BNP MP Harunur Rashid today -- at the parliament -- demanded that the law enforcement agencies bring those to book who allegedly assaulted and attempted to rape actress Pori Moni.

A karbari (village chief) was shot dead in front of his family members at his house in remote Jurachhari upazila of Rangamati last night.

Brahmanbaria Railway Station, which remained closed since March 27 following violence carried out by supporters and activists of Hefajat-e-Islam, will resume its operations from tomorrow.

Police have pressed charges against Hungary-based entrepreneur Zulkarnain Saer Khan alias Sami and six others in a case filed under the Digital Security Act for "spreading rumours and carrying out anti-government activities".

Over 3,000 stranded Bangladeshi expatriates today urged the Italian government to withdraw the entry ban for travellers from Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Bank today drew up a detailed policy guideline on post import financing (PIF), a first of its kind in the country’s banking sector.

The second consignment of six lakh Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses reached Dhaka this afternoon.

Two women were killed in separate road accidents in Cox’s Bazar and Natore today. They were both hit by trucks, our local correspondents report quoting police.

Declaring the detention and arrest of four children in connection with a rape case in Barishal in October last year as “illegal and contradictory to fundamental rights”, the High Court today ordered the home secretary to immediately suspend seven police personnel of Bakerganj Police Station of the district including its officer-in-charge and the probation officer and to take departmental action against them.

Two contractors, who openly displayed firearms at the office of Public Works Department (PWD) in Pabna, have surrendered their licenced shotguns to the local police station.

Forty-seven 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).

LGRD Minister Md Tazul Islam today asked concerned authorities to take necessary steps and ensure makeshift cattle markets are set up only in designated places maintaining health guidelines during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.

The High Court has sought relevant documents from the government to determine BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s “genuine” date of birth.

The authorities of Comilla University have started taking in-person examinations -- postponed due to Covid-19 situation -- from today, maintaining health guidelines.

Police in North Macedonia say officers discovered 82 migrants, including 20 Bangladeshis, hidden in vehicles in two separate operations on Friday.

Criminal Investigation Department arrested five persons including a foreign national from different areas of Dhaka yesterday on charge of laundering crores of money abroad through live streaming apps like Bigo Live and Likee.

An Assistant Sub-inspector of police shot three people, including a woman and her child, to death in broad daylight today in Kushtia town.

Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) inaugurated its One Stop Service today to attract domestic and foreign investment.

A court in West Bengal’s Malda district has remanded Chinese national Han Junwe, who was arrested after illegally crossing over from Bangladesh, in police custody for six days.

Manikganj’s Singair Upazila Nirbahi Officer Runa Laila has been served a show-cause notice as relief kept at the godown of UNO office were found rotten.