A court in Shahjadpur of Sirajganj has framed charges against local lawmaker Hasibur Rahman Swapan in a case filed over alleged attempt to misappropriate property with fake documents.

A Dhaka court today ordered the authorities concerned to freeze 88 bank accounts of five accused, including a former Awami League leader of Faridpur, in a Tk 2000 crore money laundering case.

A group of aggrieved Indian start-ups are pooling their resources to take on what they consider to be Google's dominance of the country's digital ecosystem.

Facebook on Wednesday said it will stop running political or social issue ads after the US polls close on November 3 to reduce chances of confusion or abuse.

Thailand is seeking ways to shorten the 14-day quarantine for foreign tourists to attract more arrivals as the country opens up.

Prince William has joined forces with renowned British broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough to launch a new environmental award, the Earthshot Prize, which has grand ambitions to “incentivize change and help to repair our planet over the next 10 years.”

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).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government is getting all the district hospitals ready with ICUs and oxygen supplies to provide healthcare services to people in case of a second wave of Covid-19 in the upcoming winter.

Students and teachers of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in Dhaka demonstrated against rape and sexual abuse of women and children, including the recent gang-rape of a Noakhali woman.

A case has been filed against 15 gang members over rape of an 18-year-old girl and assaulting another physically in Ashulia.

The High Court today cleared the way for the lower court concerned to resume the trial proceedings of a case filed over the attack on a motorcade of the then opposition leader and now Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Satkhira in 2002.

A Dhaka court today again asked Rapid Action Battalion to submit by November 15 the probe report of a case filed against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed and 16 others over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates and illegally charging patients for testing and treatment.

Two persons died in separate accidents in Dhaka’s Bhatara and Tikatuli areas early today.

The Nobel Prize for Literature is set to be awarded today after several years of controversy and scandal for the world’s pre-eminent literary accolade.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has formally opened the Itna-Mithamoin-Austagram all-weather road in Kishoreganj to traffic.

The High Court has directed Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) to enforce awareness building programmes at schools in bordering areas to keep children and juveniles away from drugs and smuggling.

A man died early today after a Rab team took him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. He was found in critical condition in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area last night, Rab said.

Police last night arrested two persons including the main suspect in a case filed over murder of a Chinese technician working at Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge in Pirojpur.

The World Bank in a report has estimated that Bangladesh will do better than its South Asian neighbours in GDP growth for the fiscal year 2019-20.

Almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year or 1 every 16 seconds, according to a new joint report.