The Supreme Court today acquitted Md Humayun Kabir, who had been incarcerated for 16 years and sentenced to death by a trial court for the abduction and murder of an eight-year-old in 2004.

Although 93 percent of journeys in Dhaka are conducted on foot, by cycles, rickshaw or public transport, they are given least priority in transport planning, which is why the demand of private cars is increasing gradually, speakers said at a programme today.

The health condition of Attorney General Mahbubey Alam has deteriorated again.

Sharmin Jahan, proprietor of Aparajita International, walked out of jail after getting bail recently in a case filed over supplying fake N95 masks to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU)'s Covid-19 isolation unit.

A Supreme Court lawyer has served a notice on the government requesting it to formulate a law prescribing an equal and absolute right of Hindu and Buddhist women on properties of their parents and husbands.

Ferry service on the Padma river at Paturia-Daulatdia has been hampered over the last three days due to shortage of ferries.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved five projects involving Tk 1,266 crore, including a Tk 246-crore one to develop hilsa resources in the country.

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A Dhaka court has ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to freeze two bank accounts of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid, in connection with a case filed for amassing Tk 3.08 crore beyond known sources of income.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from a canal in Bhandaria upazila of Pirojpur.

The High Court has directed the government to take necessary steps to recognise the people who had received training inside the country for the purpose of participating in 1971 Liberation War, as freedom fighters.

In a rare incident, a farmer from Ratidhar Dewti village of Lalmonirhat has bought an elephant worth Tk 16.5 lakh in order to obey “divine instructions received by his wife in her dreams”.

Another person, who suffered burns in the Narayanganj mosque blast incident, died at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka today.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines finally got permission from Saudi Arabia to resume commercial flights to the kingdom from October 1.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for not allowing geopolitical rivalries to weaken the United Nations as the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that both developed and developing nations need the UN more than ever.

Majeda Begum, mother of Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim, passed away at a hospital in Khulna last night. She was 73.

At least 25 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers in Bhanga upazila yesterday.

A Natore court yesterday sentenced two people to death in connection with a case for killing Awami League (AL) leader Dr Aynal Haque Talukder in 2002.

When people started to return to their homes after floodwaters from the Jamuna river started to recede for the first time in the last three months in Sirajganj, they were hit by another wave of floods in the past few days.

Riaz Uddin Jami of dainik Janakantha and Jabed Rahim Bijon of the daily Manabzamin were elected the president and general secretary respectively of Brahmanbaria Press Club today.