At least nine buses were torched in different parts of the capital within the span of a few hours yesterday which police suspect was part of a plot to carry out subversive activities.

A Chinese company will set up the country’s first large-scale waste-to-energy plant for Dhaka North City Corporation areas.

At least 74 migrants died in a “devastating” shipwreck yesterday off the Libyan coast, the United Nations said, the latest in a spate of migrant vessel sinkings in the central Mediterranean.

Thirteen people were reported dead from Covid-19 in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Ruling Awami League nominees secured their places in both Dhaka-18 and Sirajganj-1 constituencies in the by-polls amid noticeably low voter turnout.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against the Prothom Alo’s Editor and Publisher Matiur Rahman and eight others in a case filed over the death of Dhaka Residential Model College student Naimul Abrar Rahat.

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus yesterday called for “outrageously bold” thinking to reshape post-Covid society, including the creation of a new type of bank to help millions of workers whose livelihoods have been hammered by the pandemic.

The health directorate has asked civil surgeons to ensure that all unauthorised private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres are shut down as soon as possible.

Dengue fever appears to be reemerging in the country as the number of people infected with the mosquito-borne disease rose sharply this month.

The High Court yesterday asked for the record of a corruption case in which independent lawmaker and Awami League leader Haji Mohammad Salim was sentenced to 13 years in 2008.

Three days into the death of senior ASP Anisul Karim allegedly due to beating by staffers of Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-Addiction Hospital in the capital’s Adabor, four of its shareholders are still on the run.

Giving away her hard-earned income to the destitute, Dil Afroze Khuki of Rajshahi chose a life of constant battles. In her 60s now, she has been a newspaper hawker in the northern city for 30 years.

Lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam deposited Tk 148.41 crore in dirty money to different bank accounts of his sister-in-law Jesmin Prodhan to cover his tracks, finds the Anti-Corruption Commission.

A panel formed by the Japanese government has given Bangladesh an alternative plan for the MRT-6 extension to Kamalapur, saying the existing PMO-approved design would seriously hamper the prospect of the country’s premier railway station becoming a true transport hub.

The High Court yesterday issued a set of guidelines to ensure proper expenditure of state money and transparency in the purchase and maintenance of medical equipment in government hospitals across the country.

President Donald Trump yesterday pushed ahead with longshot legal challenges to his election loss, as Republican US lawmakers and state officials defended his right to do so.

A day after Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Anisul Karim was allegedly assaulted to death by its staff, the Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-Addiction Hospital in the capital’s Adabor was all but deserted yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said there is a need for constructive multilateralism more than ever as the Covid-19 pandemic has reminded the world that “no one is safe until everyone is safe”.

Taking interviews of 1,050 beneficiaries of the government’s cash assistance for the poor, Transparency International Bangladesh has found that 69 percent were yet to receive anything.

The Prime Minister’s Office has directed the railways ministry to significantly reduce the cost of China-funded Akhaura-Sylhet and Joydebpur-Ishwardi rail line expansion projects.