A Cox’s Bazar court today sent former Teknaf Police Station officer-in-charge Pradeep Kumar Das to jail on completion of his remand in a case filed over the murder of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan.

A girl was killed in a head-on collision between two speedboats on the Meghna River in Hizla upazila of Barishal last night.

A Dhaka court has took cognizance of the charges against suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid in a case filed for amassing Tk 3.08 crore beyond known sources of income.

Eighty-one Bangladeshis, who had been stranded in Vietnam and returned home by a chartered flight two weeks ago, were arrested and sent to jail today, after completion of a 14-day quarantine.

A Tangail court yesterday sentenced two people, including the victim’s husband, to death for killing a housewife for dowry in Bhuapur upazila in 2016.

After five months of closure, the tourist spots in Rangamati have been reopened for the public.

With sales dwindling over the past several months, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, bamboo artisans in Baghar village of Barishal’s Gournadi upazila are still holding onto their profession that they mastered in almost half a century.

Following criticism, the Election Commission has backtracked from its proposal to give Bangla names to local government bodies and the positions within them by amending the relevant law.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed deep shock and sorrow at former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee’s death and called him a “true friend” of Bangladesh and a guardian-like figure to her family.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has sought strong political support from Bangladesh in its endeavours to implement its mandates.

A flight of Singapore Airlines’ came to Dhaka last night carrying over 20 tonnes of PPE which includes surgical gowns, goggles and nasal oxygen cannula.

The High Court today sought a list of coronavirus and non-coronavirus hospitals in the country.

In a major reshuffle in the Bangladesh Police force, seven deputy inspectors general (DIGs), including two metropolitan police commissioners, were transferred today.

A money laundering case filed against GK Shamim -- a top contractor of government projects -- and his seven bodyguards has been shifted to Dhaka Senior Special Judge's Court for trial.

A case was filed today against 41 people including former Teknaf Police Station officer-in-charge Pradeep Kumar Das and 34 other police personnel for killing three people in a “staged gunfight”.

A parliamentary body today recommended formation of a national commission to hold trial of those involved in the brutal killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and 17 of his family members on August 15, 1975.

Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun has said the ministry is working towards facilitating the production of locally manufactured motor vehicles.

Newspapers, television channels and radio stations will need government approval to run their online news portals as per the draft amendment of online media policy that has been approved at the cabinet meeting.

A doctor has died of coronavirus at Khulna Medical College Hospital.

The government is yet to take any decision on an application that sought extension of its order through which BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was released for six months, Law Minister Anisul Huq said today.