Miscreants attempted to kill a union parishad chairman in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira this evening.

A rape case has been filed against a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader of Rajshahi University unit with Matihar Police Station by a student of the university.

A writ petition was filed with the High Court today challenging the reported government's move to sell the arms and weapons used during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.

Opposition leader Raushan Ershad today told parliament those who wanted to erase Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from history have been erased from history themselves.

For the first time in railways’ 158-year-old history, railways authority today observed “Rail Day” to mark the instalment of rail line in the territory of the then undivided Bengal on this day in 1862.

Robbers wearing PPEs and brandishing “toy guns” looted Tk 8.7 lakh from a branch of Sonali Bank in Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga in broad daylight today.

A team of Anti-corruption Commission seized Tk 1.9 crore from two accounts of Social Islami Bank belonging to the son and daughter of Cox's Bazar mayor.

Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives (LGRD) Minister and Chairman of the Master Plan Committee to free river, prevent pollution and increase navigability, Md Tajul Islam, today said the bridges around Dhaka which are creating obstacles in plying of water vessels will be demolished and new bridges will be built there.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and Senior Secretary of the ministry’s Public Security Department Mustafa Kamal Uddin have been infected with the coronavirus.

The death toll from the deadliest cyclone to hit the Philippines this year has climbed to 67, while many areas remained submerged in a northern region hit by the worst flooding in more than four decades, officials said today.

Twenty-one people have died from Covid-19 in the country during last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today.

The government is going to make Covid-19 negative certificates mandatory for every incoming passenger from foreign destinations, Prof Dr Khurshid Alam, Director General (DG) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said today.

As conflict continues within Hefajat-e-Islam, the Qawmi madrasa based Islamist organisation has chosen Junayed Babunagari as its Ameer at a council held today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Bangladesh Coast Guard will be strengthened so that they can play a role in helping the government tap the potential of ‘Blue Economy’.

A journalist at Rajshahi University (RU) has been sent to jail after he was arrested in a case filed five years ago under the Information and Communication Technology Act.

At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two factions of local Awami League centering the by polls of Bera upazila in Pabna last night.

In an overnight drive, police arrested 25 female activists of Jamaat-e-Islami from Jhaudia Bazar in Kushtia last night.

A Dhaka court today again asked Rapid Action Battalion to submit by December 17 the probe report of a case filed against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed and 16 others over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates and illegally charging patients for testing and treatment.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will deliver its order tomorrow on a bail petition of BNP leader and former state minister for Civil Aviation Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin in a corruption case in which he was sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment.

Local administration has launched a “No Mask, No Entry” policy for Kuakata beach, a popular tourist spot in Patuakhali, to tackle coronavirus infections, especially during the winter season.