Three men, including a Bangladeshi, have been arrested for allegedly trafficking drugs in Bandar Sunway, Subang Jaya of Petaling District in Selangor, Malaysia.

The labour ministry has once again asked garment factory owners not to terminate workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also president of the ruling Awami League, has said no one will remain poor and homeless in the country as her government is working relentlessly for the welfare of the nation and the countrymen.

The government has waived late fines till December 31 this year for vehicle owners and drivers who failed to update their documents on time.

Economists and activists opined that Tk 11,000 crore in additional revenues could be raised from the tobacco sector if the proposed tax and price measures from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and anti-tobacco activists were adopted.

A number of Narayanganj city dwellers form a human chain in the Khanpur area demanding immediate installation of ICUs and PCR lab at Narayanganj 300-bed Hospital for treatment of Covid-19 patients.

A ninth grader in Mymensingh has been arrested for making a Facebook post allegedly defaming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and later sent to the Juvenile Correction Center in Gazipur.

A virtual court in Dhaka today rejected a bail petition of Al Amin alias Parvez, a member of a gang -- linked to the trafficking of 26 Bangladeshis killed in Libya on May 28 -- in a case filed with Khilgaon Police Station.

Nur Mohammad Mazumder, an additional secretary to the Road Transport and Highway division, has been appointed as the chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA).

The incumbent committee of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) is supposed to be dissolved as their extended 90-day tenure ends today but its vice president has asked for further extension.

A 35-year-old man is killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion in Ashulia of Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka.

Three fishermen were arrested on Saturday while they were trying to fish using poison in the Pashur River in the Sundarbans.

Dhaka University (DU) authorities will resume coronavirus testing facilities at its lab from tomorrow.

The High Court has refused to grant bail to Bogura's Sramik League convenor Tufan Sarker in a sensational case filed for abducting and raping a female student and torturing her mother in 2017.

Brac University is creating an online learning platform that is built on a world-class platform developed by MIT and Harvard -- named ‘buX’.

Dhaka Bar Association (DBA) has appealed to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to take necessary measures to ensure treatment for coronavirus-infected members and their families at six hospitals in the capital.

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed yesterday said every union parishad will be marked as a police beat to take services to people's doorsteps.

A four-year-old child was raped allegedly by a man in Jashore town yesterday, said police.

Another moderate earthquake with 5.8 magnitude jolted Dhaka and some other parts of the country early today.

The government has announced closure in some areas that were marked as red zones by health authorities in 10 districts.