Lalmonirhat Deputy Commissioner Abu Jafor has said he received a letter, suspected to be sent by militants, in which they threatened to blow up the district jail if detained militants are not released from prison.

The Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram today seized an excavator on charge of illegal hill-cutting in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram.

Outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das has praised the government for its steps towards building ‘Digital Bangladesh’ while paying a courtesy call to Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chauhdury at her office at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.

India today announced a ban on the export of onions with immediate effect, stoking fears of a crisis of the vegetable in Bangladeshi markets.

Bangladesh is keen to collaborate and build connectivity with the Commonwealth and the country-led Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) Presidency, especially in building climate resiliency post-Covid-19 strategies for the climate vulnerable countries, said Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem.

Although Biman Bangladesh Airlines has been transformed into a public limited company, the cabinet approves a draft law keeping a provision for government control over the flag carrier.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh is keen to boost its relationship with Turkey as it is deeply rooted in shared history, faith and traditions based on trust and confidence.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started investigating illegal grabbing of the Bakkhali River, around seven months after The Daily Star ran a special report on encroachment of the river.

A Dhaka court again rejected a bail petition of photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

Election to any city corporation will have to be held within three months -- instead of six months -- before the tenure expires, according to the draft of the Local Government (City Corporation) (Amendment) Bill, 2020.

A Dhaka tribunal today asked two witnesses, including a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate, to appear before it tomorrow for their statements in an arms case filed against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested a police constable for his alleged involvement in Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case.

The High Court today issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to give Tk 50 lakh as compensation to each of the families of the three teenage boys who were killed at Jashore Juvenile Correction Centre on August 13.

Anti Corruption Commission has filed three separate revision petitions with the High Court, seeking cancellation of a Pirojpur court order that granted bail to former Awami League lawmaker AKMA Awal and his wife Laila Parvin in three corruption cases.

Twenty-six 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).

Samar Krishna Chowdhury, assistant to a lawyer in Chattogram city, has filed a case accusing eight policemen -- including former Boalkhali Police Station officer-in-charge Himangshu Das Rana -- and three others on charge of implicating him in two “false” cases and threatening to kill him in “shootout” in 2018.

Law Minister Anisul Huq said the government will provide lawyers in need with long-term loans at minimum interest rates in order to reduce their sufferings.

Joint Director of National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital Prof Badrul Haque has said Ghoraghat UNO Wahida Khanam is recovering fast, which is “a miracle”.

Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus has expressed deep shock at the death of former Principal of Notre Dame College, Father Richard William Timm, saying that Bangladesh will forever miss him.

The High Court today directed the lower court concerned to provide JKG Healthcare Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury’s lawyers with the relevant documents based on which a case is running against her over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates allegedly by her organisation.