The Bangladesh Bank today relaxed the policy for loan rescheduling of defaulted loans grossly, as the defaulters will now get a maximum of eight years to repay term loans instead of the previous two years.

Rab has arrested a fugitive convict who was sentenced to life-term imprisonment for killing Biswajit Das during a blockade enforced by BNP-led alliance 10 years ago.

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

A nationwide special campaign will be held tomorrow to inoculate 75 lakh people with the second and booster jabs of Covid-19 vaccines to combat the rising trend of infections, Health Minister Zahid Maleque announced today (July 18, 2022).

There will be one hour long load shedding countrywide from tomorrow to reduce energy subsidy, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said today (July 18, 2022).

Despite an improvement in payment, the government still owes $1.5 billion to private power plant operators, according to official sources. 

Petrol pumps should be closed one day a week, Prime Minister's Energy Adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury today (July 18, 2022) proposed in a meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Dhaka.

Krishna Pada Roy today joined as the new Commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP).

A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver, who was stabbed by a mugger in Khilgaon yesterday afternoon, died at a city hospital early this morning.

The High Court today (July 18, 2022) ordered for conducting a judicial enquiry into the incident of humiliating a college teacher in Narail on June 17.

Three more Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia during this year’s pilgrimage. Of them, two were female and one male.

The mutual fund sector should perform better as it has failed to play the expected role in developing a strong stock market in Bangladesh, stock market analysts said today.

The government today reduced the retail price of bottled soybean oil by Tk 14 to Tk 185 a litre, down by 7.03 per cent from the Tk 199 per litre thanks to its declining global prices.

A delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) wanted to know how prepared Bangladesh is for the country’s graduation to a developing nation in 2026.

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

Two children died after being run over by a trolley at Jirat village in Sadar upazila of Jashore this morning (July 17, 2022).

A Ukrainian cargo plane carrying munitions from Serbia to Bangladesh crashed near the city of Kavala in northern Greece late on Saturday, Serbian authorities said on Sunday.

The prosecution today completed hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 14 others in Gatco corruption case.

Police yesterday arrested a man on charge of raping his daughter in Gazipur’s Pubail area after the victim called the national emergency helpline 999.

Members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested a top listed criminal from a Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar last night (July 16, 2022).