Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the United Nations to play a more decisive and robust role in resolving existing global challenges, including the Rohingya crisis.

US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden offered sharply contrasting views on the still-raging coronavirus pandemic at Thursday’s final presidential debate, seeking to persuade the few remaining undecided voters ahead of November 3 election day.

All banks and mobile financial service (MFS) providers will have to introduce the financial interoperability system by March 31 to help clients transfer money within the financial institutions.

The payment disbursed but the work not done -- this appears to have become a common practice at the IEM unit of DGFP.

The government is set to start the process of giving students of classes 6 to 9 assignments from November 1 in the absence of annual examinations.

The indefinite work abstention announced by water transport workers was withdrawn yesterday evening after a meeting at the labour ministry in Dhaka.

In view of the virtual absence of all opposition political activities due to Covid-19, we have decided to run a series of interviews of political party leaders who are not in the government-led alliance.

Heavy rains, induced by a depression formed in the Bay of Bengal, disrupted regular life of people across the country yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the authorities concerned to bring drivers under a dope testing system to know whether they abuse drugs.

The village is named after its highest hill, Rangapahar, but the natural landmark no longer exists.

The international community yesterday pledged $597 million in humanitarian assistance for Rohingyas in the region and urged Myanmar to create conditions for their repatriation.

The High Court yesterday directed the law enforcement authorities to arrest Proshanta Kumar Halder, who fled the country after allegedly siphoning off around Tk 10,200 crore from some non-banking financial institutions, immediately after his return home.

Businesses are counting massive losses as almost 22 lakh tonnes of goods have been waiting to be unloaded for two days at sea and river ports across the country.

A pregnant woman in Noakhali’s Senbagh was raped by a man and filmed by his associates on October 9, just five days after the Begumganj rape.

The High Court yesterday directed law enforcers to take necessary steps to stop the use of salish (arbitration) in adjudicating rape incidents in the country.

To get a driving licence from the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, an aspiring driver is supposed to pass three tests -- written, practical and viva.

Road transport and traffic management, over a period of time, has gone through major changes, but road safety remains one of the most serious social concerns in Bangladesh and emerges as a “man-made epidemic”.

Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community, will be celebrated on a limited scale this year due to coronavirus pandemic.

More than one crore students of class 6-9 will be promoted to next classes this year without any annual examinations, the government announced yesterday.

Caving in to the pressure from businesspeople, the government yesterday raised the price ceiling for potato by Tk 5 to Tk 35 per kg at retail markets.