Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the people of Bangladesh have the capability to overcome all hurdles.

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

By-elections to Dhaka-18 and Sirajganj-1 parliamentary seats will be held on November 12, the Election Commission announced today.

A Dhaka tribunal has sentenced Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed to life term in prison in an arms case.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that it would be very difficult to fill the void created after Attorney General Mahbubey Alam’s demise.

Protesting the rise in incidents of rape, killing and sexual abuse, rights organisation Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) today took to the street demanding exemplary punishment for the perpetrators.

Two accused including the prime suspect, Saifur Rahman, were placed on a five-day remand in a case filed over the gang-rape of a woman at Murari Chand College in Sylhet on Friday.

A court here yesterday sentenced two siblings to death and seven others to life term imprisonment in connection with a case for killing a rickshaw-puller in Islampur upazila in 2007.

The government is going to take stern action against the authorities of 31 private clinics and diagnostic centres in the district as they failed to apply online for their license renewal in time.

Investigation report has yet to be submitted after more than one month into the launching of an investigation over alleged misappropriation of Tk 8 lakh government stipend money for students of a madrasa in Rangabali upazila.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Liberation War Affairs Ministry today recommended increasing Freedom Fighters’ (FFs) monthly honourarium to Tk 20,000.

Law enforcers have arrested two persons accused in the case filed over the gang-rape of a woman on Friday at Murari Chand (MC) College in Sylhet.

A Dhaka court today granted bail to Sherpur District BNP Vice-President Md Hazrat Ali in a case filed on charges of embezzling Tk 69.58 crore from Farmers Bank Ltd.

In a letter today, the Communist Party of China extended its warm congratulations to Sheikh Hasina on the eve of her 74th birthday.

The parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Information today recommended the concerned ministry to quickly complete the registration of online news portal as the government has made registration mandatory for operating online news portals.

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed profound shock at the demise of Bangladesh Government's chief legal adviser Attorney General Mahbubey Alam.

Staffers of the sample collection centre at the Dhaka North City Corporation market delivered a Covid-19 test report within just nine hours of sample collection of a Saudi-bound expatriate Bangladeshi worker.

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam has passed away at 7:25pm this evening at Dhaka’s Combined Military Hospital.

Police seized eight tonnes of government rice, contained in 134 sacks, which were allegedly being smuggled for the black market, in Sirajganj’s Shahzadpur upazila today.

The government has appointed new deputy commissioners to Chapainawabganj and Shariatpur districts.