The storming of the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump on Wednesday has prompted calls by some lawmakers to remove him from office before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in on January 20.

Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc on Wednesday temporarily locked the accounts of US President Donald Trump, as tech giants scrambled to crack down on his baseless claims about the US presidential elections amid riots in the capital.

World leaders and governments on Wednesday expressed shock and outrage at the storming of the US Capitol in Washington by supporters of President Donald Trump.

Four people died on the US Capitol grounds Wednesday and 52 people have been arrested, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J Contee said Wednesday evening, after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in an unprecedented effort to stop Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory.

Pro-Trump protesters swarm Capitol amid challenge to his election loss

A baby girl born with two heads died in Dhaka last night.

The younger brother of Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader continues to raise questions about the fairness of elections and some lawmakers in greater Noakhali, stirring up a debate in the country’s political arena.

Three people including a union parishad chairman have been fined Tk 13.12 lakh for cutting through a hill in Moulvibazar without permission from Department of Environment.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the World Bank is not consistent in its prediction about Bangladesh’s economy.

A Dhaka court has again rejected bail petitions of cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore and writer Mushtaq Ahmed in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry and recruiting agencies to take care of Bangladeshi expatriates.

A Dhaka court today asked detectives again to submit by February 10 the probe report of a case filed against Mohammad Erfan Salim and four others over assaulting navy official Wasif Ahmed Khan in the capital's Dhanmondi on October 25 last year.

Captain SM Nasimul Haque, a former pilot of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, died on January 6, 2021.

Two people were killed after being hit by a train in Dhaka’s Malibagh area this afternoon.

A Bangladeshi migrant worker is suing his ex-employer and dormitory operator in Singapore, accusing them of "false imprisonment" after he was locked in his room during a coronavirus outbreak.

A British judge on Wednesday denied bail to WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange, ordering him to remain in a high-security prison while US courts decide whether he will be sent to the United States to face espionage charges.

Rana Dasgupta, a prosecutor of International Crimes Tribunal, today submitted a memorandum to the administrator of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) urging the government for necessary steps to turn the house of Deshbandhu Jatindra Mohan Sengupta into a museum to preserve the memory of anti-British movement heroes.

A youth was sentenced to life term imprisonment today for raping a mentally challenged girl in Barishal's Muladi upazila.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the government may reopen educational institutions in March, considering the situation and upon consultation with experts.

Nur Hossain, an accused in Narayanganj seven-murder, has been sentenced to life imprisonment in a case filed under arms act.