Train communication between Dhaka and Narayanganj remained suspended for one hour following derailment of four compartments of a metre-gauge train in the city this noon.

The High Court today formed a judicial inquiry committee with the chief judicial magistrate of Narayanganj to conduct a probe into the incident of a girl found alive and police action over arresting three accused who gave confessional statements on the rape and killing of the girl.

A Dhaka court today deferred hearing on charge framing against suspended DIG Mizanur Rahman and three others in a corruption casetill September 30.

A writ petition was filed with the High Court today challenging legality of the process for reappointing Taqsem A Khan to the post of managing director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa).

Gigi Hadid has finally given birth to her first child, a daughter, with boyfriend Zayn Malik, officially making the star couple parents now.

Progress against corruption can be made even under the most challenging conditions, a new World Bank report says.

A Dhaka court today took cognisance of the charges against "Casino Brothers " -- Enamul Haque Enu and Rupon Bhuiyan -- and 10 others in a case filed over the laundering of Tk 1.99 crore.

Two police officers are shot and wounded in Louisville, Kentucky, during protests of a grand jury ruling decried by civil rights activists as a miscarriage of justice in the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor in March.

Four-year old Nusrat Jahan Mim, whose body was found in a bathroom at Karail slum in Dhaka yesterday, was killed by her elder brother, Rab said.

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has begun distributing cash assistance to some 23,000 Covid-19 affected marginalised households in 38 districts through a three-month emergency cash transfer initiative, under the Excluded People’s Rights in Bangladesh (EPR) Programme, supported by the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

The Supreme Court has fixed September 27 for passing its order on two bail petitions filed by Destiny Group Managing Director Md Rafiqul Amin in connection with two money laundering cases involving Tk 4,200 crore.

Hundreds of chars and river basins in Lalmonirhat have been submerged as the waters of Teesta and Dharla rivers crossed the danger level due to incessant rains and an onrush of water from upstream India.

Newly appointed Swedish Ambassador to Bangladesh, Alexandra Berg von Linde, presented her credentials to President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban yesterday.

The High Court has wanted to know whether any step has been taken against Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) Managing Director AKM Fazlullah for his alleged involvement in corruption, irregularities and nepotism at his office.

A parliamentary body today recommended removal of the Director General of Bangladesh Post Office Sudhangshu Shekhar Bhadra for his alleged involvement in widespread corruption and irregularities.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today stressed the need for a “strong global partnership” on digital cooperation for the future generation to achieve common goals.

India’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), which is investigating the alleged Bollywood-drug nexus, may summon actor Deepika Padukone, NCB sources have said.

In an online rally today, climate activists across the globe urged Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s administration to stop financing dirty coal power plants in Bangladesh, as those would worsen the country’s climate crisis and destroy communities’ livelihood.

Daffodil International University has hosted a virtual discussion on the “Role of Academia making Student life-Ready” in collaboration with World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS) & Association of the Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP).

Former President of India’s Congress party Rahul Gandhi has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “destroying the web of relationships” that his party had cultivated over the years with India’s neighbouring countries.