Police claimed to have arrested four drug traders who were trying to smuggle contraband yaba pills to the USA through the parcel service of the post office.

The High Court today rejected a writ petition filed challenging the legality of an amended rule that allows the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to appoint the same officer to conduct both the inquiry and investigation of a corruption case.

The High Court today summoned the additional metropolitan sessions judge concerned of Chattogram to appear before it on January 12 next year to explain why the trial proceedings of a double murder case were not concluded in the last six years.

The Netherlands and Sweden have called for urgent need for a UN assessment on the safety, feasibility and sustainability of Bhasan Char as a place for refugees to live.

The High Court today directed the authorities concerned of the government to remove all illegal structures along the Karnaphuli river at Lal Dariarchar area in Chattogram within next two months.

The newly built passenger departure lounge was opened today at the airport of beach town Cox’s Bazar to give more comfort to local and international tourists.

Turkish Ambassador to Bangladesh Mustafa Osman Turan has said his country is eyeing an increased investment in Bangladesh with a significant jump in bilateral trade volume through product diversification as Bangladesh’s economy is growing fast.

Islami Andolon Bangladesh today toned down its aggressive stance against sculptures, saying they have not expressed any opinion for demolition of sculptures.

SAARC should reunite member states to collectively address the challenges of Covid-19 pandemic that is affecting global economies and public health in an unprecedented way.

Detective Branch (DB) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) today auctioned off 3,000 kg imported onions which were stolen from the port while unloading.

The High Court today directed the authorities concerned of the government to immediately block all the digital portals of Kanak Sarwar, a Bangladeshi journalist who is now abroad, including his Facebook and YouTube channel for running “anti-state distorted content” through the platforms.

Two brick kilns inside the coastal reserve forest area at Uttar Kattoli along the Bay of Bengal in Chattogram which were in operation for a decade were demolished in a joint operation today.

Britain began the mass-vaccination of its population against COVID-19 on Tuesday, becoming the first Western nation to do so in a global endeavour that poses one of the biggest logistical challenges in peacetime history.

Popular Bangladeshi actor Pori Moni has been included in Forbes Asia magazine’s ‘100 Digital Stars’ list. The list consists of the most influential celebrities on social media and the digital space, who are “as famous online as they are on stage and screen”, as per the prestigious magazine.

At least 10 workers were injured as iron rods of a construction site collapsed on them at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna this morning.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has cleared four development projects, including a Tk 2,228 crore one to widen the existing road and construct two-storey expressway from Panchabti to Muktarpur Bridge.

Iran said on Tuesday its Supreme Court had upheld a death sentence against a high-profile dissident journalist who was captured last year in what Tehran calls an intelligence operation, after years in exile in France.

Canadian High Commissioner Benoit Préfontaine virtually delivered remarks on the occasion of UNFPA’s 16 days of activism against gender-based violence campaign, towards strengthening efforts to end gender-based violence and make progress in the gender-equality agenda. The event brought together a broad group of experts, policymakers, women’s rights organisations, activists, young people, human rights defenders, international organisations, and members of the international community to discuss the challenges in preventing and responding to gender-based violence in Bangladesh.

New Zealand security agencies were “almost exclusively” focused on the perceived threat of Islamist terrorism before a white supremacist gunman killed 51 Muslim worshippers last year, a report into the country’s worst massacre found.

The High Court today directed the authorities concerned of the government to take appropriate legal action against the culprits who were involved in damaging a sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Kushtia.