The US has called for a cessation of violence, dialogue and renewed efforts in the face of escalating fighting in Rakhine State, to protect local communities, and unhindered access for humanitarian assistance.

For at least 463 million children whose schools closed due to Covid-19, “there was no such thing as remote learning”, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) said today.

A tribunal in Dhaka has framed charges against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed in an arms case.

Solicitor General and Legal Secretary at Gambia's Ministry of Justice Cherno Marenah has said Gambia will submit the first memorandum in the case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over Rohingya issue in October.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has sought a 20-day remand for quizzing Abzal Hossain, a suspended accountant of the medical education department under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), in connection with two separate money laundering cases.

Indian customs authorities claim to have seized 25 antique idols valued at Rs 35.3 crore, which were being smuggled to Bangladesh from West Bengal.

The officer-in-charge (OC) of Daulatpur Police Station in Kushtia died from coronavirus last night.

New Zealand mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant was sentenced to life in prison without parole Thursday for the massacre of 51 Muslim worshippers, with a judge calling him "wicked" and "inhuman".

The two-day International e-conference on “Connecting the Rohingya Diaspora: Highlighting the Global Displacement” ended at 10:00pm on August 26 with the 2nd Dhaka Declaration, 2020.

The government has extended the tenure of Bangladesh Ambassador to China Mahbub Uz Zaman with a one-year contractual appointment.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members seized 11 and a half maunds of hilsa fish being smuggled to India through the Goga border in Jashore’s Sharsha upazila early today.

Three weeks after the catastrophic explosion at Beirut port, Lebanon is drifting towards even more trouble as its politicians fail to agree on a new government that can arrest a financial meltdown.

Armed Police Battalion (APBn) member Constable Md Abdullah, who is one of the accused in Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case, has given confessional statement before a Cox’s Bazar court tonight.

Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) has expressed grave concern over the death of a man in custody of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) in Chattogram on August 16.

Iran agreed Wednesday to allow a UN watchdog the access it has requested to two alleged nuclear sites, as the head of the agency ended his first visit to Tehran.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to bring 31 upazilas in 18 districts under hundred percent electricity coverage and will inaugurate two newly built power plants, 11 grid sub-stations and six transmission lines tomorrow.

Faridpur district unit Chhatra League President Nishan Mahmud Shamim today confessed to a Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate that he, along with others, was involved in laundering Tk 2,000 crore.

The Election Commission (EC) has approved the draft of Political Party Registration Act.

President Donald Trump could take executive action to avoid massive layoffs at US airlines, while an impasse on a new coronavirus stimulus package continues in Congress, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows says.

An investigation committee formed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) today blamed immigration authority of Abu Dhabi, UAE for sending back 112 Bangladeshi migrant workers and denying them entry into the country.