The law ministry has promoted 69 lower court judges across the country.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today renewed her call to the global community to ensure the dignified repatriation of Rohingyas as they are posing a big security threat to Bangladesh as well as the region.

Even after showing his ID card, two employees of Kushtia Sub-Registrar’s Office demanded Tk 30,000 bribe from Deputy Attorney General (DAG) BM Abdur Rafell for preparing deeds of his family land. The deeds were completed after bribing them Tk 10,000, the DAG alleged.

The stock market fell for the second consecutive day today as investors continue booking profits.

Bangladesh needs to embark on a new round of reforms to strengthen and modernise the private sector in a bid to unleash the country’s potential to drive diversified, export-led growth and create jobs, according to a new World Bank Group report.

A Chinese engineer working in the Padma bridge project went missing from Lauhajang upazila of Munshiganj last night.

A truck driver and his helper were arrested on charge of raping a 20-year-old woman on a moving truck on Dhaka-Sirajganj Highway last night.

Hundreds of passengers rushed to Kamalapur Railway Station this morning to collect ticket refunds as Bangladesh Railway suspended all passenger trains from Dhaka to other parts of the country since midnight.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, marking the 72nd founding anniversary of Awami League.

Body of the youth, who went missing after falling in the Jhilpar canal in Dhaka's Khilgaon area yesterday, was found today.

Former Bangladesh Bank Deputy Governor SK Sur Chowdhury today said that the allegations raised against him were “completely false”.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen expressed disappointment over rich countries’ behaviour in terms of supplying Covid-19 vaccines, saying they are hoarding vaccines and stipulating conditions for supply to other countries.

Bangladesh said the Non-Allied Movement (NAM) should take concrete action for achieving a lasting solution to the Palestinian crisis.

The government will set up 5 lakh nutrition gardens at Tk 438 crore on uncultivated fallow lands and backyards across the country, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque today.

Brac Bank has partnered with five new exchange companies to channel wage earners’ remittance through its countrywide network.

One hundred twenty-nine individuals and 74 organisations from 21 countries including Bangladesh wrote a letter to Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao calling upon him to withdraw and end provision of finance and technical support to the SS Power I Ltd (Banshkhali Power Plant) immediately in Chattogram.

Shopowners today stressed the need for collecting value-added tax (VAT) at source until the government completes installing cash register machines in all kinds of stores.

Tuhin Siddiqui Omi, arrested following an attempted rape case filed by actress Pori Moni, has trafficked several hundred people abroad and amassed considerable wealth at home and abroad, said officials of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a loan package of $940 million today for the Government of Bangladesh to purchase safe and effective vaccines against Covid-19.

A young freelance journalist of Chattogram will interview Noam Chomsky tomorrow.