree” to commemorate the celebrations of Bangabandhu’s birth centenary and as an ode to India-Bangladesh friendship.

Bangladesh government has decided to work on a 6-year-long action plan to ensure labour rights and safe working spaces, said Law Minister Anisul Huq.

The High Court today wanted to know why the government should not be directed to take necessary steps to digitise marriage and divorce registrations to protect people from fraudulence.

A Sunamganj court today granted five-day remand for Shahidul Islam Swadhin, the prime accused of a case filed in connection with attacking, vandalising and looting of Hindu houses at Noagaon village in Sunamganj’s Shalla upazila on March 17.

A Dhaka court today sentenced 14 activists of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) to death in a sedition case filed in connection with the attempt to murder Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Kotalipara of Gopalganj in July 2000.

Police recovered bodies of a woman and her eight-year-old boy from Banani’s Korail Slum in Dhaka area this morning. The deceased were identified as Hasi Begum (26) and her son Nirob Hossain.