Netting of fish has been banned in all the canals of Sundarbans from July 1 to August 31 in order to promote safe breeding and to preserve aquatic animals.

Two separate High Court benches refuse to hear a writ petition that sought its directive on the law enforcers to arrest in 24 hours all the accused in a case filed over the murder of Rifat Sharif in Barguna.

Parliament passes the Tk 5,23,190 crore national budget for 2019-20 fiscal themed as “Bangladesh on a Pathway to Prosperity: Time is Ours, Time for Bangladesh.”

Covering their faces in black cloths, journalists today formed a human chain in front of the Anti-Corruption Commission’s headquarters for not withdrawing what they claimed an “indecent summon” of their fellow.

Mizanur Rahman, suspended deputy inspector general of police, today filed a petition with the High Court seeking anticipatory bail in a corruption case.

The High Court seeks the report of Dhaka University’s Pharmacy Faculty and Biomedical Research Centre that found detergent and antibiotics for humans in packaged milk available in kitchen markets and grocery shops.

Around 100 students of Rajshahi University's Institute of Education and Research (IER) department form a human chain today demanding punishment to the teacher who allegedly sexually harassed two students of the institution.

A Pabna court has sent 30 BNP leaders and activists to jail after rejecting their bail prayers in a case filed for attacking Sheikh Hasina, the then opposition leader and now prime minister, in 1994.

US President Donald Trump has became the first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea when he met its leader, Kim Jong Un, in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas and agreed to resume stalled nuclear talks.

Police have arrested Bangladesh Chhatra League president of Munshiganj unit last night in a case filed on charge of assaulting a woman and looting her house.

A total of 43 containers loaded with imported goods fall into the Bay of Bengal from a cargo vessel near the Hatiya point this morning due to “rough sea”.

At least four people have sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast at Dhaka's Green Road. The blast took place on the ground floor of Comfort Hospital building around 10:00am, police said.

Law enforcers have seized the bus of “Mohammad Ali Paribahan” linked to an accident in which Feroz Sarker, a Rajshahi College student, lost his forearm on Friday.

The United States urges an immediate end to a mobile data blackout in parts of two Myanmar states, saying a service restoration would help provide transparency to what the government says are law enforcement actions to avert unrest.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have detained five members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from Puthia upazila of Rajshahi.

Two people are stabbed to death in separate incidents in London, including a woman who was about eight months pregnant, police say.

BNP will come up with a package of movement along with legal battle within four weeks to ensure immediate release of the party’s imprisoned Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Dear readers, here are the news headlines on June 29, 2019.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have detained an alleged drug peddler with 9,910 pieces of yaba pills from Kotwali area of Chattogram city.

The parliament passes the Finance Bill 2019 with some changes in value-added tax (VAT) and in the policy of capital market and handloom industry.