Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (April 17) paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking the historic Mujibnagar Day. She placed the wreath at the portrait of the Father of the Nation in front of the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32

The historic Mujibnagar Day is being observed today marking the oath-taking ceremony of Bangladesh’s first government on April 17, 1971. Following the Pakistan army's genocide on unarmed Bangalees on the black night of March 25 in 1971, senior leaders of Awami League

A total of nine members of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) were arrested during coordinated operations led by the Bangladesh Army in various areas of Ruma upazila in Bandarban on Tuesday (April 16). The joint force also recovered nine firearms and ammunition from their possessions,

State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat has expressed solidarity with the journalists' demand to take action against unregistered and illegal online news portals.  He said: "As you, the journalists, have demanded to stop the operation of

The third round of Nepal-Bangladesh Foreign Office Consultations will be held in Kathmandu on Wednesday (April 17). Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh, Masud Bin Momen is arriving today on a three-day official visit to Nepal in that connection, according to a press release of Ministry of

Residents in the capital heaved a sigh of relief from the sweltering heat with light rain in the capital and different parts of the country on  on Tuesday (April 16) afternoon. Rain occurred after 3.30pm in different parts of the capital including Mohakhali, Badda, Bashundhara

In a case of foreigners illegally staying in India, a Mumbai court has convicted 8 women to 25 months in prison.  The Navi Mumbai court said that these 8 women who hail from Bangladesh, had been illegally staying in the country and therefore needed to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment

The second man who jumped from a fifth-floor apartment during a migrant raid in Limassol is now out of danger, the Police confirmed on Monday (April 15). The man, 22, from Bangladesh, is being treated at the Limassol General Hospital. Meanwhile, procedures have started for the

Foreigners who violated the migration legislation of the country have been detected in Bishkek. The press center of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) reported. According to its data, in the course of operative-search activities at various places of

The death toll from a gas leak explosion in Bhashantek area in Dhaka has risen to three, with another succumbing to his injuries. Md Liton, 52 died while undergoing treatment at the Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute Tuesday morning. The burn institute’s

The Labour Appellate Tribunal today (April 16) extended the bail of Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus, and Grameen Telecom’s three other top officials till May 23 in a case filed over the violation of labour law. Earlier this morning, Dr Yunus's lawyer Barrister Abdullah Al

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (April 15) predicted rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind at one or two places in Dhaka, Mymensingh, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions with hails at isolated places, in the next 24 hours commencing at 9am today

Two people were killed and at least 25 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Mymensingh's Tarakanda upazila this morning (April 16). The accident occurred around 8:30 am at Ramchandrapur of Kodaldhar Bazar on the Mymensingh-Tarakanda road. However, the

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Tuesday (April 16) arrested 13 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in

At least 13 people were killed and five others injured after a bus collided head-on with a pickup van in Kanaipur area of Faridpur Sadar upazila this morning (April 16). The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. However, all the deceased were initially reported

The 12th Parliament will go into the second session on May 02 as the first session of the current parliament was prorogued on March 05. President Mohammed Shahabuddin today summoned the 2nd session of the 12th parliament exercising the power bestowed upon him as per the Clause (1) of

A man and his wife were killed in the early hours of Monday after a bus hit them in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur. The accident took place on the Dhaka-Tangail highway under the Kaliakair bypass flyover. The deceased are Md Asif Mahmud, 25, and his wife, Tanjim Bakshi, 21.

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Monday (April 15) arrested eight persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (April 15) predicted that a mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over six divisions and other two northern districts. According to the BMD bulletin, mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal,

The government offices, courts, banks and stock markets resumed today (April 15) after a 6-day holiday for Eid-ul-Fitr and Pahela Baisakh. Most of the holidaymakers have already arrived in the capital after celebrating the biggest religious festival of the Muslim community and