Remittance increased 39 per cent year-on-year to $20 billion in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year.

A murder case was filed against Nazmul Karim Chowdhury Sharun, son of Awami League lawmaker and parliament whip Shamsul Haque Chowdhury, in connection with the death of a young woman at a flat in Dhaka's Gulshan area on April 26.

Detective Branch (DB) of police today arrested three in connection with note forgery from Kamrangichar area of Dhaka.

Four suspected members of banned militant outfit Ansar al Islam were arrested in Khulna’s Terkhada upazila early this morning.

Transport workers today brought out a procession in the city’s Sayedabad area to press home their 3-point demand including resumption of public transport services maintaining health protocols.

All ad-interim orders of the High Court, including those regarding bails, have been extended for the next four weeks due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation.

Failing to get expected job even after paying bribe, a jobseeker along with three others killed a woman at Mushuriapara village in Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila on Thursday.

“I used to lead huge congregations during Friday’s Jummah prayers, and ministers, MPs, dignitaries and devotees of various classes and professions; people of Arabic, Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani and other origins stood behind me. I feel anxious when I remember losing that prestige as an expatriate imam.”

The High Court today cleared the way for holding election to the posts of directors of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on May 5.

A High Court bench today refused to entertain a writ petition that sought its directive on the government to formulate comprehensive national short, mid- and long-term plan in order to prevent spread of Covid-19 and to vaccinate all vulnerable citizens -- irrespective of age.

Police have sought a 24-day remand for Mamunul Haque, the joint secretary general of the recently dissolved committee of Hefajat-e-Islam, and also prayed to a Narayanganj court to show him arrested in three cases filed with Sonargaon Police Station.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reaffirmed that the government will procure vaccines at any cost to protect people from Covid-19.

Covid-19 claimed 2,404 lives in Bangladesh in April -- the cruellest month for the country since the outbreak last year.

Five persons, including two children, were killed as a truck hit a CNG-run autorickshaw on Sylhet-Tamabil highway this morning.

Police recovered the body of a young man from a village in Sadar upazila of Jhenidah last night.

Two men were killed after a truck rammed into their motorcycle on the Patuakhali-Kuakata highway in Sadar upazila of Patuakhali last evening.

The sister of a college student whose body was recovered from a rented flat in Dhaka's Gulshan area on April 26 and also plaintiff of a case over the death filed a general diary (GD) with Cumilla Kotwali Police Station after receiving threats from various mobile numbers.

A construction worker died after falling from an under-construction minaret in Nesarabad upazila of Pirojpur today.

It was to be a busy day. Tomorrow is the meeting of our construction advisory committee. Many renowned architects and engineers of the country are members of this committee. We are fortunate to have them all together.

A seventh grader was allegedly raped at a village in Alfadanga upazila of Faridpur yesterday afternoon.