After passing four days under open sky near the Bangladesh embassy in Hanoi, 17 Bangladeshis, who were defrauded by Bangladeshi agents, brokers and a Vietnamese company, were provided accommodation on Thursday.

In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, Barishal Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) authorities found itself in a waste disposal conundrum as the city corporation has stopped collecting waste from the hospital.

More than 2.4 million people are estimated to be affected by flooding, including around 1.3 million children in Bangladesh, Unicef said.

Twenty-four children drowned in floodwater in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts in the last month.

A three-year-old boy died and three of his family members sustained burns after accumulated gas exploded and caused a fire in their house in Dhaka’s Bangshal area yesterday morning.

Detectives yesterday arrested five alleged members of an online gambling syndicate from different areas of Chattogram city.

Despite repeated complaints from different sections of academics and students on Dhaka University’s lack of research work, the university’s newest

The Vietnam government has ordered police to investigate the brokers from Bangladesh and ensure security for Bangladeshi workers in the Southeast Asian country, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Migrant rights and advocacy groups from across regions yesterday called on countries of origin and destination to undertake a gender-responsive

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police said question papers of medical and dental admission tests were leaked repeatedly from the printing press under Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Ancient Bengal was a land of knowledge where institutional education flourished through vihara (monastery), mahavihara (monastic complex of viharas) and matha (cloister, institute or college).

The attorney general’s (AG) office and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) yesterday accorded farewell to Justice Bhabani Prasad Singha, a judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court, on his last working day in the office.

Bangladesh has called for fair and equitable access to Covid-19 vaccine to make sure all countries, especially ones that need it the most, have access to the life-saving product.

A virtual court in Dhaka yesterday rejected a bail petition of cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore and writer Mushtaq Ahmed in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, a professor of Dhaka Medical College (DMC), has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Flood situation in Kurigram deteriorated today as water of all the rivers in the region including the Brahmaputra and Dharla has been flowing above danger level.

Khalilur Rahman, chairman of Rangunia upazila parishad in Chattogram, died of Covid-19 infection today.

A virtual court in Dhaka today again rejected the bail petition of cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore and writer Mushtaq Ahmed in a case filed against them under the Digital Security Act.

Nepal government has given its nod to Nepal Electricity Authority to trade electricity with India and Bangladesh.

A three-year-old boy died and three of his family members sustained burns after accumulated gas exploded and caused fire in their house in Dhaka’s Bangshal area.