A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrants against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed and its Coordinator Md Mizanur Rahman in a case filed over misappropriation of Tk 79.71 lakh from a businessman.

Japan's Yoshihide Suga is voted prime minister by parliament's lower house, becoming the country's first new leader in nearly eight years, as he readies a "continuity cabinet" expected to keep about half of predecessor Shinzo Abe's lineup.

The Indian government’s move to ban the export of onion has sparked a farmers’ unrest in Maharashtra while nearly hundreds of trucks carrying an estimated 25,000 tonnes of onion were stranded on the Bangladesh border with West Bengal.

General Motors Co is exploring options in the aerial taxi market, including whether to build the vehicles known colloquially as “flying cars,” as part of a push by the US automaker to look for growth in related transportation markets, two people familiar with the matter have said.

Israel’s rapprochement with Gulf Arab states has left the Palestinians feeling abandoned by traditional allies and clutching an old playbook in a rapidly changing Middle East, analysts and critics say.

The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have signed agreements for normalising relations with Israel, becoming the latest Arab states to break a longstanding taboo in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran.

Fourteen jail guards of Lalmonirhat district jail have been stand released over their involvement in supply of drugs to the prison.

Sources say some data entry employees sell criminals passwords

A bill cutting lawmakers’ salary and allowances by 30 percent for one year was today passed by the Lok Sabha, the lower House of the Indian parliament, “to meet the exigencies arising out of Covid-19 pandemic.”

The United States has said it is “excited” to work with Bangladesh under the Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS), terming Bangladesh a country with incredible opportunities.

A ten-year-old girl was raped allegedly by the security guard of a house in Dhaka’s Tejgaon industrial area.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said an intelligence team is investigating the anonymous letter sent to Lalmonirhat district jail.

As the world economy shifts towards the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh should play a role in deepening ties among seaside countries to harness the potential of marine resources instead of coming across confrontations that destabilise the region, foreign relations experts said today.

The High Court has granted ad-interim bail to Md Raju, an accused of a case filed over the murder of Taslima Begum Renu in a mob beating in Dhaka’s Badda area in July last year.

The World Trade Organization ruled on Tuesday that additional tariffs imposed by the United States against China in 2018 were inconsistent with global trading rules.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the G20 has a greater responsibility to come forward with stronger commitment to mobilise global support to address the issue of displacement or climate refugees.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) today cleared four projects, including a Tk 202-crore project to conserve and develop local species of fish and snail in the country.

A police constable has been arrested on charge of raping a child from Chakma community in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachhari.

A 31-year-old Bangladeshi painter, who allegedly strangled his Indonesian girlfriend of six years, is now facing the mandatory death penalty for murder.

Bangladesh has requested the Indian government to withdraw the ban imposed on onion export as soon as possible, keeping the import flow of onion from India uninterrupted.