At least 20 people of A-One BD Ltd inside Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) were injured in a clash between the agitating workers of the factory and the security guards in Savar today.

The Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda today said that elections to municipalities would be held in phases from December.

A 27-year-old CNG driver was sent to jail in a case filed over the rape of an eighth-grader in Bogura today.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has extended suspension of regular flight operations on five routes till November 30 due to the global Covid-19 pandemic.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader today said injustice and the number of murders and rapes have gone up in the country due to a lack of rule of law and good governance.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a Rohingya youth with 31 gold bars at Palongkhali area under Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday evening.

Twenty-five 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.

Four human rights organisations -- BLAST, BRAC HRLS, Manusher Jonno Foundation and Naripokkho -- have filed a writ petition challenging the legality of the marital rape exception clause in section 375 of the penal code.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked all concerned to highlight the facts of any incident alongside protesting the spread of rumours and misinformation in the name of freedom of speech.

Eight out of 22 public holidays will fall on the weekends next year.

The local administration last night seized two trucks loaded with 40 tonnes of urea fertiliser on Bogura-Dhaka highway in Bogura’s Sherpur upazila.

Better Bangladesh Foundation recently held the Digital Bangladesh Summit 2020 virtually, focusing on digital transformation to support small and medium enterprises in Bangladesh.

Several thousand Malaysia-bound Bangladeshi expatriate workers started demonstrating in front of the foreign ministry since today morning, demanding that the government takes immediate measures to review their visa so that they can return to their workplaces in Malaysia.

A 17-year-old girl from Bogura was held in Gazipur’s Kaliakoir for allegedly hurting religious sentiment during a Facebook live yesterday.

Five more people have been arrested in connection with the brutal killing of Abu Yunus Md Shahidunnabi Jewel in Lalmonirhat.

A Dhaka court today rejected bail petitions of seven bodyguards of GK Shamim, a top contractor of government projects, in a money laundering case.

Two people were killed and two others were injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a covered van in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj early today.

The recent floods in three phases damaged standing crops on 42,055 hectares of land causing production losses of 1,49,416 tonnes of crops worth Taka 499.16 crore this year in Rangpur agriculture region.

A man has been executed at Kashimpur Central Jail-2 for killing his pregnant wife and two-year-old daughter.

A woman was tortured to death allegedly by her husband and in-laws over family feud at Char-Awtapara village in Ishwardi upazila early yesterday.