Presidium member of ruling Awami League and former shipping minister Shajahan Khan has sued AMM Bahauddin, editor of the daily Inqilab, and one other person in a defamation case.

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

All fourteen crew members were rescued nearly 21 hours after a lighter vessel capsized in the Bay of Bengal yesterday.

Two college students have been killed after a speeding bus knocked down their motorcycle in Dhaka's Dhamrai area.

Thirteen pairs of passenger trains have resumed operations on different routes to make services more functional amid the Covid-19 pandemic, said Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan.

A woman gave birth to five babies in Chandpur’s Kachua upazila but all of them died within three hours yesterday evening.

Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee’s son Abhijit Mukherjee today tweeted that his father is doing “much better and stable than the preceding days” and he is responding well to treatment at a hospital in New Delhi.

Fifty-nine policemen from Bogura, who have recovered from Covid-19, are going to donate their plasma for the treatment of coronavirus patients.

Maddhapara Granite Mining Company Limited (MGMCL) has resumed operations today after 140 days of closure due to the hit of Covid-19 infections across the country.

The authorities concerned have prepared the paper books of the sensational August 21 grenade attack cases -- clearing the way for the High Court to start hearing on the death references and appeals of the cases.

The four-member committee formed by the home ministry started holding a public hearing over the killing of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan this morning.

India has recorded over 63,000 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking the total caseload to 25.89 lakh, according to data from the country’s health ministry today.

A tribunal in Dhaka has taken cognisance of the charges against Md Majnu, the lone accused in a case filed over the rape of a Dhaka University student in the capital's Kurmitola area.

President Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, a businessman known for an even keel that seemed almost incompatible with the family name, died Saturday night after being hospitalized in New York, the president said in a statement.

The prime ministers of India and Nepal spoke over the phone on Saturday to try to ease bilateral tensions that have existed since a border dispute erupted between the two countries in May.

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized 3.9 lakh pieces of yaba from Damdamia bordering area of Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar.

Another lighter vessel has capsized in the Bay of Bengal, with 13 of its crew members missing.

Law Minister Anisul Huq has alleged that Ziaur Rahman was the “behind-the-scenes architect” of the killing of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on August 15, 1975.

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry observes the National Mourning Day and the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaking on the 75th anniversary of Japan’s World War Two surrender, has pledged never to repeat the tragedy of war and Emperor Naruhito expressed “deep remorse” over the wartime past, which still haunts East Asia.