A breakthrough has been reached in Qatar’s three-year-old dispute with Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries and an agreement to end their rift is to be signed in Saudi Arabia, a senior Trump administration official said.

A general diary was lodged with Gulshan Police Station saying that several fake Facebook IDs have been opened in the name of Law Minister Anisul Huq in order to socially malign him.

A naraji (no confidence) petition has been submitted against a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) charge sheet in the case over the attacks on Santals in Gaibandha.

More than 200 Google employees in the United States have formed a workers’ union, the elected leaders of the union wrote in a New York Times opinion piece.

A 122-member triservice contingent of the Bangladesh Armed Forces will participate in the Republic Day parade of India this year, reported Indian newspaper The Hindu.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier, has turned 49.

More than 200 Google employees in the United States have formed a workers’ union, the elected leaders of the union wrote in a New York Times opinion piece on Monday.

Md Abdus Sabur, an additional chief engineer of the Roads and Highways Department (RHD), has been made the chief engineer of RHD.

A Dhaka court today placed Shankha Bepary, a close associate of Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder, on a three-day remand in a money laundering case.

Black-money-holders legalised the highest amount of undeclared assets in history in just six months of the current fiscal year as no government agencies now ask questions about the sources of incomes.

An eight-month-old baby died after his father allegedly slammed him against the floor several times following an argument with his mother in Dhaka’s Dakshinkhan area.

Narayanganj City Corporation Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy has filed a case under the Digital Security Act against Khokon Saha, general secretary of the Narayanganj city unit of the ruling Awami League.

The High Court has observed that officials concerned of the Bangladesh Bank, including the general managers (GMs), have been harbouring financial thugs and perpetrators for personal gains.

Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram region today demolished three brick kilns in Chattogram’s Raozan upazila in line with an earlier High Court order.

Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has received approval from the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) to import the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

A mobile court in Dhaka’s Dhamrai fined 11 brick kilns Tk 52 lakhs today for running business without licences and not having legal documents.

Two people were sentenced to death for raping and killing a minor in Madaripur on November 27, 2012.

A British judge ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges including breaking a spying law, saying his mental health problems meant he would be at risk of suicide.

A Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel was killed and another was injured after a truck hit their motorcycle in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar today.

A team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) today came under attack by alleged drug dealers during an anti-drug drive in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj.