The High Court has observed that a handful of corrupt police officials became errant and their higher authorities have miserably failed to hold them accountable, for which the higher police authorities cannot absolve responsibility.

The Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram region fined two Cumilla construction firms for razing hills a month after a local lawmaker issued a threat to a DoE official for investigating the onslaught on environment.

A man was killed in a clash between followers of two councillor candidates at Mogoltuli Mogpukur Par area in Chattogram tonight.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the government to ensure maximum transparency in the procurement, collection and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines.

An Irish inquiry into alarming death rates among babies at church-run homes makes clear that unmarried mothers faced a “stifling, oppressive and brutally misogynistic culture” for decades, the country’s children’s minister said today.

Bangladesh has called for extending the preparatory period to five years -- from 2021 to 2026 -- for its graduation from the status of a Least Developed Country (LDC).

A six-month-old baby’s ear and genitals were burnt with acid in Gazipur’s Kapasia upazila over a dispute with a neighbour.

The police chiefs of Bangladesh and India today decided to establish designated nodal points for enhancing joint work against terrorist entities, including global terrorist groups as well as other fugitives.

A woman was beaten to death in Jashore sadar's Balia Vekutia village last night over throwing a tissue at the family graveyard.

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore today said no effort should be spared to keep schools open or to prioritise them in reopening plans as they enter the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic with cases continuing to soar around the world.

A court in Pirojpur today sentenced three men to death for killing a primary school teacher in 2017.

The energy regulator has decided to hold public hearings to re-fix the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) on January 14.

The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock has directed the authorities concerned to take precautionary measures to prevent the spread of bird flu in the country.

A tribunal in Sylhet today accepted the charge sheet against eight accused in the gang-rape of a woman at MC College

National Rivers Conservation Commission (NRCC) has so far identified 63,249 grabbers of over 700 rivers across the country.

A thirteen-year-old girl was killed and three other people, including the victim’s mother, were injured after a wall of a one-storey building collapsed on them in Ashulia today.

Sixteen more people have died with coronavirus infection and 718 new cases have been reported in 24 hours (till 8am today) across the country.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today stayed for eight weeks a part of the High Court verdict that directed the inspector general of police (IGP) to give Tk 20 lakh as compensation to a victim, who was wrongly arrested by police and kept in jail instead of the original accused in a case.

A man died in a fire at home in Feni early today.

The police headquarters today submitted a report to the High Court, saying that it has taken all necessary measures to ensure protection of all monuments and murals of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman across the country.