Rab today arrested two people including a recruiting agency owner from Dhaka’s Fakirapool area in connection with the death of Umme Kulsum, who was sent to Saudi Arabia as house help and was tortured to death by her employer there.

A Dhaka court has set November 17 for hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and seven others in the Barapukuria coal-mine corruption case.

Criminal Investigation Department arrested 12 members of a gang that changes IMEI number of stolen phones and sell those to public in comparatively low prices.

Members of the Hijra community will be included as separate gender identity besides men and women in the upcoming National Census of January 2021, said Mohammad Tajul Islam, Director General of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

The High Court has wanted to know why the government authorities concerned are not reopening Ramna Park in Dhaka.

The central bank orders banks to keep the margin on the opening of letters of credits to import essential commodities, including onions at a minimum level.

The High Court has questioned a Pirojpur court order that granted bail to former Awami League lawmaker AKMA Awal and his wife Laila Parvin in three corruption cases in March this year.

The prosecution has completed its arguments and sought the highest punishment (life term imprisonment in jail) for Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed in connection with an arms case.

United Nations’ Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed on making the coronavirus vaccine, once it is manufactured commercially, affordable and available to mass people, irrespective of borders.

People living on the shoals of rivers and char areas in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram are facing floods for the fourth time this year as rivers are starting to swell again.

Hurricane Sally lumbered ashore near the Florida-Alabama line Wednesday with 105 mph (165 kph) winds and rain measured in feet, not inches, killing at least one person, swamping homes and forcing the rescue of hundreds as it pushed inland for what could be a slow and disastrous drenching across the Deep South.

Oil prices have jumped more than 4% following a drawdown in US crude and gasoline inventories and as Hurricane Sally forced a swath of US offshore production to shut.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has extended her heartiest congratulations to the new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

Russia’s sovereign wealth fund has said it will supply 100 million doses of its potential coronavirus vaccine to Indian drug company Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, as Moscow speeds up plans to distribute its shot abroad.

Police have arrested a man from Chandana Chowrasta area of Gazipur after he allegedly tried to rob a private bank by threatening to detonate an improvised explosive device.

The country’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector needs policy support from the government to create more employment and thus boost its contribution to the economy, experts have said at a webinar.

India’s sudden ban on onion exports undermined earlier discussions regarding such restrictions on essential food items, Dhaka has said in a letter to Delhi, as price of the kitchen staple skyrocketed immediately after Delhi’s ban announcement.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) today requested the Department for Transport, United Kingdom to give the nod to Biman Bangladesh Airlines to start direct flights to London from Sylhet by next month.

PepsiCo is working on a drink to combat high-stress levels caused by the coronavirus pandemic and help consumers sleep better, according to a report by CNBC.

The officials of the Indian external affairs ministry have begun talks with the commerce ministry officials on the issue of allowing at least 1,000 trucks containing onions to proceed to Bangladesh to supply the kitchen staple.