Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday urged filmmakers to make films on the plight of Rohingyas to further illuminate to the global community the unimaginable atrocities committed against the ethnic group.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will distribute the prestigious National Film Awards among its recipients today in 26 categories for the year 2019.

At least seven persons were burnt in a fire at an automobile workshop in Dhaka’s Tejgaon-Gulshan Link Road area yesterday.

A three-day art exhibition titled “Bangabandhu: Statesman of the Era” began in Khulna on Friday.

With Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election day coming closer, candidates are leaving no stone unturned to win over voters. Although Awami

The tragic incident of one Lakingme Chakma has come to the fore, but cruelty against “many Lakingmes” have been left in the dark, Dhaka University professor Robaet Ferdous said yesterday.

Ahad from Jamalpur lost his father before his birth and mother during delivery. When none was found to take care of the seven-year-old, another couple came forward to adopt him.

A meeting between two Dhaka city corporations next week will finalise a drainage management action plan to reduce water-logging in the capital, said Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mohammad Tajul Islam today.

At least seven persons were burnt in a fire at an automobile workshop in Dhaka’s Tejgaon-Gulshan Link Road area this afternoon.

Police yesterday recovered the body of a seven-year-old girl, who was allegedly abducted three days ago, from Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh.

A joint operation is being carried out to save jatka (hilsa less than nine inches in length) and other fishes in coastal areas since January 10.

When mayoral and councillor candidates of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls are decorating areas with posters and banners as part of their campaigns, Shaibal Das Suman stands as an exception.

A Chhatra League activist succumbed to his injuries yesterday morning after being stabbed by “rivals” in port city’s Bakalia area.

At a time when the public conscience is gripped by fears over women’s security, three sisters from a remote village in Lalmonirhat decided to take up matters in their own hands.

I saw my only wild hyena at Kenya’s Maasai Mara park: a mother lying on the ground and her cub. The cub was plain dark brown.

Two motorcyclists were killed when a truck hit a motorcycle at Zero Point area of ​​Khulna-Satkhira highway in Khulna this morning.

United States President-elect Joe Biden has named Bangladeshi-American Zayn Siddique for a key position in the office of White House deputy chief of staff.

Twenty-two changemakers were selected for the second cohort of Acumen Fellows in Bangladesh, said a statement yesterday.

Better partnership at different levels between the labour-receiving and -sending countries should be developed to benefit migrant workers in post-Covid situation, said speakers at a regional consultation yesterday.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to mandatorily record fingerprints and iris scans of all citizens including children during their birth registration.