The government has waived late fines till December 31 this year for vehicle owners and drivers who failed to update their documents on time.

A constable of Narayanganj’s port police outpost died today after contracting Covid-19, bringing the death toll of police deaths from coronavirus to 31.

Local administration decides to lock down three areas in Khulna City Corporation and Rupsha upazila from June 25 till June 16 following an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases.

Economists and activists opined that Tk 11,000 crore in additional revenues could be raised from the tobacco sector if the proposed tax and price measures from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and anti-tobacco activists were adopted.

A number of Narayanganj city dwellers form a human chain in the Khanpur area demanding immediate installation of ICUs and PCR lab at Narayanganj 300-bed Hospital for treatment of Covid-19 patients.

A ninth grader in Mymensingh has been arrested for making a Facebook post allegedly defaming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and later sent to the Juvenile Correction Center in Gazipur.

A virtual court in Dhaka today rejected a bail petition of Al Amin alias Parvez, a member of a gang -- linked to the trafficking of 26 Bangladeshis killed in Libya on May 28 -- in a case filed with Khilgaon Police Station.

Nur Mohammad Mazumder, an additional secretary to the Road Transport and Highway division, has been appointed as the chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA).

The English town of Reading held a minute’s silence for the victims of a stabbing that killed three people including an American in the latest terrorism-linked attack.

The incumbent committee of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) is supposed to be dissolved as their extended 90-day tenure ends today but its vice president has asked for further extension.

Nuclear weapons talks between the United States and Russia have started in Vienna, with the two countries’ envoys making only guarded comments shortly before they met.

A 35-year-old man is killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion in Ashulia of Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka.

One of the world’s fastest-growing smartphone brands, realme, has recently launched its 6 series smartphone -- the realme 6i -- with the first Mediatek Helio G80 processor in a smartphone in Bangladesh. With the tagline ‘unleash the power,’ realme 6i promises to smoothen gaming experience and boost up everyday smartphone performance. With 4GB RAM and 128GB ROM, realme’s 6i comes in two vibrant colors -- Green Tea and White Milk -- and is available at BDT 16,990, which is an amazing bargain.

Three fishermen were arrested on Saturday while they were trying to fish using poison in the Pashur River in the Sundarbans.

As we are living in the age of digitization, activism to bring about a change often remains confined in the virtual world but back in the 1950s, activism meant raising your voice and your hand in the air -- rendering powerful slogans and songs against injustice and unjust establishment. Kamal Lohani was a perfect example of that take-to-the-streets activism.

A joint director of Bangladesh Bank has died of coronavirus at a hospital in Dhaka.

Dhaka University (DU) authorities will resume coronavirus testing facilities at its lab from tomorrow.

The High Court has refused to grant bail to Bogura's Sramik League convenor Tufan Sarker in a sensational case filed for abducting and raping a female student and torturing her mother in 2017.

Rights organisation Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has urged the religious affairs ministry to spread awareness on violence against women and children through different religious institutions during the coronavirus pandemic.

A virtual court in Dhaka today refused to hold hearing on a petition seeking bail for photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol, as he is yet to be shown arrested in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.