Law Minister Anisul Huq said the government will provide lawyers in need with long-term loans at minimum interest rates in order to reduce their sufferings.

Joint Director of National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital Prof Badrul Haque has said Ghoraghat UNO Wahida Khanam is recovering fast, which is “a miracle”.

The US Embassy in Dhaka has started accepting applications to renew certain classifications of non-immigrant visas.

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a loyal aide to outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, wins a landslide victory in a ruling party leadership election on Monday, paving the way for him to replace Abe.

Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus has expressed deep shock at the death of former Principal of Notre Dame College, Father Richard William Timm, saying that Bangladesh will forever miss him.

The High Court today directed the lower court concerned to provide JKG Healthcare Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury’s lawyers with the relevant documents based on which a case is running against her over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates allegedly by her organisation.

Veteran actor Sadek Bachchu passed away at a hospital in Dhaka at the age of 65. He was Covid-19 positive.

Three people including the editor of an online news portal were sent to jail in a case filed under Digital Security Act yesterday.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) today welcomed the government’s move to abandon coal in power generation, suggesting the adoption of renewable energy rather than liquefied natural gas (LNG)-based power plants.

The High Court has refused to grant bail to Mahmudul Hasan, suspended sub-inspector of Kotwali Police Station and nephew of suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) Mizanur Rahman, in a corruption case.

Another worker who sustained severe burns while melting iron at a steel mill factory in Gazipur's Tongi area early Friday, dies at a hospital.

The High Court has rejected two separate bail petitions filed by Kamal Uddin alias Haji Kamal, suspected leader of a human trafficking gang, in two cases filed over the killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya on May 28.

The World Health Organization reported a record one-day increase in global coronavirus cases on Sunday, with the total rising by 307,930 in 24 hours

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday summoned Myanmar Ambassador to Bangladesh Aung Kyaw Moe and protested visible movement of Myanmar military very close to the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.

The 50th round of director general (DG) level talks (DGLT) between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF), which was scheduled for today is likely to be held later this month, officials said.

A student can finish his honours degree in four years at public universities nowadays. Four years have passed after the circular, but the recruitment process for the state-owned Rupali Bank has not been completed yet. Seven months have passed since the final viva, but the results have not been published yet -- immensely frustrating the candidates.

Health experts fear that the government's decision to gradually suspend providing treatment at 12 dedicated Covid-19 hospitals will be a premature one that sends the wrong message to people.

The High Court has dropped from its cause list a writ petition seeking restriction on disclosing details of the investigation of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case to the media.

Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Chowdhury Samrat, one of the “casino kingpins” in Dhaka, has siphoned off Tk 195 crore to Singapore and Malaysia illegally, with the help of Enamul Haque Arman, another of the outfit’s leaders, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police finds in an investigation.

Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today said Covid-19 vaccine may be ready in the country by the first quarter of 2021 and that he would be the first to offer himself for receiving the vaccine “if people have a trust deficit”.