Mahabubul Haque Chisty, former chairman of the Farmers Bank audit committee, has been shown arrested in connection with five cases filed over amassing more than Tk 135.45crore illegally.

With the first confirmation of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, when asked whether educational institutions will be closed, State Minister for Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury says they will act in line with the directive of the health ministry.

The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) detains a Bangladeshi citizen from Satkoraibari border in Kurigram’s Roumari upazila.

Three persons are injured when a metal pole fell on them during construction work at Bangladesh Bank’s Bogura branch.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says the law enforcement agencies are ready so that no one can create any “untoward situation” during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh for Bangabandhu’s birth centenary celebration.

Three Bangladeshis including two members of a family who returned from Italy have been infected with coronavirus (COVID-19), Institute of Epidemiology, Diseases Control and Research (IEDCR) confirms.

The High Court has directed the government to prepare a complete list of language heroes and martyrs and submit it before this court in the next six months.

The death toll from the boat capsize in Rajshahi’s Padma river reached seven as body of another passenger has been recovered.

Husband has filed a case accusing woman who allegedly killed her two children in the capital’s Khilgaon area yesterday.

Four months after the train accident in Brahmanbaria, families of eight -- out of 17 -- victims received financial assistance.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges people of the country to not worry about coronavirus, as Bangladesh is “capable of facing the disease”.

Classes of Ratipur Government Primary School in Pabna’s Atghoria upazila are being hampered following row over a programme of Ekushey February (February 21), between the headmaster and managing committee members.

In the face of extreme poverty after marriage in 2001, Salma Khatun did not just sit back. Capitalising on her drawing skills, she started making Nakshi Kantha, hand-crafted traditional embroidered quilt, for a living.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the appeal of Bangabandhu’s March 7 speech is everlasting, and this historic address of the Father of the Nation will continue to inspire everyone around the world for ages to come.

GK Shamim has secured bail from the High Court in two separate cases in the first week of February, it has emerged.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary celebration will not be successful as the government has kept BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail.

The fact that there has been no justice delivered to Taqi -- seven years after his heinous killing -- reflects the overall culture of impunity existing in the country, Emeritus Professor of Dhaka University Serajul Islam Chowdhury has said.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says the outbreak of coronavirus might affect foreign guests’ presence at Mujib Borsho celebration.

Police arrest three individuals on charge of extorting businessmen in Kotwali area of Chattogram city in the name of “Mujib Borsho celebration”.

Two flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to Kuwait are cancelled following a one-week ban the country imposed on flights to and from seven countries over coronavirus outbreak.