Body of a three-year-old boy was recovered from a rooftop water tank in Dhaka’s Shyampur area this morning.

In accordance with the recent decision by the education ministry, Dhaka University dormitories will not open and no major examinations will be held before May 17, VC Professor Akhtaruzzaman said today.

Bangladesh Muktijoddha Santan Sangsad, a platform of freedom fighters’ offspring, staged a sit-in blocking Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka since this morning to press home their seven-point demand including reinstatement of 30 percent quota in government services.

It was their daily routine to try to reach him over phone, after Sadman Sakib Rafi went missing on January 13 this year.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed a desire to build fighter jets in Bangladesh, to protect its sovereignty.

At least five people were killed and 15 others were injured as a bus collided with a truck after its tyre got punctured at Konabari near the Bangabandhu bridge west zone of Sirajganj this morning, police said.

Rab claims to have arrested a fugitive convict in the August 21 grenade attack case from Dhaka's Diabari area.

A body recovered on January 14 from Hatirjheel lake and subsequently buried unclaimed was primarily identified as Sadman Sakib Rafi, a student of Malaysia’s Asia Pacific University who remained missing since January 13.

The second consignment of Covid-19 vaccine from India – 20 lakh doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine – has reached Dhaka.

All types of examinations under the National University have been postponed until further notice.

The Government of Bangladesh has appointed Mohammad Sarwar Mahmood as the next ambassador to Spain.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen is scheduled to leave Dhaka tonight for Washington where he will have a series of meetings, including one with US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken.

A motorcyclist was killed and a person was injured after they were hit by a covered van in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat today.

Bangladesh has invited UAE leaders to join the celebrations of Mujib Year and the 50th anniversary of independence this year.

Police today said they seized 15 Indian cows from a house at Bhutipukur-Sipaipara in Panchagarh’s Tetulia. They were smuggled into the country from India.

Khulna’s rail link with rest of the country snapped this evening after a train derailed in Kotchandpur upazila of Jhenidah.

The cabinet today approved the draft of ‘Bangladesh Patent Bill 2021’, aiming to make the century-old patent law more time-befitting.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today urged other countries and human rights bodies to come forward to share the burden of Rohingyas, saying that Bangladesh has done enough.

A legal notice was served today asking the government to digitise marriage and divorce registrations.

Parliament seat of independent MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul has been vacated today.