The West Zone of Bangladesh Railway has earned record revenue worth Taka 11.5 crore through transporting goods in June, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

A virtual court in Dhaka today rejected a bail petition of Kamal Hossain, a member of a gang linked to the trafficking of 26 Bangladeshis killed in Libya on May 28.

Awami League (AL) presidium member and former home minister Advocate Sahara Khatun leaves Dhaka for Thailand for better treatment.

The High Court has ordered the authorities concerned to conduct a judicial inquiry into the allegations of police torture on college student Imran Hossainand taking “unethical benefits” from his father for releasing him from their custody.

Two alleged muggers were killed in “shootout” with detectives in Dhaka’s Khilkhet area early today.

The High Court has directed the health secretary to conduct an inquiry into the reported allegations against some private and government hospitals of denying treatment to patients during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Two persons have died with coronavirus-like symptoms at the intensive care unit of Cumilla Medical College Hospital in the last 24 hours.

Two alleged Rohingya drug peddlers are killed in a gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar.

Residents of remote Kalu Mro Para in Bandarban’s Lama upazila have called upon the authorities concerned to protect the forest in their village from being destroyed by alleged criminals.

Police on Saturday arrested four people in connection with a case for killing a seven-month pregnant housewife for dowry in Kulaura upazila on Thursday.

A number of destitute people have been deprived of the government’s safety programme benefit as irregularities have been found in the government’s Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) programme and cash assistance lists for the poor families in Kabai union of Barishal’s Bakerganj upazila, with fake address and mobile numbers used by people of other areas.

Who would have thought that a girl with childhood physical disabilities, born in an impoverished family, could pursue education in this country?

“The coronavirus earlier closed our earning, and now flood has made us homeless,” said Mukti Khatun of Shuvogachha village in Sirajganj’s Kazipur upazila.

Speakers at a virtual discussion have lauded the government’s early planning and joint efforts with the UN and humanitarian partners to limit the transmission of coronavirus in the congested Rohingya camps in Bangladesh.

The import-export trade between Bangladesh and India resumed through Benapole land port this evening.

The government has decided to appoint Tareq Md Ariful Islam as the next high commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka.

The High Court refuses to grant bail to an engineer in three separate cases filed over the much-talked corruption allegation in purchasing furniture and household items for officials of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.

A Cumilla Court has granted bail to a Union Parishad chairman in a case filed against him, among others, for allegedly attacking a journalist and his family members.

The physical condition of renowned singer Andrew Kishore, who has been battling cancer, is stated to be critical today.

BNP has decided not to take part in the upcoming by-polls to Bogura-1 and Jashore-6 constituencies.