Eight Bangladeshis, who had entered India illegally earlier this month, were handed over to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) by India’s Border Security Force, a statement by the Indian paramilitary force said today.

Erfan Selim, son of Awami League leader and MP Haji Selim, and his bodyguard Zahidur Rahman have been sentenced to one year in jail for possessing illegal alcohol and walkie-talkies.

Another case has been filed in connection with the speedboat capsize in Agunmukha river in Patuakhali’s Ragabali upazila.

Bangladesh today recorded 15 Covid-19 deaths and 1,436 fresh cases overnight.

Erfan Selim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Selim, has been arrested after a case was filed against him on charge of "attacking" Lt Wasif Ahmed Khan of Bangladesh Navy in Dhanmondi area of Dhaka last night.

Eminent medicine specialist and former Vice-Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Prof DR Mohammad Tahir is no more. He was 80.

A man was killed in the premises of a temple in Bogura Sadar upazila early today.

Ferry services on Shimulia-Kathalbari route was halted again this morning after it resumed for four hours only.

A man was killed in a road accident in Badda area of Dhaka this morning.

A case was filed against Erfan Selim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Selim, on charge of "attacking" Lt Wasif Ahmed Khan of Bangladesh Navy in Dhanmondi area of Dhaka last night.

Internet users are likely to face reduced speed for the next five days starting today as a fibre optic cable that connects Bangladesh’s international internet gateway operators with Singapore will go through emergency maintenance, said industry operators last night.

Police arrested poet and filmmaker Tokon Thaakoor tonight in a case filed for misappropriating a government filmmaking grant.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud has recovered from Covid-19.

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has decided to include 43 new products under the mandatory quality certificate considering their growing demand among the people.

Professor AKM Masudur Rahman ,62, head of the medicine department of Bogura TMSS Medical College and the private Rafatullah Community Hospital, died of Covid-19 today at Square Hospital in Dhaka around 6:00pm.

Agriculture Minister Md Abdur Razzaque today said mill owners, wholesalers and middlemen are simultaneously involved in various conspiracies to make huge profits.

A Dhaka court today sentenced a former executive engineer of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for acquiring Tk 3 crore beyond his known sources of income.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has arranged four special flights to Saudi Arabia to carry those Bangladeshi expatriate workers who had returned to Bangladesh through airlines apart from Biman or Saudia.

Cabinet today approved the draft of “Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Act, 2020,” to replace the ordinance okayed by the President a few days ago, keeping the provision of death penalty for rape.

The Chittagong University authorities have decided to hold admission tests to enroll first year honours students for the academic session of 2020-21 amid coronavirus pandemic.