Sukumar Mridha, a close associate of PK Halder, has told a magistrate that more than a hundred influential people, including two former high officials of as many banks helped PK Halder in running the scam.

A bus-helper was hacked to death inside the bus in Khulna city last night.

Australia will introduce landmark legislation to force Alphabet’s Google and Facebook to pay publishers and broadcasters for content next week, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said on Friday.

US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first telephone call as leaders and appeared at odds on most issues, even as Xi warned that confrontation would be a “disaster” for both nations.

A Jashore court yesterday sentenced a sub-inspector (SI) to three years’ jail in a dowry case filed in 2019.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has evicted 51 illegal establishments from the bank of Buriganga river in Dhaka's Swari Ghat and Mitford Balur Ghat areas today.

Fifty-nine eminent civil society members today sent letters to the Chattogram Hill Tracts affairs minister and the ministry secretary, chief of Bangladesh Army, and defence and environment ministries demanding the authorities stop the construction of a five-star hotel on Mro land.

The High Court today ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to finish the inquiry against health sector contractor Motazzerul Islam Mithu and submit a probe report in this regard as early as possible.

The High Court has released the full text of its order seeking Bangladesh Bank’s explanation on why its officials concerned have failed to detect and prevent irregularities, corruption and money laundering and what steps have been taken against them.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller has asked for recognising the power of the youth in solving problems and shape the future as Bangladesh aspires to become one of the leading economies of the world.

All the Covid-19-causing virus circulating in the world right now could easily fit inside a single cola can, according to a calculation by a British mathematician whose sum exposes just how much devastation is caused by minuscule viral particles.

AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine is not perfect, but will have a big impact on the pandemic, its chief executive has predicted, as the drugmaker pledged to double supplies to more than 200 million doses per month by April.

One person has died and seven people were hurt in a fire that broke out at a chemical factory in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila.

Myanmar’s new junta leader has called on civil servants to return to work and urged people to stop mass gatherings to avoid spreading coronavirus, as a sixth day of protests against him and his coup spanned the Southeast Asian country.

Criticising government officials for the delay in disposal of files, Planning Minister MA Mannan said, “If you (govt officials) take salary and benefits, you have to work fast and on time”.

India will start granting citizenship to refugees under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) after the Covid-19 vaccination process ends, Indian Home Minister Amit Shah said today.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has expressed discontent regarding the progress of National Board of Revenue's (NBR) tax system automation.

The VAT Intelligence has uncovered a VAT evasion of about TK 35.18 crore by Delta Life Insurance.

Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram metro fined eight businesses including KDS Textile and Heidelberg Cement at least Tk 4.25 lakh for polluting environment.

The Biden administration needs to develop an aggressive, coherent digital policy to counter China’s growing technological power, industry groups and former US officials say.