The results of Primary Education Completion (PEC), Junior School Certificate (JSC)and equivalent exams will be published today.

Amid the ongoing cold wave, several thousand jute mill workers of Khulna and Jashore industrial belt continued their indefinite hunger strike for the second consecutive day yesterday, to press an 11-point demand including formation of national wage commission.

Family and well-wishers bid farewell to Gaibandha-3 MP Yunus Ali Sarker as he was laid down at his family’s graveyard in Bhatgram village of Sadullapur upazila around 4:30pm yesterday.

A mother tiger in Chattogram zoo gave birth to twin cubs yesterday.

AFM Obaidur Rahman, father of The Dhaka Times Editor Arifur Rahman Dolon, died of cardiac arrest yesterday in Faridpur.

Due to dense fog, three international flights could not land at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport yesterday morning.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have arrested a member of banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir from Chattogram city 30 days after he allegedly went missing.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal says banks will charge a maximum interest rate of nine per cent for all types of loans and six per cent for deposit from April 1 next year.

In the latest reshuffle in the civil administration, three secretaries and six additional secretaries have been transferred, promoted and given new postings.

A total of 2,260 aspirants have collected nomination forms to take part in Dhaka north and south city corporation elections scheduled to be held on January 30.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon, who failed to secure the nomination for the next mayoral race from Awami League, says he has accepted the party’s decision on keeping him aside from the polls.

The Election Commission (EC) writes to the cabinet division secretary not to transfer election-related officials without prior permission ahead of Dhaka north and south city corporation elections scheduled for January 30.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says all 41 spans of the much-awaited Padma bridge will be installed by July 2020 if there is no natural disaster.

Commissioner of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Mozammel Haque Khan urges the public prosecutors to play active roles against corrupt people in dealing graft cases.

Fourteen people including chief coordinator of Ganosamhati Andolon Zonayed Saki, and general secretary of Biplobi Workers’ Party Saiful Haq have been injured after police charge batons on them during a protest.

Former Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali passes away today at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka.

Crude bomb explosion is reported from near the Dhaka University's Madhur Canteen area for a second consecutive day today.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) says no public gathering near roads, flyovers, open spaces or even rooftops will be allowed on the night of December 31 in a bid to heighten security centering the new year celebrations.

At least 50 people have died in two months as cold weather continues to sweep across the country, officials say.

A Rohingya man is detained with fake passport and other documents after he lands at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka from Malaysia.