Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader today demanded the government retract its decision to close dedicated Covid-19 hospitals. He further said this move would put people at risk of death.

The High Court has issued four directives for the lower courts concerned over cancellation of the bail granted by it to the accused and ordered the Supreme Court registrar general to issue a circular to this effect.

Saying that her government is not sparing anyone involved in extrajudicial killing, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the Parliament that people should not indiscriminately criticise law enforcers in a way that, out of fear, they lose their spirit to work efficiently.

Fifteen countries, including Bangladesh, account for approximately two-thirds of the worldwide deaths linked to trans fat intake, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.

Politics has gone into the hands of criminals and the attempt to kill Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Wahida Khanam in Dinajpur is the outcome of it, Workers Party President and MP Rashed Khan Menon says.

Forty-one 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).

Rab claimed to have arrested four alleged members of banned militant group Ansar al Islam from Dhaka’s Darussalam area last night.

A writ petition has been filed with High Court, seeking its directive on the authorities concerned for not circulating and disclosing information regarding investigation into Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case to the media.

The trial of the arms case against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed began at a Dhaka tribunal today with deposition of the complainant.

Sunamganj's Sub-Registrar Md Zafar Ahmed died of Covid-19 today.He breathed his last at Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 5:00am, said a law ministry press release.

Fifty-three Supreme Court lawyers today collectively sent a legal notice to the government, requesting it to constitute an independent commission to investigate allegations against law enforcers for committing crimes.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have detained seven Rohingyas while they were being trafficked to India through Putkhali frontier of Jashore’s Benapole.

Two more persons, who suffered severe burns in the blast at a Narayanganj mosque, died at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka. With them, 31 people have so far died from the tragic incident while the condition of the others admitted at the hospital remains critical.

Papaya farmers in Pirojpur incurred huge losses after the recent flood damaged a large number of fruit-bearing papaya trees.

A court here yesterday sentenced a man to death and five others to life term imprisonment for killing a youth over land dispute in Sadar upazila in 2007.

A gang of extortionists has been collecting toll illegally from vehicles on Kalapara-Kuakata alternative road.

Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT), the primary line of defence of national ICT infrastructure and a wing of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC), has recently thwarted potential attempts of ATM hacks of Bangladeshi banks.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called for a concerted global action to ensure a safe and secure environment for students during the coronavirus pandemic.

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

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said that he doesn’t know how the probe report on the investigation into the murder of Major (retd) Sinha was published in a newspaper.