A Dhaka court today placed Shamsul Islam--a constable of Detective Branch (DB) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police-- on a one-day remand in connection with a narcotics case.

Three teenage boys have died after sustaining critical injuries in a clash at a juvenile correctional facility in Jashore.

Israel and the United Arab Emirates have reached a historic peace deal that will lead to a full normalisation of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern nations in an agreement that US President Donald Trump helped broker.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Fazle Noor Taposh has said that all development projects centring the capital should be carried out in coordination with the city corporations within October 1.

Some 43 percent of schools around the world lacked access to basic handwashing with soap and water -- a key condition for schools to operate safely amid the Covid-19 pandemic -- in 2019.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has issued guidelines for vehicular movement in the capital ahead of the National Mourning Day to be observed on August 15.

A former sub-inspector of Kadamtali Police Station in Dhaka and eight others were sued in an abduction and extortion case today.

A Rohingya Muslim is barred from standing in Myanmar's upcoming election, in a decision decried by rights groups as discriminatory and a symptom of the "ongoing genocide" against the persecuted minority.

The government will build a 15-storey cancer hospital in each of the eight divisions within the next two years, says Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque.

The biggest blast in Beirut’s history killed at least 170 people, injured 6,000 and triggered protests against a political elite blamed for political turmoil and economic collapse. Homes and businesses were razed in the country’s commercial heart.

Maldives will be the first South Asian country to have an “air bubble” with India to facilitate movement of people from both sides for employment, tourism and medical emergencies. The country will also receive a financial assistance of 500 million dollars for the largest infrastructure project in the Indian Ocean island nation, reports our New Delhi correspondent.

Three months’ imprisonment will be given to those caught for giving their train tickets to another, the railways ministry has said.

The arms case against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed has been transferred to Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court for trial.

Gas supply in some areas of the capital has remained suspended due to relocation work of gas pipelines from Mohakhali Bus Terminal to Moghbazar rail crossing.

Nearly 6% of people in England were likely infected with Covid-19 during the peak of the pandemic, researchers studying the prevalence of infections have said.

China’s biggest short-video and social media platforms have said they will punish users seen to be wasting food in their broadcasts, as the government urges against food wastage in the middle of a pandemic, with President Xi Jinping terming it “shameful”.

'Hasina, A Daughter's Tale', a docu-fiction, will be screened on Bangladesh Television and eight other private television channels on Friday marking the National Mourning Day.

Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora has been made additional director general (planning and development) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A Cox’s Bazar court has dismissed a complaint filed against Pradeep Kumar Das, former officer-in-charge of Moheshkhali Police Station and 29 others, for killing one Abdus Sattar in an “encounter” with police in 2017.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to operate direct flights from Dhaka to Kuala Lumpur commercially from August 18.