Mecca slowly stirred from a seven-month hibernation today as pilgrims trickled in after Saudi authorities partially lifted a coronavirus ban on performing umrah - a pilgrimage to Islam’s two holiest sites that is undertaken at any time of year.

Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder, a sitting judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court, has been appointed as member of Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission (BJSC) for the next five years.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will start a drive against battery-run rickshaws and rickshaw-vans from tomorrow.

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

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will issue a red alert on Interpol by this week to catch the Bangladeshi human traffickers based in Libya, who were responsible for the massacre that happened back in May.

In a rare move, two High Court judges have operated a bench last night and directed Dhanmondi Police Station to immediately take necessary steps so that two minor grandchildren of former attorney general KS Nabi can enter and live in his (KS Nabi) Dhanmondi residence.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today wished for the early recovery of US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump from the Covid-19.

A Dhaka tribunal today sentenced two domestic aides to death in a case filed against them for killing former principal of Eden Mohila College Mahfuza Chowdhury Parvin in February last year.

Voters took to the polls in large numbers in the South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia on Sunday for a referendum on whether to break away from France after nearly 170 years.

Police have arrested two accused of a case filed for the rape of a twelve-year-old girl at Sardarergaon village in Sylhet Sadar upazila.

Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) has presented its annual “Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award” to Ahmed Kabir Kishore, who was arrested under the Digital Security Act in Bangladesh over five months ago.

A Dhaka court has fixed October 27 for delivering judgment in a case filed against five members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) over the murder of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu in 2015.

Two Rohingyas were killed in a reported “gunfight” between two rival groups in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar early today.

The national Vitamin A plus campaign started across the country today, aiming to feed Vitamin A capsules to children aged between six and 59 months.

A house help died after she fell from the rooftop of a building in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area this morning.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen left Dhaka this morning for Kuwait with a message from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the Arab state’s new Emir, Sheikh Nawaf al Ahmad al Sabah.

The documents of the sensational Rifat Sharif murder case reached the High Court today as death reference to examine the trial court verdict that sentenced six accused including Rifat Sharif's wife Ayesha Siddika Minni to death.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines resumed direct flights to London from Sylhet today after nine years.

A man was stabbed to death in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area last night.

Diplomats stationed in Dhaka have extolled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her “able and prudent” leadership and tireless efforts in changing the course of national progress, braving a sea of challenges and setbacks along her way.