Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said that the construction work of Padma Bridge might be completed by 2022.

Sub-inspector (SI) Shamim Al Mamun -- the investigation officer (IO) of the abduction case of a girl who was thought to have been raped and murdered before being found alive 51 days after her disappearance from Narayanganj’s Bandar upazila -- has been closed in the wake of allegations that he tortured the accused in remand and forced them to give a confessional statement in court.

There is likely only a slim possibility of people being reinfected with Covid-19, the UN health agency World Health Organization said yesterday, following reports in Hong Kong that a man had contracted new coronavirus for a second time after an interval of more than four months.

The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) of Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division has launched a Citizen Portal (citizen.cptu.gov.bd) today that will allow access to public procurement data.

An eighth-grader was gang-raped by five youths in Kuakata of Patuakhali on Monday night, police said.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today pressed charges against suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid, in connection with a case filed for amassing Tk 3.08 crore beyond known sources of income.

Suspended inspector Liaqat Ali, the prime accused in Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case, along with six others including two other policemen, have been sued for allegedly extorting TK 2 lakh from a businessman threatening to kill him in crossfire.

Border Guard Bangladesh officials yesterday found Yaba pills for the first time in remote Tindu area of Bandarban’s Thanchi upazila.

India today said the visit by its Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla was “useful” in discussing specific initiatives in several key areas of mutual interest and also reflected the priority India accords to Bangladesh as part of its neighbourhood first policy.

The Election Commission (EC) will take action against officials involved in creating dual National Identity Cards (NIDs) for JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury, already accused in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.

A parliamentary watchdog today formed a sub-committee to investigate the alleged corruption in purchasing books for setting up Bangabandhu Corner at all government primary schools.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has prohibited any kind of Tajia procession on Ashura this year to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The High Court today granted anticipatory bail to Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of online news portal bdnews24.com, for eight weeks in a corruption case.

India today began Phase II clinical trials of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine as two male volunteers were administered the injection at a hospital in the western city of Pune.

Supply of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company will remain suspended for 9-12 hours tomorrow in some areas of Dhaka, due to relocation of gas pipelines.

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder today issued a "note of dissent" against a move taken by the Election Commission to revise Representation of the People Order, 1972 and to enact a law on political parties’ registration.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the historic Six-point Demand was solely the outcome of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s thoughts.

A third night of street protests over the police shooting of a Black man erupted into gun violence late Tuesday and early Wednesday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, killing two people and wounding one, police said.

Thousands of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and millions of farmers across Asia and the Pacific will be benefited from the first phase of Covid-19 crisis response funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group.

The total number of people infected with Covid-19 in Bangladesh so far has reached 3,02,147, with 2,519 new infections recorded in last 24 hours, reads a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).