The government will plant 10 million saplings across the country marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the Liberation War Affairs Ministry for quick implementation of its four important projects including Swadhinota Stambha Construction (3rd Phase) Project at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan.

Judgement in the case filed against Moazzem Hossain, former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Police Station, in a case filed over recording and circulating a video clip of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi will be delivered today.

Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) yesterday said price of onion would not have reached an exorbitant level had the government taken initiatives to directly import the key cooking ingredient in October to increase supply.

Bangladesh had no other alternative to allowing the Rohingyas in when they faced atrocities in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, said Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque yesterday.

Life has turned bitter for a Santal woman since she was gang-rapped by some influential people in 2014, centring control over a land.

The European Union is allocating 140,000 euros (around Tk 1.32 crore) to provide humanitarian assistance to families affected by cyclone Bulbul that struck many parts of the southern Bangladesh in early November.

The High Court yesterday ordered BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser and former BNP whip Shahidul Huq Jamal to surrender to the trial court in seven days, in connection with a case filed on charge of misappropriating 10 tonnes of rice allotted for relief.

Six people were killed in road accidents across the country in the last two days, our correspondents and news agencies report.

The High Court yesterday set December 1 for delivering its verdict on a writ petition that challenged the alleged manipulation of the first information report (FIR) of labour leader Nurul Islam murder case in Rajshahi.

Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) is set to launch a research vessel today to conduct study for increasing fish production in Kaptai Lake -- the biggest artificial lake in South-east Asia -- located in Rangamati district.

Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) and Crime Reporters’ Association Bangladesh (CRAB) have expressed concerns over alleged death threats to Rafiq Majumder, senior reporter of online news portal Jagonews24, for publishing a news.

High Court (HC) orders BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser and former BNP whip Shahidul Huq Jamal to surrender to the trial court in seven days in connection with a corruption case.

After a Dhaka tribunal delivered the verdict in the Holey Artisan Café attack case today, one of death row convicts reached into his pocket and brought out a prayer cap emblazoned with the emblem of the Islamic State.

Bangladesh had no alternative but to allow Rohingyas in the country when they faced atrocities in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque has said.

The family of Detective Branch of Police’s Assistant Commissioner Rabiul Karim wants immediate execution of the verdict in the Holey Artisan café attack case.

The defence expresses dissatisfaction and says they would challenge the Holey Artisan attack verdict that sentenced seven people to death.

The prosecution has expressed their satisfaction over the verdict that awarded death penalty to seven militants in Holey Artisan Café attack case.

Seven militants are sentenced to death for their involvement in 2016 Holey Artisan attack that left 22 people, including 17 foreigners, dead.

A cement bag with eight crude bombs was dropped from a CNG-run autorickshaw near the city’s busy Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue this evening creating panic in the area.