With a view to enabling people to access different government services including utility bills and fees payment facilities through digital means, Access to Information (a2i) introduced eight major digital public services and platforms last year.

Health and Family Planning Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said night blindness rate is below 1 percent in the country due to regular administering of Vitamin A capsules.

Six days into a battery-run auto-rickshaw driver’s murder in Narayanganj, another driver was found killed in the district yesterday.

Three people were killed in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police arrested a couple in Khulna for allegedly faking savings certificates worth Tk 9 crore.

Ambassador Rabab Fatima, the permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, has announced that a year-long programme involving the UN will be organised to celebrate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

At least 7,855 people are killed and 13,330 others injured in 5,516 road accidents across the country in 2019, Jatri Kalyan Samity says in its annual report.

Rapid Action Battalion claims to have arrested the main accused of the case filed for gang-rape of a 13-year-old girl in Kamrangirchar area of Dhaka.

The foggy weather that stated this morning is likely to continue for two or three more days across the country, says Met office.

The national Vitamin 'A' plus campaign is underway across the country, aiming to feed vitamin A plus capsules to 2.10 crore children aged between six to 59 months.

A 11-year-old girl is gang-raped allegedly by four youths in Dhaka’s Bhatara area.

Department of Environment (DoE) Director Azadur Rahman Mallick sustained burn injuries at his flat in Panchlaish area yesterday morning.

I often write about rare or interesting birds (or wildlife) I have encountered. If you read my column you might think I find them on every trip or outing.

Police recovered the body of Mehedi Hasan Jishan (35), an engineer, from the Dhaleshwari river in Munshiganj yesterday noon. This comes after he went missing four days ago after falling from a trawler in the Buriganga river at Baktabali area in Narayanganj.

This is pretty much what Shahin Alam heard, when he arrived at Karwan Bazar in search of work.

A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Nurpur area under Bhanga upazila in Faridpur yesterday, reports our Faridpur correspondent.

Various cold-related ailments have affected 5,863 people across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday said Bangladesh will be benefitted economically if the country permits India, Bhutan, and Nepal to use its ports.

Authorities at Sylhet Agricultural University halted recruitment tests scheduled for yesterday and today, amidst protests by students and staff.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday busted a fake currency-manufacturing factory in the capital’s Dhanmondi.