Law Minister Anisul Haque told parliament today that the government has taken various steps to make NID services more efficient and dynamic.

A Rohingya youth, who escaped from Cox’s Bazar camp three days back, was arrested on charge of snatching a mobile phone in Feni town last night.

Criticising the government for its “poor handling” of the Covid-19 situation, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Haque Inu told the parliament today that there was “lack of coordination” among ministries.

Planning Minister MA Mannan today asked Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) why the government and the people would not get real-time information.

Hefajat-e-Islam's former Assistant Secretary-General Maulana Monjurul Islam Afendi was placed on a five-day remand today in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over the 2013 mayhem in Dhaka.

The food ministry today launched a decade-long plan for achieving the objectives of the National Food and Nutrition Security Policy (NFNSP).

The Supreme Court today scrapped a High Court directive that asked the Non-government Teachers' Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) to recommend to the authorities concerned to recruit around 2,500 contempt of court petitioners, who qualified relevant exams, as teachers of private educational institutions.

The High Court sought explanation today from a trial court judge regarding their decision to grant ad-interim bail to Partha Gopal Banik, a suspended deputy inspector general (prisons) of Sylhet division, in a case filed over the recovery of Tk 80 lakh from his residence in Dhaka.

The Cabinet Division approved the final draft of “Highway Act 2021” today with the provision of a maximum of two years’ punishment for violation.

Strict restrictions on movement will be enforced for seven days across the country from July 1, Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam said today.

The three-storey building in Moghbazar that was heavily damaged in yesterday’s explosion may collapse any time, fire service experts said today.

Police today arrested two people from Noakhali’s Sonaimuri municipality in a case filed over the rape of a teenager.

A Dhaka court has ordered to freeze eight bank accounts of former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Sayeed Khokon and three of his family members -- wife Farhana Alam, sister Shahana Hanif and mother Fatema Hanif -- as a part of investigation into allegation of “amassing illegal wealth”.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) have arrested a sub-Inspector (SI) of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) and recovered 11,560 pieces of yaba pills from his possession.

As all forms of public transport, except rickshaws, have been suspended but offices remain open, it’s office-goers who like always were left high and dry.

The Medical Degrees (Repeal) Bill 2021 was placed in Parliament today.

The Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute Bill 2021 was placed in parliament today to provide better healthcare services to children.

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed today said they would form a probe committee to investigate yesterday’s explosion in Dhaka's Moghbazar that killed at least six persons and injured 50.

The average life expectancy of Bangladeshis has increased to 72.8 years in 2020, during the outbreak of coronavirus, as compared to 72.6 years in 2019, according to a report of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

A one-and-a-half-month old girl has been infected with the coronavirus in a rare case of Covid-19 in an infant.