The government is taking measures so that no one can be arrested or sued under the Digital Security Act before investigation, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said.

Lawmakers from ASEAN countries have called on all parliamentarians worldwide to act in solidarity, demanding restoration of democracy in Myanmar where the military took control since February 1 and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her political colleagues.

A Dhaka court has exempted BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from personal appearance in the Niko graft case.

BNP leader Tabith Awal has alleged that he was barred from joining the party’s rally in Rajshahi, scheduled for today.

A total of 1,073 Rohingyas left Ukhiya of Cox’s Bazar today, to go to Noakhali’s Bhasan Char.

According to the Election Commission’s final updated electoral roll, the number of voters in the country has now increased to 11.17 crore following the inclusion of some 19 lakh fresh voters last year.

Police arrested a youth from Dhaka’s Keraniganj area early today, on charge of abducting a six-year-old boy and demanding Tk 1.2 lakh from his family as ransom.

Comes down heavily after Talukdar’s remarks on EC at same event

People in France aged over 65 with existing health problems can be given the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, France’s health minister said on Monday, departing from Paris’s earlier stance that the vaccine should be for under-65s only.

Twenty-three candidates, including a mayor aspirant of Jashore’s Keshabpur municipality election, lost their security deposit as they failed to bag one-eighth of the cast votes.

Myanmar police fired stun grenades to disperse protesters in the city of Yangon on Tuesday, witnesses said, as foreign ministers of neighbouring countries were due to hold talks with the military in an effort to quell deadly violence.

One in four of the world’s population will suffer from hearing problems by 2050, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday, calling for extra investment in prevention and treatment.

A Dhaka court today asked police to submit -- by March 21 -- the probe report in a case filed against Fardin Iftekhar Dihan over the rape and murder of an English medium school student in the city's Kalabagan area.

It is unrealistic to think the world will be done with the Covid-19 pandemic by the end of the year, the World Health Organisation warned Monday (March 1).

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has received the first dose of coronavirus vaccine.

A UN human rights investigator said that it was “extremely dangerous” for the United States to have named Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler as having approved an operation to capture or kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi but not to have taken action against him.

A complaint was lodged against four people, including Chattogram Central Jail Superintendent, today for allegedly torturing a prisoner in jail.

Ten banks have faced a capital shortfall of Tk 28,949 crore last year because of their high ratio of defaulted loans.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today suggested media to stop giving publicity to statements from foreign missions expressing concern over Bangladesh’s internal issues.

Theater activist Lily Chowdhury, wife of martyred intellectual Munier Chowdhury, passed away today at her Banani residence. She was 93.