A case was filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman under the Digital Security Act for declaring late president Ziaur Rahman “the nation's father of Bangladeshi nationalism”.

Police in Bogura recovered the bodies of a woman and her infant daughter from a corn field in a remote shoal area on the Jamuna river.

A helper and supervisor of a bus were handed over to police for attempting to rape a college student on board the bus in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj.

Twenty-five leaders and activists of BNP have been released on bail from Khulna jail after they were arrested en masse between February 24 and February 27 from different areas of Khulna ahead of the party’s rally in the city held on February 27.

For the first time in Bangladesh, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have launched an “On-site Identification and Verification System (OIVS) to check any criminal or suspect’s full profile instantly.”

The death reference (lower court documents) of blogger-writer Avijit Roy murder case, in which five militants were sentenced to death, has reached the High Court.

Fifty-one eminent citizens today demanded a judicial probe into writer Mushtaq Ahmed’s death in custody. They have also asked for the probe report to be made public.

The government has imposed a ban on hilsa fishing in the sanctuary for two months -- starting from midnight.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said a section of people is trying to fish in troubled waters over the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government is committed to sustaining the recognition as a developing country by expanding education, and having an upskilled workforce, worthy citizens.

The fifth phase election is progressing in 29 municipalities under 20 districts across the country today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued directives for procurement of another three crore doses of the Covid-19 vaccine as the nationwide first round of vaccination campaign was underway.

The fifth phase elections will be held in 29 municipalities under 20 districts using electronic voting machines (EVMs) on Sunday, February 28, 2021.

A total of nine benches have been formed for conducting judicial activities physically at the High Court Division of the Supreme Court from Sunday, February 28, 2021.

Bangladesh’s overall food security situation has deteriorated for the second year in a row -- mainly due to poor performance in ensuring dietary diversity, good use of natural resources and implementing climate-smart agriculture.

The government has decided to reopen all primary, secondary and higher secondary educational institutions on March 30.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud has said that the Digital Security Act is for providing security to people -- from harassment -- on digital platforms.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that no death is desirable, and nor is creating unrest centring the death.

Police have pressed charges against 12 people -- four suspended officers and eight prisoners, including four teenage inmates -- in the case filed over the deaths of three teenage prisoners at Jashore Child Development Centre.

A man allegedly raped and killed his three-year-old stepdaughter at Korail slum in Dhaka’s Mohakhali.