The High Court has refused bail to a suspended assistant engineer—Md Shafiqul Islam-- of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in three cases filed over corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for officials of the plant in Pabna.

The High Court has upheld a government decision that cancelled an agreement with the company of Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim, for constructing a 20-storey building at Azimpur Government Colony in Dhaka.

The Supreme Court has upheld High Court orders that stayed the trial proceedings against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in four separate vandalism and arson cases filed in 2015.

Chevron Bangladesh, a subsidiary of American multinational energy corporation Chevron, distributed 8,800 relief packs to communities living around Chevron’s gas fields in the country during the coronavirus crisis.

Thirty-seven people have died from Covid-19 in the country during last 24 hours, reads a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has provided Tk 1 crore for the Buddhist community -- for celebrating their second largest festival, Probarona Purnima -- in a befitting manner.

A Dhaka court today fixed August 20 for further hearing on the bail petition of Rashedul Haque Chisty, son of former Padma Bank audit committee chairman Mahbubul Haque Chisty, and his brother-in-law Mostafa Kamal in a graft case.

Suspected yaba smugglers fired targeting members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) near Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Bandarban’s Naikhyangchhari upazila last night.

A three km tailback is created in Ranobagha area on Bogura-Natore regional highway under Nandigram upazila due to the bad condition of the road.

Dr Aminul Hasan, who was made officer on special duty (OSD) recently, has been appointed as the principal of Dhaka Institute of Health Technology.

Japan’s economy shrank at annual rate of 27.8% in April-June, the worst contraction on record, as the coronavirus pandemic slammed consumption and trade, according to government data released Monday.

The Supreme Court administration has dismissed a bench officer of the High Court on charges of misconduct.

New Zealand's prime minister postpones the country's general election by a month to October 17 as the city of Auckland remains in lockdown due to a growing coronavirus outbreak.

The committee formed by the home ministry to investigate the killing of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan in police firing, is quizzing three accused including former Teknaf Police Station Officer-in-Charge Pradeep Kumar Das at Cox’s Bazar District Jail.

The coronavirus-linked death count across India crosses the 50,000-mark with the addition of 941 fresh fatalities.

The government has decided to appoint Dr Khalilur Rahman, current additional foreign secretary and chief coordinator of corona cell at the foreign affairs ministry, as the next high commissioner of Bangladesh in Canada.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh have recovered the bullet-hit body of a young man along Shingnagar border in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj.

A housewife has been raped allegedly by her husband’s friend in Dhaka’s Rampura area.

Militants storm a high-end seaside hotel in Mogadishu, killing at least seven people and wounding more than 20 as they detonated a car bomb then opened fire with assault rifles in the latest attack in the Somali capital.

Police have recovered body of a female doctor from her official quarters at Melandah Upazila Health Complex in Jamalpur.