Eighty-three more Bangladeshi migrants have been rescued and 31 others detained while crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.

Bangladesh creates around 25 thousand tons of waste every single day. The people who carry out this mammoth task of cleaning this mountain of waste -- how are they living their lives?

The border closure with India has been extended for 14 more days till July 14 amid the worsening Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh, said Mashfee Binte Shams, secretary (East) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today.

The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rose 0.56 per cent today, but the turnover dropped to below 1,500 points level after more than a month as investors adopted a wait-and-see approach.

An under-construction bridge collapsed at Dobhashipara area of Kuakata municipality today.

Law Minister Anisul Haque told parliament today that the government has taken various steps to make NID services more efficient and dynamic.

Planning Minister MA Mannan today asked Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) why the government and the people would not get real-time information.

The food ministry today launched a decade-long plan for achieving the objectives of the National Food and Nutrition Security Policy (NFNSP).

The Cabinet Division approved the final draft of “Highway Act 2021” today with the provision of a maximum of two years’ punishment for violation.

The three-storey building in Moghbazar that was heavily damaged in yesterday’s explosion may collapse any time, fire service experts said today.

As all forms of public transport, except rickshaws, have been suspended but offices remain open, it’s office-goers who like always were left high and dry.

The Medical Degrees (Repeal) Bill 2021 was placed in Parliament today.

The Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute Bill 2021 was placed in parliament today to provide better healthcare services to children.

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed today said they would form a probe committee to investigate yesterday’s explosion in Dhaka's Moghbazar that killed at least six persons and injured 50.

The average life expectancy of Bangladeshis has increased to 72.8 years in 2020, during the outbreak of coronavirus, as compared to 72.6 years in 2019, according to a report of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

A total of 119 people died with Covid-19 in Bangladesh in 24 hours until yesterday morning, the biggest figure since the pandemic hit the country.

Brig Gen Md Sazzad Hussain, director general of Fire Service and Civil Defence, said they are primarily suspecting that the explosion took place from accumulation of gas from a leakage.

Ninety-three percent of those who received both doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine have developed antibodies against Covid-19, according to a study done at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

A one-and-a-half-month old girl has been infected with the coronavirus in a rare case of Covid-19 in an infant.

One in every 1,000 tuberculosis (TB) patient in Bangladesh has HIV, found a recent study -- in what can be viewed as a boost to the country’s bid to end the infectious disease and meet 90-90-90 targets for HIV by 2030.