A readymade garment factory lift operator died in an elevator crash today at Dilkushabagh area in Savar.

The law ministry has refused to allow BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to go abroad for treatment.

A court in Narayanganj today deferred the petition to take Hefajat-e-Islam's Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque on remand in two cases filed over rape and violence in the district’s Sonargaon.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged countrymen not to put their near and dear ones’ lives at risk, as they rush to village homes to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr.

Six more people have been arrested in the last 24 hours for their alleged involvement in the violence and arson attacks in different places of Brahmanbaria unleashed by the activists of Hefajat-e-Islam from March 26 to March 28, said police.

The Supreme Court today stayed for eight weeks the High Court orders that granted bail to three Hefajat-e-Islam activists in three separate vandalism and arson cases.

Two Supreme Court lawyers filed a contempt of court petition with the High Court against the government today on charge of cutting down trees to implement a mega project at the site, ignoring the court’s 2009 verdict.

A man allegedly killed his wife in Bagerhat yesterday over posting “offensive” photos on TikTok.

The law ministry has sent its opinion to the home ministry on the files regarding BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's treatment abroad.

A webinar titled “The Culture of Victim Blaming” was arranged around 9:00pm yesterday, where speakers and audiences from different parts of the society talked about causes of victim blaming and how to eliminate this harmful practice from our society.

Five policemen have been injured in an attack carried out by drug smugglers at Darshana in Chuadanga, police said today.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has tested negative for coronavirus after she underwent her third test yesterday.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today said he has finalised his opinion on the files regarding BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's treatment abroad, but refused to disclose the opinion.

Suhrawardy Udyan and Ramna Park are considered the lungs of Dhaka. Plans are on to construct restaurants and other commercial structures at the over 400 year old green sanctuary, Suhrawardy Udyan.

The government has rolled out a project to make Suhrawardy Udyan -- where Bangabandhu had delivered his landmark March 7 speech and Pakistani occupation forces surrendered on December 16 -- a wonder to behold, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today greeted the countrymen and the Muslim Ummah across the world on the occasion of the holy Shab-e-Qadr, to be observed on the night of May 9 (Sunday).

Police arrested a madrasa superintendent on charge of attempting to rape a student in Khagrachhari’s Manikchhari early today.

The authority of Rajshahi University, in an office order today, suspended the joining of 137 teachers, officers and employees, who were recruited by the former vice-chancellor of the university on ad-hoc basis on Thursday, defying govt embargo.

Police in Sirajganj apprehended about 200 long-distance buses, carrying passengers from Dhaka to different districts of north Bengal, in violation of the ban on inter-district public transport.

At least six people were injured as an oil carrying lorry exploded when it was being repaired by the road in Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur today.