At least five persons sedated an 18-year-old girl and raped her in Dhaka’s Demra area on Sunday night.

At least two dengue patients died while 857 others were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8 am today (October 17, 2022).

With dengue patients surpassing the capacity of all public hospitals in Dhaka, the situation may go out of control if it is not checked immediately, Secretary of Health Services Division Anwar Hossain Hawlader said today (October 17, 2022).

A Dhaka court today (October 17, 2022) re-scheduled November 1 to decide whether it will accept the charges against Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Chief Election Commission Kazi Habibul Awal today said the commission is satisfied about the atmosphere of zilla parishad elections as "no irregularities and violence were reported from anywhere".

The High Court today (October 16, 2022) gave time till October 30 to the government to form a commission to identify people who made up false stories about corruption involving the Padma Bridge project and to submit a compliance report to this effect.

CCTV cameras were installed in 100 buses under four transport companies in Dhaka city today to ensure women’s safety in public transport.

Prime Minister’s Energy Advisor Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury has said there is no immediate solution to the existing load shedding as the government has reduced import of primary fuel to conserve foreign currency reserve.

The Chinese company which was found responsible for the accident at Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line-3 project will not be allowed to work in Bangladesh anymore after the completion of this project.

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said two engineers of the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) will be suspended over the recent national grid failure.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal today said they are not feeling any pressure.

The government today promoted 69 assistant superintendents of police (ASP) to the rank of additional superintendent of police.

Contractual employees and workers of Bangladesh Railway are observing a work abstention to realise their six-point demand including payment of arrears and regularisation of their jobs.

A murder case has been filed against the helper and driver of a bus following the death of a man, who was allegedly pushed off the moving vehicle in Jatrabari last evening.

A Dhaka court today adjourned hearing on charge framing of Gatco graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 14 others till January 29, 2023.

A total of six dengue patients died while 734 others were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am today (October 15, 2022).

Five people were injured as a BRTC bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in the capital's Motijheel area this morning (October 14, 2022).

One person died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am today (October 13, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Forty BNP leaders and activists including Gazipur BNP President AKM Fazlul Haque Milan secured six weeks anticipatory bail from the High Court today (October 13, 2022) in three separate cases filed on charges of vandalising vehicles, blasting bombs, and obstructing police from discharging duties.

The High Court today (October 12, 2022) directed the law enforcers not to harass or arrest seven members of rebel group of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in Eden Mohila College for next six weeks in a case filed over the clash between the two groups on September 25.