A Dhaka court today rejected a bail petition of two accused, including brother-in-law of Regent Group Managing Director Masud Parvez, and sent them to jail in a case filed over possession of 2,110 pieces of Yaba pills and 10 bottles of phensidyl.

The government today waived surcharge for late payment of electricity bills by residential consumers in order to mitigate sufferings of the clients amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

A Dhaka court today sent JKG Health Care Chief Executive Officer Ariful Chowdhury and one of his associates Sayeed Chowdhury to jail in a case filed for issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.

Chowdhury Mueen Uddin, a convicted war criminal living in the UK, has reportedly sued British Home Secretary Priti Patel for £60,000 in libel charges after she shared a report on Twitter linking him to war crimes during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971.

Three Bangladeshi nationals, alleged to be cattle-smugglers, were lynched to death by a mob in Assam’s Karimganj district, Indian police have said.

Cox’s Bazar Hotel-Motel and Guesthouse Officers’ Association has submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina through the district administration, seeking her permission on reopening business establishments and tourist spots in the coastal area.

Expressing concern over rise in abuse of domestic workers, Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has condemned torture of a 10-year old domestic help Achhia in the capital’s Mirpur area.

The High Court today wanted to know what measures have been taken for the management of medical waste across the country.

Bangladesh Water Development Board has warned of a recurrence of the flood in the country.

The government is going the start the online process for enrolling students to Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent courses for the next academic session from August 9, amid the pandemic.

Rab has so far received 140 complaints against Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed following his arrest on Wednesday over Covid-19 test report forgery.

A poacher along with 10 dead wild birds of different species was arrested from a hilly forest area under Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar early today.

Convicted war criminal ATM Azharul Islam today filed a petition with the Supreme Court, seeking review of its verdict that upheld his death penalty for his involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.

Detectives claimed to have seized an SUV belonging to Regent Group chairman Md Shahed from Dhaka’s Uttara area and recovered a firearm and some bottles of alcohol in it.

Thirty-seven people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said during a briefing.

Mohsin Hossain Bablu, editor and publisher of local newspaper Daily Ajker Potrika, died showing symptoms of Covid-19 at his residence in Satkhira town early today.

The bodies of an unidentified woman and a youth have been found in the Teesta and Dharla rivers of Sadar and Patgram upazilas under the district on Friday.

Hailing from a poor family in Chalbala union, Priyanka Rani has to spend Tk 65 transport fare for a day to reach her college in Kaliganj upazila, about nine kilometres away from the union. She has to go to college by battery-run auto-rickshaw and easy-bike. Priyanka, a resident of Sonahat village, is an HSC first year student of Kakina Uttar Bangla University College.

Work on a much-needed water treatment plant in Tangail municipality is not yet completed, though five years have passed since work began. Originally meant to be completed in two years, construction was delayed due to errors in planning and unscrupulous contractors.

The government today decided to implement its earlier decision that all passengers need to show Covid-19 negative certificates -- from government-authorised testing centres -- at the airports before leaving the country, from July 23.