Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have detained five alleged gamblers in Ashulia of Savar.

A female employee of Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) has secured bail in a defamation case of Tk 100 crore filed against her by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).

South Korea’s top court upheld on Thursday a 20-year prison sentence for former President Park Geun-hye on graft charges that led to her downfall, bringing an end to the legal process and for the first time raising the possibility of a pardon.

The High Court today issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to mandatorily record fingerprints and iris scans of all citizens, including children during their birth registration.

An international team of scientists led by the World Health Organization arrived today in China’s central city of Wuhan to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus that sparked the pandemic.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government is sending allowances under social safety net (SSN) programmes directly to the beneficiaries’ mobile wallets to get rid of middlemen.

Jatiya Party Chairman and Deputy Leader of the Opposition GM Quader has tested positive for Covid-19.

At least 500 homes were gutted in a fire that broke out at Noyapara Rohingya camp in Teknaf of Cox's Bazar early today, camp in-charge Abdul Hannan said.

Twenty-two officials of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL), including six former managing directors, were freed on bail from Dinajpur jail this morning.

A lane of Dhaka-Aricha highway, on Savar’s Salehpur bridge, was closed after cracks developed in its girder yesterday afternoon.

An estimated three lakh healthcare workers will be given the coronavirus vaccine at 2,934 sites across India on the first day of the massive nationwide vaccination drive on January 16, official sources said today.

People who have had COVID-19 are highly likely to have immunity to it for at least five months but there is evidence that those with antibodies may still be able to carry and spread the virus, a UK study of healthcare workers has found.

Awami League-led government used the Covid-19 pandemic as a pretext to censor free speech and crack down on critics in Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2021 yesterday.

Image-centric social network Snapchat on Wednesday said it has permanently banned US President Donald Trump from the platform, as voices are raised against keeping him off the internet stage.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday made Donald Trump the first US president to be impeached twice, formally charging him with inciting an insurrection just a week after a violent mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol.

Dhaka has termed Washington’s remarks that terrorist group al-Qaeda carried out attacks from Bangladesh as irresponsible and unfounded.

India today approved the procurement of 73 indigenously-manufactured Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk-1A fighter planes and ten LCA Tejas Mk-1 for training purposes at a cost of Rs 45,696 crores.

Bangladesh will import 60,000 metric tonnes of diesel from India in the current year 2021 under a government-to-government contract.

The Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram region fined 13 businesses a total of Tk 11,72,000 for damaging the environment and violation of DoE conditions.

A Chattogram court today placed 11 people including Abdul Quader, a councilor candidate in the upcoming city corporation elections, on a three-day remand over the death of a man during a pre-election violence yesterday.