The accused in the Kushtia triple murder, Assistant Sub-inspector (ASI) Soumen Kumar Roy, has confessed in the court today. He confessed under Section 164 in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Rezaul Karim. Later, the court sent him to jail, reports our Kushtia correspondent, quoting the investigating officer of the case.

Bangladesh has been re-elected as a deputy member of the governing body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) from the Asia-Pacific region for 2021-2024.

Jatiya Party will expel the party’s presidium member Nasir U Mahmud from the organisation if he is found guilty in the case over alleged attempted rape and murder of actress Pori Moni.

Detectives will take immediate steps against Bashundhara Group Managing Director if Gulshan police seek help in a case filed against him on charge of abetting suicide of a young woman.

Fifty-four people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) has started allotting plots of the Bepza Economic Zone in Mirsharai among the investors.

The double murder of two SSC students -- maternal cousins -- in Savar happened over a “trifling matter”, said Additional Superintendent of Police (Savar circle) Abdullahel Kafi at a press briefing today.

ACI Motors, a subsidiary of ACI, is going to receive Tk 83.99 crore in foreign investment, which the company will use for the expansion of its business.

Police have pressed charges against three people in a case filed over the murder of Savar school student Nila Roy.

Ruling Awami League MP Shahiduzzaman Sarker of Naogaon-2 constituency was made the chief of the parliamentary standing committee on law ministry today.

Workers Party President and lawmaker Rashed Khan Menon, today in parliament, lambasted a parliamentary standing committee for its recommendation to take measures to find alternatives to a female upazila nirbahi officer’s (UNO) presence during the guard of honour given to valiant freedom fighters after death.

Consumers may experience disruption in gas supply from today to Wednesday due to interrupted delivery of imported liquefied natural gas (LNG).

The High Court today directed the authorities concerned not to evict Tripura families from Sonaichhari in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila till further order.

Five persons including Nasir U Mahmud, former president of Uttara Club Limited, were arrested today after actress Pori Moni filed a case with Savar Police Station over attempted rape and murder.

On the 10th day of lockdown, Covid-19 positivity rate has dropped to 47.31 percent in Satkhira today as 44 more samples, out of 93, tested positive in 24 hours (till 8am today). Yesterday, the positivity rate was the highest in the district at 64.19 percent, said Jayant Sarkar, medical officer of Satkhira Civil Surgeon’s Office.

Police today pressed charges against two former leaders of Sadharon Chhatra Odhikar Songrokkhon Parishad but dropped names of former DUCSU VP Nurul Haque Nur and three others in a case filed with Kotwali Police Station over rape of a Dhaka University student last year.

Expressing concern over BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s health, the party said that her kidney and liver are not functioning well, and that’s why keeps having fever.

The High Court today ruled that informants and complainants must submit photocopies of their national identity cards to the police stations or courts when they file cases so that police can find them during investigation.

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) MM Arafat Hossain stopped a child marriage last night in Keshabpur upazila of Jashore. A mobile court later fined the groom Tk 20,000, reports our local correspondent.

After actress Pori Moni alleged attempted rape and murder last night, a case was filed with Savar Police Station against six persons this morning in this regard.