Prerona Foundation under its “Amra Shikhi, Amra Pari” programme has partnered with institutions working for the welfare of differently-abled

Four people were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Nawabganj road in Keraniganj this morning.

“The Bangladesh Tour Operators and Tour Guides (Registration and Operation) Bill, 2021” was placed in parliament yesterday for making it mandatory for the tour operators and guides to get registered.

In line with the recent government mandate, launch fares on the Barishal-Dhaka launch route were supposed to increase by 60 percent. But much like the overcharging going on in land, passengers of the waterways say they are being charged at least twice the usual fare on the route.

Dhaka University (DU) authorities have postponed all professional final exams of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), which were

The mayor of Washington DC has declared March 26, Independence Day of Bangladesh, as “Bangladesh Day.”

At least 250 people, including 31 Hefajat leaders and activists, were sued in a case filed over Friday’s clash between police and Hefajat supporters on

Eminent journalist Atiqullah Khan Masud was a “lighthouse” for marginalised and disadvantaged people, while his lifelong struggle was that against fundamentalist groups, speakers said at a commemorative programme yesterday.

A total of 199 women and 153 girls suffered different forms of violence over the last month in the country, says a report of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad.

The National Emergency Service-999 has been providing service to around 23,000 to 25,000 emergency help seekers daily.

Donning vests that say “DSCC Toll Collector”, they move around Gulistan, Jai Kali Mandir Road (between Thathari Bazar and Wari), Motijheel, Fulbaria, Azimpur and Laxmibazar (near Bahadur Shah Park) in the capital -- signaling commercial vehicles to stop.

More than 58 percent of brick kilns are being operated illegally in Barishal division, according to the Department of Environment.

I thought I knew everything I needed to know about photography. Then I found myself in a photography workshop taught by Sam Abell. That week ten years ago changed my photographic life.

Journalists in Munshiganj yesterday protested the attack on their peers and vandalisation of Brahmanbaria Press Club by activists of Hefajat-e-Islam during their Sunday’s hartal.

A man and his daughter were killed and his wife was injured in a road accident yesterday when a sand-laden truck hit their motorbike at Tarabaria in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna.

A staffer of Sylhet city’s Hotel Noorjahan Grand was arrested yesterday over sexual harassment of a woman staying at the hotel for mandatory institutional quarantine upon returning from the UK.

A baby girl was rescued by Armed Police Battalion (APBn) at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday after she was purportedly abandoned by her Saudi Arabia returnee mother.

With the sharp rise of Covid-19 cases, port city is facing a major crisis of available intensive care unit (ICU) beds. With around 60 such beds dedicated for Covid-19 patients in the city’s public and private hospitals, people are running from one hospital to another, only to find out that almost all the beds are already occupied.

A woman, who returned from Saudi Arabia early today, has left her 8-month-old daughter at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport this morning.

Prof Niaz Ahmed Khan joined as the pro-vice chancellor of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) yesterday.