An unlicensed pharmaceutical company -- Techno Drugs Limited -- has been fined Tk 10 lakh for manufacturing medicines without license in Narsingdi. Unauthorised drugs worth Tk 40 lakh have also been destroyed.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Indian Ministry of External Affairs is very "repentant" for not informing Bangladesh beforehand while imposing a ban on onion export.

The High Court will deliver its order on September 24 on a revision petition that challenged police for arresting three people and taking their confessional statements in front of a magistrate for raping and killing a minor in Narayanganj, only to find the victim alive days after.

36 die, 1,593 infected, 2,443 recover in 24 hours

A four-day border conference between Bangladesh and Indian border guards began at 10.45am today in the conference room of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) headquarters.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Ministry of Health demonstrated enough efficiency in checking the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, by taking necessary measures in time.

Rab today arrested two people including a recruiting agency owner from Dhaka’s Fakirapool area in connection with the death of Umme Kulsum, who was sent to Saudi Arabia as house help and was tortured to death by her employer there.

A Dhaka court has set November 17 for hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and seven others in the Barapukuria coal-mine corruption case.

Members of the Hijra community will be included as separate gender identity besides men and women in the upcoming National Census of January 2021, said Mohammad Tajul Islam, Director General of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

The High Court has questioned a Pirojpur court order that granted bail to former Awami League lawmaker AKMA Awal and his wife Laila Parvin in three corruption cases in March this year.

The prosecution has completed its arguments and sought the highest punishment (life term imprisonment in jail) for Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed in connection with an arms case.

People living on the shoals of rivers and char areas in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram are facing floods for the fourth time this year as rivers are starting to swell again.

A missing man was found dead near a border in Biral upazila yesterday.

Another injured victim, who suffered severe injuries in an attack allegedly by their tenant in Shibpur upazila on Sunday, succumbed to her injures at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday, raising the death toll to four.

Destruction of nature continues unabated in Bandarban by the hands of influential individuals or even by the public authorities that are entrusted with the task of protecting public interest.

The huge quantities of garbage collected from Habiganj town is left in the open space on an important road, causing serious environment pollution and posing health hazard for the locals.

The country’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector needs policy support from the government to create more employment and thus boost its contribution to the economy, experts have said at a webinar.

India’s sudden ban on onion exports undermined earlier discussions regarding such restrictions on essential food items, Dhaka has said in a letter to Delhi, as price of the kitchen staple skyrocketed immediately after Delhi’s ban announcement.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) today requested the Department for Transport, United Kingdom to give the nod to Biman Bangladesh Airlines to start direct flights to London from Sylhet by next month.

The officials of the Indian external affairs ministry have begun talks with the commerce ministry officials on the issue of allowing at least 1,000 trucks containing onions to proceed to Bangladesh to supply the kitchen staple.