Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 33 gold bars from a Rohingya man during a raid at the TV Tower area adjacent to Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Ukhia upazila of Cox's Bazar.

HSBC Bangladesh has been honoured with the 2021 Asian Banking and Finance Award for International Retail Bank of the Year – Bangladesh. 

Bangladesh Road Transport Owners’ Association has urged the government to withdraw the decision of operating half of public transport on the roads from August 11.

Turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hit a decade-high of  Tk 2,939 crore today.

Indian security agencies have apprehended 740 infiltrators along the India-Bangladesh border within the first six months of this year, Indian Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt told Rajya Sabha today.

A quarter with vested interest has started blackmailing businesspersons, saying their names are in the law enforcers’ lists of persons having contact with actress Pori Moni and two models who were arrested.

Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Md Atiqul Islam today said his office will continue to take stern action if breeding sources of Aedes mosquitoes are found at any houses and establishments.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today recovered the mutilated body parts of the principal of a school and college in Savar, who had been missing for 27 days.

Detectives have submitted a probe report dropping the names of Ron Haque Sikder, managing director of Sikder Group, and his brother Dipu Haque Sikder from the charges of a case filed over abducting, torturing and opening fire on two Exim Bank officials.

Huge number of vehicles, except public transport, were seen on Dhaka streets today -- two days before the government-enforced lockdown ends.

Covid-19 vaccination campaign for Rohingyas in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar will begin tomorrow, reports our local correspondent quoting the district’s civil surgeon.

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today formally announced Zakiganj as the country’s 28th gas field -- having 68 billion cubic feet of gas reserve.

Abul Mansur Chowdhury, former chief assistant editor of The Daily Star died of Covid-19 early today at the age of 66.

The High Court today wanted to know the authorities’ stance on Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Principal Kamrun Nahar whose alleged telephone conversation with a guardians’ representative, Mir Shahabuddin Tipu, went viral on social media in July.

Restrictions on public gatherings and recreation venues will remain in effect after August 10, said Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam today.

The High Court, in the full text of verdict over Kotalipara bomb plot, observed that militant activities need to be eradicated from the country for good, for the interest of people.

Seventeen people died while being treated at the Covid unit of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital in 24 hours till 8am today.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent two associates of businessperson turned politician Helena Jahangir to jail after rejecting their bail prayer in a fraud case filed with Dhaka's Pallabi Police Station.

Police rescued a 23-year-old woman and arrested three of her abductors from Panchagarh town yesterday afternoon.

The United States has announced an additional $11.4 million in urgent Covid-19 assistance for Bangladesh.