Twenty-one days after the authorities claimed that none of its students took part in March 26 vandalism and arson, Al Jamia Al Islamia Al Yunusiya Madrasa expelled 20 students for allegedly taking part in the mayhem in Brahmanbaria.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today provided Tk 10 crore as assistance to the country’s journalists during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Chinese State Councilor and Defence Minister Wei Fenghe arrived in Dhaka this morning on a brief visit.

Md Abdur Rahim, officer-in-charge of Brahmanbaria Sadar Model Police Station, has been transferred.

Police recovered the body of a young girl from a rented flat in Dhaka's Gulshan area last night.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has expressed his deep condolence over the loss of lives at the tragic disappearance of an Indonesian submarine.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recommended the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) to take four measures today, including one that will help the developed world, development partners and international financial institutions (IFIs) to come forward and ensure quick recovery from the Covid-19 crisis.

Police have arrested 10 activists of Hefajat-e-Islam including its Brahmanbaria district unit’s assistant publicity affairs secretary Mufti Maulana Zakaria Khan in connection with the mayhem in the district from March 26 to 28.

Crowds at shopping centres and malls have increased sharply, just a day after the government allowed shops and malls to reopen their doors ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr.

Bangladesh has seen an exceptional growth in the number of social media users in the past year.

One person was electrocuted while working at an under-construction flyover in Chattogram’s Patenga early today.

State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian has announced Tk 2 lakh compensation for the family of each victim who died in a clash with police in Chattogram’s Banshkhali coal-based power plant.

One of the 11 members of two families, who suffered injuries after a gas explosion at a building in Narayanganj Sadar upazila, died at a hospital in Dhaka this morning.

Hours after dissolving its central committee, Hefajat-e-Islam announced a five-member convening committee.

The central committee of Hefajat-e-Islam has been dissolved.

Nikkei Asia, one of the world’s largest financial newspaper, in a recent article praised Bangladesh's growth.

Al Hayatul Ulaya Lil Jamiatul Qawmia -- the highest level of Qawmi madrasa-based education recognised by the government -- today took a "final decision" that teachers and students of Qawmi madrasas will remain out of all kinds of politics.

A Pakistani militant group had close links with Hefajat leader Mamunul Haque, police alleged today.

Four members of a family, including a woman and children, were allegedly assaulted by ticket sellers of a ferry at Shimulia terminal in Munshiganj today.

Passenger travel from India to Bangladesh via land will remain closed from tomorrow for 14 days, amid severe surge in Covid-19 infections in the neighbouring county, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said today.