It all started with a buzz -- raiding well-known sporting clubs only to discover running of gambling and illegal casino business where ruling party leaders were at the helm.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for the US yesterday morning to attend the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, with a scheduled stopover in Finland.

Complications have arisen regarding setting up rapid RT-PCR labs at the Dhaka airport to test outgoing passengers for Covid-19, continuing the uncertainty surrounding the return of around 30,000 expatriate workers to their workplaces in the UAE.

Bangladesh will be removed from UK’s travel “red list” from September 22.

An 18-year-old boy was killed after being struck by lightning at Chilmari upazila of Kurigram today.

One hundred and sixty-three dengue patients were hospitalised in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am today. Of them, only 23 are from outside Dhaka, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A Dhaka court today placed Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel and his wife, also the chairman Shamima Nasrin on a three-day remand each in a case filed for embezzlement of money.

Public universities will contact intelligence agencies to know whether the latter have any information regarding possible “anarchy” and “spread of militant propaganda” on the campuses after the reopening of the institutions.

About six hundred bighas of Aman paddy have remained under water at Kaldaspara village in Tentulia upazila of Panchagarh as a local influential person has built a poultry shed blocking the waterflow through a culvert.

Around 4 Kilometres of road in Kalapara municipality is in a dilapidated condition due to absence of proper drainage network and routine maintenance.

An indigenous village of the Tripuras, located on hillocks in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj, is facing decimation due to landslides.

LP gas importers, distributors and CNG filling stations owners want a new clause in BERC License Regulations requiring their certificates for any new entries in this sector.

Journalist leaders do not need to be worried about Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit seeking their bank account details, said Information Minister Hasan Mahmud.

Justice Abu Sayeed Chaudhury today described as a “monstrous” lie worthy of a Joseph Goebbels to say Bangladesh “wants to buy arms from Israel”.

Bangladesh will focus on post-Covid economic recovery, climate change and Rohingya crisis at the UN General Assembly in New York, where Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend from September 21.

The Editors’ Council (Sampadak Parishad) expressed concern that the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit recently sought bank account details of 11 journalist leaders.

Amid protests from opposition lawmakers, a bill was passed in parliament yesterday to extend the tenure of a law that allows rental power plants for another five years.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) today asked banks to reappoint bankers who were sacked without any specific and proven charges.

Students of Grade 8 and 9 are attending in-person classes one day in a week but they need to attend classes two days each week from September 20, Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) Director Belal Hossain said today.

The authorities of Rajshahi University of Engineering Technology (Ruet) suspended the activities of felling trees on the campus today.