An 80-year-old man was sent to jail instead of the real convict -- with the same name -- in Galachipa upazila of Patuakhali in a cheque-dishonour related case filed by an NGO.

A man was killed and nine others were injured in a clash between two groups in Kushtia Sadar upazila this morning.

Five listed yaba smugglers of Cox’s Bazar, who surrendered to police last year, walked out of jail after securing bail from the High Court.

Brahmanbaria police have arrested the prime accused in a case filed over the rape of a woman and the torture of her father in Sunamganj.

Dhaka has sought Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries’ collaboration and political commitment for equitable and timely access to Covid-19 medicines and vaccines at affordable prices.

BNP today picked SM Jahangir and Selim Reza to contest the upcoming Dhaka-18 and Sirajganj-1 by-elections.

US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E Biegun will be coming to Dhaka on a three-day visit next week to advance the common vision of a free, open, inclusive, peaceful and secure Indo-Pacific region and cooperation on Covid-19 recovery efforts.

A 10-day-long online shopping festival is starting tomorrow with 14 leading e-commerce platforms of the country participating, providing hefty discounts and free deliveries among other offers.

A 22-year-old housewife has been gang-raped by around eight to ten people, most of them CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers in Chandgaon area of Chattogram city. Police have arrested eight people in a case filed in this connection.

Two people have died and several others were injured after a bus lost its control and overturned at Otirbari area of Dakshin Surma upazila in Sylhet this evening.

Protesting the growing incidents of rape across the country, students of various educational institutions in Dhaka today held a mass rally at Shahbag intersection in Dhaka demanding justice against rape.

At least 15 passengers have been injured after a minibus fell into a roadside ditch on Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf highway.

A former school teacher, who was critically injured after miscreants slashed both of his legs in Bogura’s Sariakandi upazila, died at a hospital in the district this noon.

A photo of Bogura-7 lawmaker Md Rezaul Karim Bablu brandishing a newly-purchased gun has gone viral and drawn flak from netizens after it was posted on Facebook.

The Indian High Commission in Bangladesh has announced resumption of online visa services for Bangladesh citizens.

Locals in Cox’s Bazar have staged demonstration in protest of the murder of a local singer and demanded arrest and punishment of the culprits behind the incident.

The two cases filed in connection with the torture and the gang-rape of a woman in Begumgunj upazila of Noakhali have been transferred to Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) for further enquiry.

Seventeen 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).

Four children from Bakerganj in Barishal, who were arrested in a rape case, have been handed over to their parents early today after they were released from Jashore Children Development Centre in line with a High Court directive issued last night.

A police constable has been arrested in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat on charges of killing his wife.