The High Court today started rehearing the appeal filed by independent lawmaker and Awami League leader Haji Mohammad Salim, challenging the trial court verdict that sentenced him to 13 years’ imprisonment in a corruption case.

A Dhaka court today again directed Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to submit the probe report of the case filed against former Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sayeed Khokon and six others on charges of embezzling Tk 34.89 crore by March 3.

Both the prosecution and defence today completed their arguments in the case filed over the killing of Prof Humayun Azad in February 2004.

India’s prime minister Narendra Modi said today protesters that stormed New Delhi’s Red Fort had caused “insult” to the country, his first public comments on a months-long farmers’ agitation that turned violent this week.

Sixteen people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Myanmar responded positively towards starting Rohingya repatriation with the next round of talks scheduled for the first week of February.

There is no specific data on the size of land and water portions in Bangladesh, Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury told the Parliament today.

A Khulna court today sentenced five persons to life imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of local Awami League leader Asaduzzaman alias Titu Sharif in 2018.

Police filed a case against 175 people, including two councillor candidates of Tangail's Mirzapur municipality, over an attack on law enforcers after the election yesterday.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam today told the parliament that Hungary has requested Bangladesh for 5,000 shots of Covid-19 vaccine.

As the countrywide inoculation will start from February 7, the Covid-19 vaccines have already reached 36 districts while the rest will be delivered by tomorrow.

A man allegedly killed a 15-year-old girl after he failed to rape her in Dhaka’s Shaheed Minar area early today.

The lowest temperature -- 5.5 degree Celsius -- of the country was recorded at Rejarhat in Kurigram today, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).

Indian Cricket Board President and former skipper Sourav Ganguly was discharged from a corporate hospital in Kolkata today, three days after he underwent a fresh angioplasty to clear two of his blocked coronary arteries, hospital officials said.

Australia reopened its “travel bubble” with New Zealand on Sunday after the neighbouring country reported no new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, but added new screening measures as it marked its longest infection-free run since the outbreak began.

Five people were killed and two others were injured in a collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Sherpur Sadar upazila this morning.

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) today submitted a report on the progress of investigation into gruesome murder of Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, wife of former superintendent of police (SP) of Chattogram Babul Akter, before the High Court.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has planned to resume its flight on Dhaka-Kathmandu-Dhaka route from February 18 after a suspension of more than a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Consignment of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines reached Chattogram city this morning as vaccination in the district is scheduled to start on February 7.

Former President Donald Trump has parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers just over a week before his Senate trial is set to begin, two people familiar with the situation said Saturday.