On average, a Bangladeshi annually wastes 65 kg food at home, according to Food Waste Index Report 2021 by the Nairobi-based United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

The Supreme Court today cleared the way for a lower court concerned to continue trial proceedings against former deputy commissioner of Kurigram Sultana Pervin, three executive magistrates, and several Ansar members in a case filed for assaulting journalist Ariful Islam Regan in March last year.

A case has been filed over Friday’s clash between two Awami League groups at a programme in Brahmanbaria’s Kasba where Law Minister Anisul Huq was present.

A suspected cattle smuggler was shot dead by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Bongaon border area of Sunamganj Sadar upazila yesterday (Saturday) afternoon.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the historic March 7.

At least two persons were killed and eight were critically injured when a cement-carrying truck rammed into several pedestrians and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Kolatoli in Cox’s Bazar last night.

The US has pledged continued support to the Rohingyas and the host community in Bangladesh, while also calling for the Myanmar military to restore power to the democratically-elected government and refrain from further violence.

The Sampadak Parishad (Editors' Council) today demanded that steps be taken immediately to follow-up on the law minister’s assurance that the Digital Security Act would be reviewed.

A court in Noakhali today sent three members of a fraud gang to jail in a case filed for embezzling Tk 1.15 crore from people in different areas including Noakhali and Chandpur.

The nation is set to observe the historic March 7 tomorrow, commemorating the landmark speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- considered an indirect declaration of the country’s independence in 1971.

Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur Vice-Chancellor Prof Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah’s comments on the education minister and the probe committee that investigated allegations of corruption against him are unexpected from a man of his stature, said the University Grants Commission in a statement today.

Two children were killed today in two separate road accidents in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria.

Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to UNESCO and Bangladesh Embassy in Paris have published -- in UN’s six official languages -- a book on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s March 7 speech.

Relocating Rohingyas at Bhasan Char has been emphasised as part of a broader "humanitarian diplomacy", said international relations expert Prof Delwar Hossain today.

A man was killed and another was injured after a human hauler and an auto-rickshaw collided head-on in Dhaka’s Kadamtali area this morning.

A factory worker, Masum Sikder (23), died as a fire broke out at a chemical warehouse of a garment factory in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur this morning.

Jatiya Swechchhasebak Dal today held a rally protesting the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail custody, and the killing of journalist Borhan Uddin Mujakkir.

Police arrested a 14-year-old early today for raping a five-year-old, allegedly luring her with candy, in Dumuria upazila in Khulna.

Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore is doing better than the last couple of days, following bail.

A woman and her two daughters were injured in an explosion inside their flat in Feni in the early hours of today.