A brick kiln which was built on land grabbed from a canal was demolished by upazila administration at Baharchara union in Chattogram’s Banshkhali upazila today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked all concerned to stay prepared as the Covid-19 situation in the country may worsen in winter.

A group of English medium students today sought the intervention of Bangladesh government to convince the international boards responsible for arranging O and A-level exams, so that the authorities concerned do not take exams and publish results based on predicted grades.

A Chattogram court today rejected the bail prayer of former Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das, accused in Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case, in a case filed against him by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for amassing wealth illegally.

The watchtower overlooking the Ratargul Swamp Forest in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet was closed to tourists from today, after it was declared to be “risky”.

The Supreme Court today deferred the hearing of two bail petitions filed by Destiny Group Managing Director Md Rafiqul Amin in two money laundering cases involving Tk 4,200 crore till Thursday.

The Supreme Court has upheld four more High Court orders that stayed the trial proceedings against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in four cases -- three filed on charges of vandalism and arson and another for defamation -- in 2015.

Five workers were burnt while they were melting iron at a steel mill in Dhaka’s Demra area last night.

The High Court today granted ad-interim bail for six months to suspended jailer of Chattogram Central Jail Sohel Rana Biswas in a money laundering case.

On completion of trial within seven working days, a Dhaka tribunal has fixed September 28 for delivering the judgment of an arms case against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed.

The office-in-charge (OC) and four other policemen of Shayestaganj Police Station have been closed on charges of releasing a man after taking bribe from him during his detention in Habiganj.

Bangladesh Coast Guard today arrested seven people and seized five lakh yaba pills in a drive at the Bay of Bengal, about 30 nautical miles from Teknaf.

A man was crushed to death under the wheels of a running train in Kujihahar area in Sadar upazila on Friday.

Abdul Qayyum, an environmental activist, has been saved from a heinous attempt to trap him with Yaba in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila, thanks to the prompt investigation by police.

While demand for liquefied petroleum (LP) gas is growing rapidly, fatal incidents similar to that in Narayanganj near the capital may happen any time in rural areas of Nilphamari where the highly flammable gas is being sold at every nook and cranny.

Kulsum died on August 9 this year while undergoing treatment at the King Faisal Hospital in Saudi Arabia. Her lifeless body arrived in the country on September 12. The family claimed that her employer and his son had beaten Kulsum, breaking her legs and arms, as well as injuring her waist. Her eye was also damaged. Merciless as they were, she was left on the street in this miserable condition. Later, Saudi police rescued her and took her to the hospital where she died in a few months.

The health condition of Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, who was diagnosed with Covid-19, has improved, but he is still being treated at the Intensive Care Unit of the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka.

Noted scientist Dr Bijon Kumar Sil is leaving Bangladesh for Singapore tomorrow with a heavy heart.

Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) board members have approved a proposal to extend by three more years the tenure of Taqsem A Khan, the present managing director of Dhaka Wasa.

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Wahida Khanam, who is now undergoing treatment at National Institute of Neuroscience and Hospital (NINH) after a brutal attack on September 3 at her government residence in Dinajpur, has been transferred to the Ministry of Public Administration as special acting officer (Senior Assistant Secretary).