Ekushey Padak-winning stage and TV actor, director Aly Zaker was laid to rest at Dhaka's Banani graveyard this afternoon after he was given a guard of honour.

Bishop Bejoy N D'Cruze OMI was made the Archbishop of Dhaka today, two months after the Vatican announced his appointment.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday expressed deep concern over the graft in the country’s health sector and irregularities occurred during the coronavirus pandemic.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the drive Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina started against irregularities and corruption in the party will continue.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said eight “iconic mosques” with all modern facilities will be built in eight divisions of the country with Saudi assistance.

Sirajganj’s Husne Ara Jolly married at an early age. She has been subjected to violence throughout her married life, and at one point, she attempted to take her own life.

Shaheed Dr Milon Day will be observed across the country today, commemorating the 30th martyrdom anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, who was joint secretary general of Bangladesh Medical Association.

Among Us is the biggest hit game this year. The indie game has a team of players work together to performing simple tasks on three available maps. There are randomly assigned “Imposters” who will have to directly, or indirectly, kill the other players without getting caught.

Police in a drive arrested three alleged drug traders with 1.1kg heroin from Gopalpur in Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila on Wednesday. The arrestees are Jamila (30), Babu Sheikh (21) and Selanur (35).

Rapid Action Battalion claimed to have arrested three suspected members of banned militant outfit Ansar al Islam from Dhaka’s Dhanmondi and Savar on Wednesday.

A woman and her 3-year-old son were killed and five injured as a bus hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw on Lalmonirhat-Burimari road in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat yesterday.

Retired public officials will no longer require government permission to take up jobs at other organisations, change profession or go abroad.

Criminal Investigation Department of police has seized snake venom worth Tk 9 crore and arrested two smugglers from Gazipur on Wednesday.

The International Organization for Migration yesterday launched an online platform for migrant workers that provides information on safe migration, sustainable reintegration, and remittance management.

Three suspected members of banned militant outfit Ansar al Islam were arrested in Dhaka last night.

State Minister for Information Murad Hasan yesterday said steps will be taken to reinstate media workers who lost their jobs during the coronavirus period.

The High Court yesterday justified the law that has empowered the country’s courts to virtually carry out the judicial proceedings through videoconferences and other digital means.

The prolonged lockdown and transition to online schooling has had an undesired side effect -- its negative impact on students’ mental health.

Chairperson of Bandarban Hill District Council (BHDC), Kwe Shwe Hla, has betrayed the Mro people by allegedly giving their jhum land in Lama upazila’s Dola Para for tourism, said Parbatya Chattogram Pahari Chhatra Parishad (PCP) in a statement yesterday.

Investigators will now scrutinise how Monir Hossain alias Golden Monir had been using SUVs registered under names of current and former lawmakers.