The High Court today refused to grant bail to Erfan Salim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Salim, in a case filed over "attacking" Lt Wasif Ahmed Khan of Bangladesh Navy in Dhanmondi area of Dhaka in October last year.

Only 99 out of 2,176 votes were cast in the last six and a half hours at the poll centre at Shahidnagar City Corporation Girls High School in Chattogram’s Lalkhanbazar thanks to frequent clashes between the Awami League backed and rebel AL councilor candidates.

US President Joe Biden’s Climate Envoy John Kerry has assured Bangladesh of continued support and cooperation on tackling climate change impacts as he called Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen last evening.

Runu Veronica Costa, a senior nurse of Kurmitola General Hospital, received the first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina virtually inaugurated the pilot vaccination programme.

A Dhaka tribunal today set April 22 for charge framing hearing against Baul singer Rita Dewan and two others in a case filed for "hurting religious sentiment" under the Digital Security Act.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has announced names of 141 highest taxpaying individuals and companies in order to honour them with tax cards for their exemplary compliance for the year 2019-20.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today informed the parliament that development partners and different entities of the United Nations have already disbursed around $1.5 billion to Bangladesh in order to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today informed the parliament that about 1.67 crore people, from around 20 different sectors of the country, will receive Covid-19 vaccine on a priority basis.

Casting his vote at Ekhlasur Rahman Government Primary School at Bahaddarhat area, Awami League mayoral candidate in Chattogram City Corporation election, Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, said polls are going on peacefully.

The Returning Officer of Chattogram City Corporation election Mohammad Hasanuzzaman postponed voting in two polling centres at ward no. 34 on allegations of occupying the centres, vandalising electronic voting machines and violence.

Only one percent vote has been cast at a polling center in West Bakalia area in Chattogram city till 12:00pm, four hours after voting started.

Shahadat Hossain, BNP's mayoral candidate for the Chattogram City Corporation election, alleged that most of his agents were driven out from polling centres after being beaten up.

A man was stabbed to death, allegedly by his brother, at Pahartoli area this morning while voting was going in Chattogram City Corporation election with stray incidents of clashes.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga apologised today after lawmakers from his ruling coalition visited night clubs despite his government’s call for people to avoid unnecessary outings to curb the spread of Covid-19.

A pedestrian was killed and 12 others sustained bullet injuries during a clash between supporters of two rival councilor candidates in Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election in front of UCEP Technical School Polling centre.

The Chattogram City Corporation election began this morning with several cocktail bombs exploding in different wards, reports our staff correspondent from spot.

US President Joe Biden’s administration supports a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians and will overturn several Trump administration decisions, the acting US envoy to the United Nations assured the Security Council yesterday.

After a year of closure due to the coronavirus outbreak, the provost committee of Dhaka University (DU) has finally recommended opening residential halls by the first week of March for its final-year and last-semester examinees at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Department of Environment (DoE) today fined Feni University Tk 5 lakh for encroaching upon a century-old waterbody at Feni Sadar upazila.

Sub-inspector (SI) of Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station Khalequzzaman Badsha has been closed to police lines after he lost a loaded magazine with eight rounds of bullets in his possession.