The lowest temperature so far this year has been recorded at 6.2 degree Celsius in Tetulia upazila of Panchagarh district this morning. Tetulia, the last border town in northern Bangladesh, is no stranger to extreme cold wave. On January 8 last year, mercury fell to 2.6C in Tetulia, the lowest-ever recorded temperature in history of Bangladesh.

The Christian community is celebrating the Christmas Day in the country, as elsewhere across the world, on Wednesday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas, the biggest religious festival of the Christian community, is the celebration of rebirth, new beginning, forgiveness and peace, and renewing relationship with God and human beings. Decoration of Christmas trees with colourful lights,…

The results of Junior School Certificate (JSC), Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) and Primary Education Completion (PEC) and its equivalent Ebtedayee examinations will be published on December 31. Primary and Mass Education Ministry Additional Secretary (School) Md Badrul Hasan Babul said the results of PEC will be published on December 31 while two officials of Education Ministry and Dhaka Education…

The captain was sitting a bit tensed in the cockpit. He was fiddling with different instruments, checking on the weather forecast in Dhaka and glancing at his watch from time to time. He then reduced the thrust of the aircraft coming from a Middle Eastern destination. "It's too early to land in Dhaka," the captain told his co-pilot. "Too much fog and low visibility. Let's fly…

BRAC founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed has passed away, according to media report. He died while undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospitals at 8:00pm in the city. More to follow….    

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed two ministries to correct the erroneous list of wartime collaborators after verifications. The instruction came following criticism about the list recently released by the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs and prepared by the home ministry, reports bdnews24.com. Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader confirmed the development…

The body of Prime Minister's Military Secretary Major General Mia Mohammad Zainul Abedin will be brought home on Wednesday evening. “His namaz-e-janaza will be held at Dhaka cantonment’s central mosque at 10am on Thursday,” said Rashedul Alam Khan, Assistant Director of Inter Service Public Relation Directorate (ISPR). Maj Gen Zainul Abedin breathed his last on Tuesday at Mount…

PM Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of her Military Secretary Major General Mia Mohammad Zainul Abedin. Major General Abedin passed away yesterday afternoon in Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital at 5:13 pm local time. He was 59 years old, reports BDnews24.

Bangladesh's capital city ranked the second worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) yesterday morning. Dhaka had a score of 210 at 10:17 am, which means the air quality was 'very unhealthy'. Afghanistan's Kabul and Pakistan's Lahore occupied the first and third slots with scores of 383 and 208 respectively. When the AQI value is between 201 and 300, it is considered as emergency conditions…

Mercury is set to hit 10.8 degree Celsius tonight as a cold wave is about to hit in the next 72 hours. The cold wave may continue till January, confirmed Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). The Met office in its forecast for the next 24 hours says weather will remain dry with chances of a partly cloudy sky over the country. The minimum temperature forecast for Dhaka today is 17.3 degrees Celsius…

UK Visas and Immigration made the UK visa process for Bangladeshis safer, more modern and efficient by introducing the option to use card and online transactions to pay for a UK visa application effective from Tuesday. This change improves the previous model where cash was the only way to pay for a UK visa application, giving customers greater choice during this process, sais the British High Commission…

The attackers tore the banners containing pictures of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina A group of miscreants have vandalised stage and furniture of a programme organised for marking the Victory day in Brahmanbaria on Monday morning.  According to local sources, the programme was scheduled to be held at Brahmanbaria Zila Parishad building…

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar; marking the 49th Victory Day. After placing the wreaths on Monday morning, the president and the prime minister stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memories of the martyrs of the Great War of…