Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) supremo and former prime minister Khaleda Zia can stay out of prison for six more months, but in this period she cannot leave the country and has to receive treatment at her residence, the Law Ministry said

As much as 617 metric tons of fish worth Tk 12 crore died in ponds and water bodies of Rajshahi due to lack of oxygen because of scorching heat, said District Fisheries official

The positivity rate for Covid-19 testing in Bangladesh has come down to the lowest 14.96 percent in more than three months as the health directorate reported 2,158 new cases in 24 hours till 8:30am yesterday

Freedom fighters in Bangladesh's port city of Chittagong have given a seven-day ultimatum to take action against MP Mostafizur Rahman Chowdhury and also demanded the cancellation of his parliamentary seat and expulsion from the ruling party Bangladesh Awami League

In a historic verdict, the Bangladesh High Court has said that Hindu widows are entitled to shares in all properties owned by their late husbands and not just their homesteads

At least 379 people were killed and 368 injured in 302 road accidents across the country in August, according to a report of Road Safety Foundation, a non-government organisation

The numbers of COVID-19 patients at the hospitals and those needing treatment at Intensive Care Units have increased over the last one month, suggesting that there is still a long way to go to bring the pandemic under control

Uncertainty clouds the fate of the European Union’s €117 million in incentives to help out Bangladesh's apparel factory workers who have lost their jobs because of the coronavirus crisis

Integrated telecom infrastructure services company edotco Bangladesh has built a 75-metre hybrid solar-wind tower in Hatiya, a remote cyclone-prone island located to the north of the Bay of Bengal, where no commercial power connection is available

The Railway Engine Drivers Association has said it would withdraw from operating trains with Chinese compartments, officials said

Indian High Commissioner tRiva Ganguly Das described 'Bangabandhu' Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as one of the most influential and courageous leaders of the 20th century

Foreign exchange reserves have crossed $39 billion for the first time, an official of Bangladesh Bank says

Eighty-one Bangladeshis, who had been stranded in Vietnam and returned home by a chartered flight two weeks ago, were arrested and sent to jail today, after completion of a 14-day quarantine

Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday extended their condolences over the demise of former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, calling him as a "true friend" of Bangladesh and "guardian" to Hasina and her kin

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed hope that "the history will one day expose the conspirators of the August 15, 1975 massacre" while stating that power, to her, is a responsibility towards the people