The jail authorities did not find any negligence on their part in writer Mushtaq Ahmed's death in custody, Inspector General (IG) of Prisons Brig Gen Md Mominur Rahman Mamun said today.

The High Court today rebuked the Anti-Corruption Commission for its failure in submitting the charge sheet to the trial court in 20 corruption cases filed against Iqbal Hossain Bhuiyan, managing partner of SD Survey Firm, for his involvement with the Basic Bank loan scam.

A mobile court today conducted a drive in Gazipur's Board Bazar and surrounding areas and disconnected more than 800 illegal gas connections of 400 houses.

British scientists urged European countries to take note on Wednesday of interim data showing what they described as “remarkable” effectiveness of a single dose of Pfizer’s or AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccines in frail and elderly people.

A Gaibandha court today sentenced a man to death in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act.

A man was arrested today for allegedly stabbing his wife to death at Kandigaon village of Golapganj upazila in Sylhet.

The committee formed by Home Ministry over the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail custody has submitted it report to the ministry this afternoon.

A total of 26,695 rape cases have been filed across the country in the last five years, said the office of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) in a report submitted to the High Court today.

A man was arrested on the charge of throwing stones at a running train in Jashore early today.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said that there will be more benefits than losses if Bangladesh graduates to a developing country from a least developed one.

Two people including a Rohingya woman were arrested from Narayanganj during their attempt to obtain a Bangladeshi passport with fake identities and documents.

The by-election to the Lakshmipur-2 seat -- of independent lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam, also known as Kazi Papul, that has been vacated on grounds of moral turpitude -- will be held on April 11.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said that the decision on relaxing the bail conditions and waiving sentence of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia would be taken after discussion with the law ministry.

A Chattogram court today sentenced four people to death for killing a woman during robbery in Chattogram’s Bayezid Bostami area in 2016.

Three persons were arrested today in a case filed over raping a woman at a village in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali on Saturday (February 27).

Britain’s Prince Harry and American wife Meghan decided long ago they would not play the traditional royal media “game”, and on Sunday they depart from the norms of engagement again with an in-depth interview with US chat show host Oprah Winfrey.

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will pay an official visit to Bangladesh tomorrow to do the ground work for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the country later this month.

Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said late on Tuesday that new sanctions imposed by the United States were evidence of a “hostile anti-Russian lunge” and said it would retaliate to what it described as another blow to U.S.-Russia ties.

A Cox’s Bazar court today sentenced a man to life in prison in a case filed over raping his daughter in 2018.

The High Court today ordered the chief metropolitan magistrate of Barishal to conduct a judicial inquiry into the allegation of torture and death of an apprentice lawyer, Rejaul Karim Reja, in police custody on the night of January 3 this year.