Veteran actor Sadek Bachchu passed away at a hospital in Dhaka at the age of 65. He was Covid-19 positive.

Three people including the editor of an online news portal were sent to jail in a case filed under Digital Security Act yesterday.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) today welcomed the government’s move to abandon coal in power generation, suggesting the adoption of renewable energy rather than liquefied natural gas (LNG)-based power plants.

The High Court has refused to grant bail to Mahmudul Hasan, suspended sub-inspector of Kotwali Police Station and nephew of suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) Mizanur Rahman, in a corruption case.

Another worker who sustained severe burns while melting iron at a steel mill factory in Gazipur's Tongi area early Friday, dies at a hospital.

The High Court has rejected two separate bail petitions filed by Kamal Uddin alias Haji Kamal, suspected leader of a human trafficking gang, in two cases filed over the killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya on May 28.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday summoned Myanmar Ambassador to Bangladesh Aung Kyaw Moe and protested visible movement of Myanmar military very close to the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.

A man took his own life after stabbing his wife and son allegedly over a family feud in Gopalganj Sadar upazila on Saturday.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged drug dealer with two kilograms of heroin from Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila on Saturday.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced six people to death for killing a couple in a bid to grab their ancestral property in Tangail Sadar upazila in 2017.

A centuries-old building (kachari-ghar), which is locally known as Maharajar Kachari-ghar of Cooch Behar, has been turned into land research museum.

Much to the delight of fish lovers and buyers alike, a decent sized hilsa fish of around one kilogram is now selling for a little over Tk 600 at KB wholesale fish market in Bagerhat.

A student can finish his honours degree in four years at public universities nowadays. Four years have passed after the circular, but the recruitment process for the state-owned Rupali Bank has not been completed yet. Seven months have passed since the final viva, but the results have not been published yet -- immensely frustrating the candidates.

Health experts fear that the government's decision to gradually suspend providing treatment at 12 dedicated Covid-19 hospitals will be a premature one that sends the wrong message to people.

The High Court has dropped from its cause list a writ petition seeking restriction on disclosing details of the investigation of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case to the media.

Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Chowdhury Samrat, one of the “casino kingpins” in Dhaka, has siphoned off Tk 195 crore to Singapore and Malaysia illegally, with the help of Enamul Haque Arman, another of the outfit’s leaders, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police finds in an investigation.

Despite the government’s pro-digital approach, 54 percent rural households in Bangladesh do not have access to internet, a new study shows. And experts fear this ‘digital divide’ could hinder e-governance progress.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have seized smuggled goods worth around Tk 17.75 crore and arrested 201 persons involved in smuggling along border areas of Jashore’s Benapole over the last year.

The process for enrolling students to Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent courses for the next academic session begins and will continue till September 17.

A court in Chattogram today framed charges against former lawmaker of Cox’s Bazar-4 constituency Abdur Rahman Bodi in a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission in 2007.