Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said South Asian nations should work together to eliminate hunger and illiteracy for the wellbeing of the people of this region.

Farmers in Kushtia exceeded the targeted cultivation of Aman rice in the district this year, but they are getting increasingly worried about reaping a good harvest due to a rise in pest infestations at some rice fields.

Thirty-two-year-old Zakaria Hossain, a resident of Dakkhin Sonakhuli village in Nilphamari’s Dimla upazila, was not born blind.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule questioning why the government’s decision to not provide new gas connections in residential areas should not be declared illegal.

When Jibon Sarker (not his real name) joined the police force as a constable about 10 years ago, he took it for a life-changing job. In many ways, it is; but not for the right reasons.

Child labour and child marriages have surged in Bangladesh amid the pandemic, found a recent study by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) -- unravelling the decades of progress made on bringing down the two social ills.

Youths transforming communities through social initiatives can apply for the fifth instalment of the Joy Bangla Youth Award till October 31.

Bangladesh and Japan today signed the “Japanese Grant Aid for the Fourth Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP4).”

Around 35 leaders and activists of BNP-Jamaat were indicted today in a case filed over violence in 2013 in Fatikchhari upazila’s Bhujpur area of Chattogram.

The stock market bled 120 points today as investors went for panic sales.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) will work together to develop an electronic know your customer (eKYC) infrastructure to fast-track financial inclusion.

One hundred and ninety patients were hospitalised with dengue fever in 24 hours preceding 8:00am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The government will return Tk 214 crore deposited by the consumers as payment to e-commerce companies but did not get delivery of the ordered goods yet, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said today.

Five people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8 am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Police today arrested two people, including an activist of Chhatra Shibir, in connection with the attack on Hindu houses and shops in Rangpur's Pirganj upazila.

Bangladeshi jute goods and handicrafts have attracted the attention of the visitors at an exhibition in China titled “2021 Euro-Asia Economic Forum Economic and Trade Cooperation Expo and China (Shaanxi) Import and Export Commodities Exhibition”.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) beefed up security in all temples and places of worship in the capital amid frequent attacks on Hindu community members and their temples across the country.

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi praised the Indian people for showing utmost restraint and said, “India would do nothing to provoke war”. She was addressing the Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels today.

In the eighties, the coastal district of Bagerhat used to meet the lion’s share of country’s coconut oil demand by producing about 26 metric tonnes of oil every day at 60 mills across the district.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said the United Nations should be a voice of all the countries, not just the mouthpiece of a few countries.