The government gives highest priority to the health sector, said Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the Directorate General

Suspended jailer of Chattogram Central Jail Sohel Rana Biswas again has sought bail from the High Court in a money laundering case.

State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday called for keeping active multi-dimensional waterways between Dhaka and Barishal for using alternative routes while facing difficulties.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen is scheduled to leave for Turkey today to attend the inauguration ceremony of the newly-constructed Bangladesh Chancery Complex, said a senior official of the ministry yesterday.

BNP yesterday alleged the government has been providing wrong information about coronavirus cases and fatalities.

Bangladesh Railways (BR) started selling half the tickets of intercity trains through station counters from yesterday morning while the rest is being sold online.

UN Resident Coordinator Mia Seppo has appreciated the first verdict under the Anti-Torture Act, saying it will pave the way for other victims to access justice.

Manager of a well-known film actress and at least couple of choreographers are allegedly involved in trafficking girls to Dubai.

Container transport to and from Chattogram port resumed after 12 hours today as workers of prime mover-trailers postponed their work abstention till tomorrow.

One of the five workers, who sustained severe burns while melting iron at a steel mill factory in Gazipur's Tongi area early Friday, has died at hospital.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested dancer Evan Shahriar from the capital’s Niketan suspecting him of being part of a female trafficking ring.

Five workers of a steel mill in Gazipur’s Tongi suffered burn injuries yesterday, while melting iron bars.

One of the key changes wrought into the fabric of our lives after the coronavirus outbreak has been regarding education and the prevailing systems of education.

A rape victim was found dead in her room in Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila early on Thursday, an hour after the local municipal councillor let her rapist walk free instead of handing him over to police.

The only burn unit in Barishal division at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) has been closed for five months. Not only that, the only psychiatry ward of the hospital has been closed for around a year.

Small things bring pleasure to children, but insignificant things can also terrify them. In my case, the pleasure came from the tangible physical world, but my fears were often rooted in the imaginary.

Germany has provided the International Organization for Migration with two million euros to support the UN migration agency’s Covid-19 response in Bangladesh.

Two construction workers died after the scaffolding collapsed while they were working on the fourth floor of an under-construction building in Dhaka’s Bashundhara Residential Area yesterday morning.

Two newly appointed judges of the Appellate Division of Supreme Court -- Justice Tariq-ul-Hakim and Justice Obaidul Hassan -- yesterday paid homage to Bangabandhu by placing wreaths at his grave in Gopalganj’s Tungipara upazila.

Rapid Action Battalion and Fisheries Department, in a joint-drive, seized a huge amount of piranha and African catfish from the capital’s Karwan Bazar yesterday.