A Rajshahi court has placed a student of Rajshahi University (RU) on two-day remand in a case filed over the alleged rape and blackmail of a female student of the university.

The government has taken measures to bring the country under a Geographic Information System (GIS) and to install the Internet of Things (IoT) to make the National Emergency Service-999 more effective.

Police have rescued a boy and arrested four people who abducted him in Dinajpur after responding to a call to emergency helpline 999.

Three persons sustain burns after an air-conditioner compressor exploded and caused a fire in old Dhaka’s Islampur.

Apple supplier Foxconn (2317.TW) got approval to resume production at a key China plant after being forced to shut it following a coronavirus outbreak, but only 10% of the factory’s workforce has managed to return so far, a source tells Reuters.

Ahead of “Mujib Borsho” celebrations, the Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee (SCLAC) has taken an initiative to provide legal aid to poor and helpless currently who have been in jail for more than five years and are currently under trial across the country.

The cabinet approves in principle a draft of the “Narcotics (Amendment) Act, 2020” keeping a provision of holding the trial of drug-related cases in competent courts instead of tribunals.

One person is arrested in connection with the murder of AKM Nurul Azam Chowdhury, a former sub-inspector and a freedom fighter in Chattogram’s Raozan upazila.

A court in Habiganj sentences a man to life term imprisonment for killing his mother in 2004 in Noahati village in Madhabpur upazila.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the victory of Bangladesh in the ICC Under-19 World Cup is a gift for the nation in Mujib Borsho.

Testing aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan reveals 60 more confirmed cases of coronavirus as quarantined passengers take to social media to warn of depression setting in over their confinement.

The Supreme Court stays for eight weeks a High Court verdict that cancelled appointments of three teachers of Crop Science and Technology Department of Rajshahi University.

The next edition of the Kolkata Book Fair to be held in January 2021 will be inaugurated by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Firefighters have put out the fire, that erupted at a multi-storey building in the city’s Elephant Road, after half an hour of frantic effort.

A Dhaka court has taken cognisance of charges against SM Golam Kibria Shamim, a top government-listed contractor, and Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan, an expelled leader of Jubo League, in two separate cases filed under the Narcotics Control Act.

A student who returned from China and later got admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital with respiratory problems has tested negative for coronavirus.

Members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrest five alleged members of the banned militant group Ansar-Al-Islam from Sabujbag area of Dhaka.

Declaring gambling illegal across the country, the High Court directs the government to stop any game which is played in exchange of money and involves luck or chance.

The north eastern Indian state of Assam plans to conduct a survey to identify its “indigenous” Muslim population and segregate them from “illegal” Bangladeshi immigrants.

The government will hold a public reception for the under-19 national cricket team to celebrate their historic victory in the world cup finals, Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said.