Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das today described Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the founder of modern Bangladesh and one of the most influential and courageous leaders of the 20th century.

Body of war hero and commander of Sector-4 during the country's Liberation War, Bir Uttam CR Dutta, has reached Dhaka from the United States where he died at a Florida hospital last week.

The trial on an arms case filed against expelled leader of Jubo Mohila League Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman has begun at a tribunal in Dhaka with deposition of a prosecution witness.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) signs a contract with a Chinese joint-venture firm to procure 125 railway luggage vans to boost transportation of agro-based products.

Nandadulal Rakshit, an accused in Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case, was giving his confessional statement before a Cox's Bazar court this morning.

Regent Group Managing Director Masud Parvez has been shown arrested in two fraud cases filed with Uttara Paschim Police Station in July this year.

The Election Commission has filed a case against JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury on charge of having two National ID cards.

A Dhaka court has taken cognisance of the charges against Partha Gopal Banik, a suspended deputy inspector general (prisons) of Sylhet division, in a case filed over the recovery of Tk 80 lakh from his residence in Dhaka.

SM Shafiullah, superintendent of Khulna police, and three of his family members have been diagnosed with coronavirus.

Abu Osman Chowdhury, a sector commander during the Liberation War in 1971, tested positive for Covid-19 this afternoon.

Exactly when the world went into a complete standstill due to the coronavirus outbreak, it was also time for Bengal loach or Rani fish to breed. Good weather and total absence of people from the haors due to a shutdown resulted in their return.

The probe committee formed by the home ministry after the murder of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan will seek additional time to complete the investigation of the case.

The ruling Awami League nominates Iswardi Upazila Chairman Nuruzzaman Biswas as the party candidate for the upcoming by-elections to Jatiya Sangsad Pabna-4 constituency.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked party leaders not to allow “infiltrators” into Bangladesh Awami League (AL), saying that the party’s image will be tarnished due to their misdeeds.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 1.4 lakh contraband Yaba pills early today from Teknaf’s Kharangkhali area.

UN human rights experts have said that countries must continue to search for victims of enforced disappearances even during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Writing about drug policies in Bangladesh is both easy and difficult. The easy part comes from reading through the policies and some of the information available on the country’s drug regulatory authority’s website. The difficult part comes when I talk to pharmaceutical company executives and visit their manufacturing facilities.

Forty-two 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).

Suspended inspector Liaqat Ali, prime accused in Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case, gave his confessional statement before a Cox's Bazar court today.

Two schoolboys have drowned in a pond at a village in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur.