The first phase of Bangladesh’s first metro rail project -- Uttara to Agargaon -- is now visible as the last viaduct of this part has been installed today.

Police will produce cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore before a Dhaka court today in connection with a case filed under Digital Security Act.

The fifth phase election is progressing in 29 municipalities under 20 districts across the country today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued directives for procurement of another three crore doses of the Covid-19 vaccine as the nationwide first round of vaccination campaign was underway.

The fifth phase elections will be held in 29 municipalities under 20 districts using electronic voting machines (EVMs) on Sunday, February 28, 2021.

A total of nine benches have been formed for conducting judicial activities physically at the High Court Division of the Supreme Court from Sunday, February 28, 2021.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said their party considers Bangabandhu’s March 7 speech a part of Liberation War history and they do not want to undermine him.

A fire that broke out at Karwan Bazar’s Hasina market tonight has been brought under control.

Mystery shrouds over the death of a university student after falling from the rooftop of a building in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area.

Bangladesh’s overall food security situation has deteriorated for the second year in a row -- mainly due to poor performance in ensuring dietary diversity, good use of natural resources and implementing climate-smart agriculture.

The government has decided to reopen all primary, secondary and higher secondary educational institutions on March 30.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud has said that the Digital Security Act is for providing security to people -- from harassment -- on digital platforms.

A Dhaka court today sent the seven arrestees to jail after rejecting both the remand and bail prayers in a case filed over preventing policemen from discharging their duties in Shahbagh yesterday.

A man yesterday allegedly raped a school student at a village in Sadar upazila of Jashore.

Police have pressed charges against 12 people -- four suspended officers and eight prisoners, including four teenage inmates -- in the case filed over the deaths of three teenage prisoners at Jashore Child Development Centre.

A man allegedly raped and killed his three-year-old stepdaughter at Korail slum in Dhaka’s Mohakhali.

Expressing grave concern over the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed, National Human Rights Commission today said the state or any of its subordinate bodies cannot avoid responsibilities for death in custody.

Bangladesh is under “no obligation” to shelter 81 Rohingya Muslim refugees adrift for almost two weeks on the Andaman Sea and being assisted by neighbouring India, said Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.

Ferry services resumed on the Aricha-Kazirhat route today after two decades.

Left-leaning student organisations staged demonstration in Dhaka’s Shahbagh today, demanding investigation into the death in custody of Mushtaq Ahmed, who was arrested under the Digital Security Act and died in Kashimpur High-Security Jail-3 in Gazipur on Thursday.