Media freedom and democracy in Bangladesh “cannot be protected” without a united movement, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday.

They called it “Phensedyl bike”.

Dhaka has not made it to the list of 109 smart cities in the world, according to the 2020 Smart City Index.

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), Bangladesh Institute of Maritime Research and Development (BIMRAD) and International Centre for Climate

Police yesterday detained two persons in connection with the deaths of two teenage cousins in Rangpur.

A two-day conference of Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), Cumilla began at its office yesterday.

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad yesterday said the government will take initiative to train returnee migrant workers and certify them based

In-house fire safety and management of a building is utmost important rather than a state management, speakers at a webinar said yesterday.

A team of scientists from Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU) and North South University (NSU) has claimed the first and successful detection of SARS-CoV-2’s genetic material in sewage water.

Health condition of Attorney General Mahbubey Alam has improved, although he is still receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Combined Military Hospital (CMH).

A man was stabbed to death allegedly by muggers in Dhaka’s Dhalpur yesterday.

The health condition of Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, who was diagnosed with Covid-19, has improved, but he is still being treated at the Intensive Care Unit of the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka.

Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) board members have approved a proposal to extend by three more years the tenure of Taqsem A Khan, the present managing director of Dhaka Wasa.

A Narayanganj court today placed eight suspended officers and workers of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited on a two-day remand each in connection with the blast at a Narayanganj mosque on September 4, which claimed 33 lives so far.

A man has been stabbed to death allegedly by muggers in Dhaka’s Dhalpur area.

Two persons, who suffered severe injuries in a blast at a mosque in Narayanganj, have died at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka, raising the death toll to 33.

Thanks to strict monitoring against jatka netting and government programmes to conserve hilsa, production of the fish has seen a steady increase in Barishal, and this year has been no different.

The Covid-19 outbreak has affected all spheres of life, but those which involve close contact services pose an added challenge.

We got up before sunrise and boarded a jeep. It was open on all sides and had two rows of raised rear seats to afford everyone a good view.

Rights organisation Amnesty International yesterday demanded reinstatement of Dhaka University Prof Morshed Hasan Khan, who was terminated on September 9 on charges of distorting the country’s history and defaming Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.