The High Court has asked Inspector Mohammad Shafiullah of Turag Police Station to appear before it on October 29 to explain why 219 returnees from three Gulf states were detained under Section 54.

Two High Court judges operated a bench last night and directed the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal of Barishal to instantly grant bail to four children sent to a child development center in connection with a case filed over raping a six-year old in Bakerganj.

Thailand hopes to sign a Free Trade Agreement with Bangladesh soon, outgoing Thai Ambassador to Bangladesh Arunrung Phothong Humphreys has said.

The low lying areas in Basail upazila still remain under water while floodwater receded in other 11 upazilas of the district. The situation has made life of thousands of people miserable in the low-lying upazila for the last few months.

Two minor boys drowned in a waterbody at Subalpar village under Kachakata Police Station in Kurigram yesterday.

A Gaibandha court yesterday sentenced three siblings to death in connection with a case for killing a woman and her son in Sundarganj upazila of the district in 2016.

Two transports leaders in the district have been sued for embezzling Tk 1.86 crore.

A female student of Dhaka University goes on a hunger strike until death demanding the arrest of former Ducsu vice-president Nurul Haque Nur and five others in connection with a rape case.

Despite the impact of coronavirus pandemic on various sectors of the economy, the country’s foreign exchange reserves have hit a new high -- over $40 billion.

Bangladesh’s food security has been ensured due to timely decision making by the government, agriculture minister Abdur Razzaque said today.

Against the backdrop of increasing rape cases in the country, the government is going to amend the law so that the highest punishment for rape is death penalty and not just life imprisonment.

The government has suspended licenses of 204 recruiting agents in 2020 due to allegations of irregularities and corruption, a parliamentary body was informed today.

When protests are raging across the country against the gang-rape in Noakhali, a five-year-old was raped in the same district last night.

New Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Vikram Doraiswami, has come to Bangladesh with a mandate of nurturing the Bangladesh-India relationship that he said is “beyond strategic partnership”.

The government has initiated a plan to construct a hundred-kilometre long marine drive, connecting the two coastal districts of Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar, in a bid to woo foreign investment and tourists.

Bangladesh Army got its first female Brigadier General -- Nazma Begum -- from medical administration (non-specialist).

A legal notice has been served to authorities concerned seeking reconsideration of the education ministry’s decision to publish results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) based on the results of JSC and SSC.

AM Amin Uddin, a senior advocate at the Supreme Court and also president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, has been appointed attorney general of Bangladesh.

The United Kingdom has appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s enduring leadership in tackling climate change -- both domestically and on the international stage.

Senior Judicial Magistrate of Faridpur Md Mainul Islam has apologised unconditionally to the High Court for not properly following relevant rules in recording confessional statements from three accused in school student Antor murder case