Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury and four others have been sued over the death of a pregnant woman at Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital.

Laxmipur-2 Independent MP Mohammad Shahid Islam Papul and his family earned over Tk 355 crore from transactions with over 500 bank accounts, including FDRs, which was made primarily through human trafficking in the last five years.

Miscreants tore some banners with photos of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachhari early today.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today approved the charge sheet against GK Shamim and his mother Ayesha Akter for acquiring illegal assets worth near Tk 300 crore.

The chairman of Chengthihajradanga union parishad in Panchagarh's Debiganj upazila and his son were sent to jail today in a case filed over beating a member of the parishad.

The process of releasing incarcerated photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol is underway.

The Indian government today appealed to farmers to hold further talks to break a nearly month-long deadlock over their demand for the repeal of agricultural reform laws, but farmers’ leaders declined to relent unless these laws are withdrawn.

Detectives claimed to have arrested five members of a fraud gang from Dhaka’s Kamalapur area on charge of deceiving people, luring them with jobs.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today directed authorities concerned to ensure employees who don’t stay at government quarters do not get any rent allowance.

The country’s lowest temperature, 7.1 degrees Celsius, was recorded at Tetulia of Panchagarh today, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.

The High Court today directed police to take legal action against an informant of a ‘false’ murder case filed in Patuakhali.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) today approved a project worth Tk 1,882.59 crore to ensure water supply and sanitation to rural areas.

A Dhaka court today granted ad-interim bail to 21 former officials of AB Bank Ltd in three cases filed over laundering Tk 236 crore through offshore banking to UAE, USA and Singapore.

As several countries have cancelled flights with the UK in the wake of the spread of a new strain of coronavirus, Bangladesh will also take measures on suspending air communication with the country considering the latest situation, Senior Secretary of Civil Aviation Ministry M Mohibul Haque said today.

A four-day Director General (DG)-level Border conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has begun in Guwahati, the capital city of Indian State Assam.

Seventeen people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A man was killed as a freight train hit a truck near Phulbari station in Dinajpur early today.

The High Court today refused to grant bail to former chairman of Teknaf upazila, Zafar Ahmed, in a corruption case involving Tk 4.9 crore.

The High Court today directed lawmaker Shahid Islam Papul's wife Selina Islam MP and their daughter Wafa Islam to surrender to the lower court concerned by December 28 -- in connection with a corruption case involving Tk 148.41 crore.

A yaba trader has been killed in a gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar last night, Rab said today.