Seven people were burnt in a fire caused by an explosion at a scrap material shop in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area this afternoon.

Police today appealed to a Dhaka court to show Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Salim's son Mohammad Erfan Salim and his bodyguard Zahidul Mollah arrested in a case filed for assaulting a navy official in the capital's Dhanmondi area.

India and the United States today explored possible capacity-building and other joint cooperation activities in third countries, including in India’s neighbourhood and beyond.

Department of Environment (DoE) of Chattogram region fined 20 businesses including a shipyard, 11 brick kilns and two hospitals a total of Tk 11,65,000 for violating their conditions and polluting environment.

The Local Government Division (LGD) has suspended Erfan Salim from the ward-30 councillor post of the Dhaka South City Corporation.

The trial of a corruption case against suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Mizanur Rahman and three others began at a Dhaka court today with deposition of the complainant.

A Dhaka court today framed charges against Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Dr Shafikur Rahman and 185 others in a sabotage case filed with Motijheel Police Station in 2012.

Two important road connectivity projects, including a bridge over Feni river, linking Bangladesh with India will be completed in the next two months, a key Indian cabinet minister said today.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police today arrested three men from the capital's Pallabi area on charge of embezzling over Tk 6 crore from 1,427 people by scamming them using a multi-level marketing scheme.

The UN has expressed concerns over the human rights situation, including violations of right to political participation of minority groups – Rohingyas and ethnic Rakhines -- ahead of the general elections in Myanmar on November 8.

A case was filed today in connection with the rape of a college student in Barishal’s Agailjhara upazila on October 24.

Indian air carrier Vistara today announced it would launch flight services to Bangladesh from November 5 under the recently signed bilateral air bubble agreement, reports our New Delhi correspondent.

The Australian High Commission in Dhaka today announced the release of Australia's Covid-19 Development Response Plan for Bangladesh for 2020- 2021, saying the country appreciates its strong development, people-to-people and trade ties with Bangladesh.

A team of Cox's Bazar (north) divisional forest department has reclaimed four acres of land from grabbers by demolishing dozens of makeshift structures at Fulchari range of the division.

Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows fell 49 percent in the first half of 2020 compared to 2019, due to the economic fallout from Covid-19, reveals the latest Global Investment Trends Monitor released today by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has approved a Tk 319 crore-project for the development of Dhaka North City Corporation.

Facebook has committed to improving user safety and security and take steps to protect its users — especially women and children — from internet abuse.

Twenty people have died from Covid-19 in the country during last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A Barguna court today sentenced six out of the 14 juvenile accused to 10 years’ imprisonment in the much-talked-about Rifat Sharif murder case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) today launched a quick response team for women and children undergoing abuse.