The officer-in-charge (OC) of Chakaria Police Station and in-charge of Harbang Police Outpost under Cox’s Bazar district have been sued for picking up an expatriate from Chattogram’s Patiya upazila and killing him in a shootout after failing to extort Tk 50 lakh from his family.

The US Department of State has issued a Level-4 travel advisory for Bangladesh, warning US citizens against travelling to the country amid restrictions due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Belarusians chanting “Step down!” have filled the centre of the capital Minsk in the biggest protest so far against longtime president Alexander Lukashenko’s re-election a week ago after Russia said it would offer him military help if necessary.

Sea beaches, tourist spots and hotels, motels in Cox’s Bazar municipality area will reopen on a limited scale for tourists from tomorrow after about a five-month closure due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Expressing concern over the deaths of three boys at the Jashore Correction Centre, Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association (BNWLA) has demanded a separate judicial inquiry into the matter.

A Supreme Court lawyer has filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging two police officers’ actions of posting personal photographs of Shipra Debnath along with provocative comments on Facebook.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today said a commission is much needed to find behind-the scenes architects of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members’ killings on August 15, 1975.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam says police personnel suspected of taking drugs will have to undergo dope tests, failing which will result in dismissal from their jobs.

A British minister and members of the UK parliament have paid their homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of National Mourning Day and the 45th martyrdom anniversary of the Father of the Nation of Bangladesh on August 15, at an event organised by the Bangladesh High Commission in London.

The three boys, who were tortured in Jashore Correction Centre, could have survived if they had been taken to the hospital on time, observed the probe committee from by the Social Service Department.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vows to bring smiles on the faces of the distressed people of this country as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by giving them a better lifestyle.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will reissue tickets to all the passengers who had brought return tickets on the Dhaka-Dubai and Dhaka-Abu Dhabi routes but could not travel due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Russia has told Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko it was ready to offer military assistance if necessary as demonstrators held one of the biggest protests yet against Lukashenko’s contested re-election.

Nazimuddin, a landless beggar from Sherpur who was praised for donating all his savings in April to help those hit hard by Covid-19 and drew the attention of the prime minister, has got a permanent address with a new house and shop.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has questioned the 5.2 percent GDP growth estimated by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in the just-concluded fiscal year 2019-20.

For the first time in the country, researchers at Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) have developed seeds for watermelons that come in two colours -- red and yellow -- and can be cultivated all year round.

Four new dengue cases were recorded in the last 24 hours until this morning, health authorities says.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today sought support from the diplomats of different countries stationed in Bangladesh and New Delhi to bring back fugitive killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

A man in Rajshahi’s Charghat upazila raped two children of a neighbouring house yesterday, according to a case statement filed over the incident

A Dhaka court places eight officials and employees of Regent Group on a two-day fresh remand each in a case filed for issuing fake Covid-19 certificates and illegally charging patients for testing and treatment.