The month of mourning begins today for the nation to recall the brutal assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on the night of August 15, 1975, the ugliest chapter in the nation’s history, and renew the pledge to safeguard the country’s independence and sovereignty.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has denied that a charity picked by the government to manage a major student grant program received preferential treatment, although it had ties to his family.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent a message to his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, extending his warmest greetings to the people and the government of Bangladesh on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.

Five local dailies in Chattogram, including the Dainik Azadi, one of the oldest newspapers in Bangladesh, have suspended their publication following a siege programme by journalists demanding full payment of the Eid bonus.

An estimated 2.8 million Muslims living in the UK, including half a million strong Bengali community, have celebrated the holy festival of Eid-ul-Azha with family members in a limited manner as coronavirus lockdowns remain and new restrictions have been introduced in the northern cities of England.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday postponed a planned easing of the coronavirus lockdown in England after a rise in infections amplified fears of a second deadly surge in Covid-19 cases.

Bangladesh’s GDP which was enjoying an exponential growth of 8.15 percent would be slowing down significantly due to Covid-19. According to the Economist Intelligence unit (EIU), the decline of GDP could lower down to 4 percent. The hardest hit would be the small business sector. This sector contributes 20.25 percent in our GDP growth and accounts for 35-40 percent of our employment. Hence the government and private sector has to take special steps for survival of small enterprises/businesses.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the countrymen to be imbued with the spirit of Eid-ul-Azha and to participate in welfare-oriented activities to establish a discrimination-free, happy, prosperous and peaceful Bangladesh.

Awami League’s Faridpur town unit president Nazmul Islam Khandaker was held today in connection with money laundering.

Five people drowned as a boat carrying them capsized in a beel (water body) in Sarail upazila of Tangail this afternoon.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $200 million financing package with Reliance Bangladesh LNG and Power Limited (RBLPL) to build and operate a 718MW gas-fired power plant in Bangladesh.

Head-on collision between a private car and a covered-van killed three and injured three others at the Nundah Bridge (Baluaya) area on the Rangpur-Dhaka highway under Gobindaganj area of Gaibandha. The accident occurred around 4:30 am.

Three people including two garment workers have been killed and three others injured as a bus hit a rented car on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Habiganj district.

আধুনিক স্থাপত্য শৈলীতে নির্মিত দৃষ্টি নন্দন এই সমাধি সৌধটি যেন মরমি কবি আব্দুল করিমের দর্শনেরই এক প্রতিবিম্ব। এর নকশা করেছেন স্থাপত্য প্রতিষ্ঠান বাস্তুশিল্পের প্রধান স্থপতি আদর ইউসুফ ও এর স্ট্রাকচারাল ডিজাইনার হিসেবে ছিলেন সুনামগঞ্জ জেলা পরিষদের প্রকৌশলী প্রণব রায় চৌধুরী।

Three alleged yaba smugglers have been killed in a "gunfight" with police in Chokoria upazila of Cox's Bazar.

Twenty-eight people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said during a briefing today.

Police have recovered the bodies of a couple and their three-year-old child from their house in Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur.

An assistant professor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) and her husband have been arrested for abusing their 12-year-old domestic help in Sylhet city last night.

An alleged criminal has been killed in a “shootout” with Rab members in Dhaka’s Pallabi area.

Eid holidaymakers have stuck at Paturia ferry ghat in Manikganj as they are caught in a 20km long tailback due to heavy pressure of vehicles ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, to be celebrated tomorrow.