Bangladesh Bank has advised that bank branches near cattle markets in Dhaka operate extra hours in the lead-up to Eid-ul-Azha.

Deputy Commissioner of Tangail Md Ataul Gani has tested positive for Covid-19.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) today approved seven projects with an outlay of Tk 3,075 crore, including Tk 2,334 crore to modernise the sewerage system in Khulna city.

On the second day of his trial on Tuesday morning (July 28), retired local actor-director Ng Aik Leong (better known as Huang Yiliang), asked doctors if it was possible that the Bangladeshi employee he is accused of hitting could have "hurt himself accidentally" in a "struggle".

Sharmin Jahan, proprietor of Aparajita International, is sent to jail in a case filed over supplying fake N95 masks to the Covid-19 isolation unit of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).

China announced the suspension Tuesday of Hong Kong's extradition treaties with Canada, Australia and Britain in a tit-for-tat move following similar decisions by those countries over a controversial new security law.

A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrants against Regent Group Chairman Shahed Karim, its Managing Director Masud Parvez and two others in a case filed over misappropriating Tk 25.27 lakh from a businessman.

Bangladesh-India relationship is more cordial, friendly and development-centric than any other time, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said.

Archaeologists have found the man who had discovered a copperplate mentioning a millennium-old higher-learning centre in Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar.

Members of Counter Terrorism (CT) unit of Chattogram Metropolitan Police early today arrested an active member of the militant group Neo JMB in connection with a bomb blast at a traffic police box in the port city that injured five people, including two policemen, on February 28.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast that rain or thundershowers may continue for the next three days across the country.

The number of total deaths with Covid-19 infection in Bangladesh has reached the grim milestone of 3,000 with 35 new deaths.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked all concerned to keep up the growth, achieved in agriculture amid the coronavirus pandemic, to ensure food security alongside making efforts to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

India reported a slight dip in the number of Covid-19 cases today, a day after the nation was close to the 50,000 mark, according to health ministry data.

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court today challenging Bangladesh Bar Council’s decision to not allow candidates, who passed the Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) test in 2017 but failed the written test, to appear for the written test again to enroll as lawyers.

India has lodged a “strong protest” with Pakistan on reports that a famous Sikh shrine in Lahore was being turned into a mosque.

Transport movement on Dhaka-Chattogram highway remained suspended for two hours as workers of a jute mill blocked the highway in Cumilla, demanding arrears of last five months and Eid bonus.

Anti Terrorism Unit (ATU) yesterday arrested an alleged member of banned militant group Ansar al Islam from Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj district.

Four drug peddlers were killed in a gunfight between two groups of traders in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar early today, said police.

A doctor, who along with his wife sustained severe burn injuries from a fire reportedly caused by a lit cigarette coming in contact with hand sanitiser, died at a hospital this morning.