Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claimed to have detained four members of a terrorist group from Jhenidah early today for kidnapping two college students from Khulna.

A contempt of court petition was filed with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today against Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam and six others on charge of conducting an eviction drive in Dhaka’s Mirpur-11 ignoring its chamber judge’s order of status quo on the eviction.

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte was set to hand in his resignation to the head of state on Tuesday, hoping to be given the opportunity to try and put together a new coalition and rebuild his parliamentary majority.

Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (BELA) and Cox's Bazar based environment organisation Youth Environment Society (YES) served a legal notice upon six government bodies including Land Ministry, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Roads and Highways (RHD) over filling up of Kohelia River in Cox's Bazar.

The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) today issued the “Lot Release Certificate” for Covishield -- the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India -- to Beximco Pharmaceutical Ltd.

A Rohingya man was killed in an alleged gunfight between two groups of Rohingya at a refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar early today.

Former Shipping Minister Captain (retd) Nurul Huq, the first chief of Naval Staff of Bangladesh, passed away at Dhaka Combined Military Hospital (CMH) last night. He was 86.

A new survey has revealed that 32 percent people have said they will take Covid-19 vaccines at the very beginning of the countrywide inoculation likely to start from February 8.

The High Court will deliver its order on a contempt of court petition on January 31, filed against two executive magistrates for not complying with its order over shutting down the illegal brick kilns at Chandanaish and Lohagara upazilas in Chattogram.

Chattogram City Corporation, considered to be a lifeline of the country’s economy also happens to be the third largest among 12 city corporations in the country in terms of voters. Dubbed as the commercial capital of Bangladesh, the port city has more than 19 lakh voters.

Stern actions will be taken if anyone tries to ruin election atmosphere during tomorrow’s Chattagram City Corporation polls, Returning Officer of the election Mohammad Hasanuzzaman said today.

A Dhaka court today asked police to submit by February 11 the probe report in a case filed against Fardin Iftekhar Dihan over the rape and murder of an English medium school student in Dhaka's Kalabagan area.

Fourteen 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).

Health authorities in Taiwan are quarantining 5,000 people while looking for the source of two new coronavirus cases linked to a hospital.

Tax above Tk 2 lakh will be received only through e-payment system from July 1, National Board of Revenue Chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem said today.

Britain’s unemployment rate hit its highest in nearly five years in the three months to November, when coronavirus cases began to rise for a second time and most of the country returned to a partial lockdown.

India and Bangladesh must progress together, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami said today, as India celebrates its 72nd Republic Day.

The High Court today refused to grant bail to suspended assistant engineer Md Aminul Islam of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project in four separate cases filed over corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for officials of the plant in Pabna.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader informed the parliament today that the construction of Padma bridge would be completed within June 2022.

Indian police today used tear gas on groups of protesting farmers who attempted to break through barricades at Delhi's Mukarba Chowk.