Although shopping malls and markets are closed and public transport remains suspended, the city streets look almost normal with people violating lockdown by coming out of home and moving around on rickshaws, vans and private cars.

India has called for quick implementation of the memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of disaster management resilience and mitigation.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Sheikh Kamal used to lead a very simple life but faced a malicious campaign after surviving a futile assassination attempt in 1974.

The members of local orchestras commonly known as band parties in Tangail have been passing hard days as the number of programmes in which they are invited to play their musical instruments has reduced drastically since the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic.

Per capita income in Bangladesh rose by 10 per cent year-on-year to $2,227 in the just-concluded fiscal year, according to data of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

The government has moved from the six day long mass vaccination program scheduled to begin from August 7 because the country lacks enough vaccine doses in stock.

Government organisations are doing better in comparison to non-government organisations in terms of proactive disclosure of information on the basis of Right to Information Act, according to a Transparency International Bangladesh study.

The ongoing lockdown has been extended till August 10. But, on the streets, restriction on movement is almost non-existent.

Any banker with 10 years of work experience can now be appointed or promoted as chief financial officer (CFO) at any bank or financial institution.

A Dhaka court today placed Shariful Hasan alias Mishu Hasan and Masudul Hasan alias Jisan, associates of model and former TV presenter Faria Mahbub Piyasha, on different terms of remand in five cases filed under different acts.

The two cases filed under Narcotics Control Act against Pori Moni and movie producer Nazrul Islam Raaz were handed over to Detective Branch of Police for further investigation.

Dhamrai police have arrested 11 officials and employees of a housing project named Aksir Nagar on various charges including land grabbing in Dhamrai.

Customs Intelligence officials detained a man with Saudi riyal equivalent to Tk 53.71 lakh at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early today.

A fire broke out at a warehouse in Phulbari area in Savar. The fire started at around 8:20 am today (5 August, 2021), informed locals and fire officers.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today released a special commemorative postage stamp, an opening day cover and a data card marking the 72nd birth anniversary of Shaheed Sheikh Kamal, eldest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Bangladesh’s stock market continued to rise for the last six consecutive trading days thanks to increased participation of investors.

The Dhaka South City Corporation yesterday suspended executive engineer of zone-1 Tanveer Ahmed and filed a departmental case against him for “negligence, misconduct, inefficiency and corruption.”

Global tech giant Google has paid Tk 2.30 crore as value-added tax (VAT) directly to the National Board of Revenue.

A 10-year-old boy died of dengue at Dhaka’s Square Hospital early today.

Around 98 percent Covid patients of the country have been infected with the highly transmissible Delta variant, according to a report of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).