A Shariatpur court today sentenced six people to death in connection with a murder case filed over the killing of Public Prosecutor Habibur Rahman and his brother in Shariatpur 19 years ago.

A Dhaka court today framed charges against former Jubo League leader Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan in two cases filed under the Narcotics Control and Special Powers act.

With Covid-19 infections rising in the country again, Bangladesh Police launched an awareness campaign to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Law enforcers are distributing masks and urged people to follow health rules to curb Covid-19 in Dhaka and different parts of the country.

Japan will make more investments in Bangladesh when situation returns to normal after the Covid-19 pandemic ends.

The High Court today granted ad-interim bail to choreographer Evan Shahriar Sohag in a case filed on charges of trafficking women to Dubai.

International Farakka Committee (IFC), in a statement recently expressed hope that during the Indian Prime Minister's visit to Bangladesh the two countries will, in light of mutual friendship, take effective steps for basin-wide management of common rivers by keeping them alive from their source to sea.

A Dhaka court today took cognisance of the charges against online casino "kingpin" Salim Prodhan, in a case filed over amassing Tk 57.79 crore illegally and laundering about Tk 22 crore to Thailand and the USA.

Police arrested three people in two cases filed over Wednesday’s attack on Hindu houses in Naogaon village of Sunamganj’s Shalla upazila.

A Dhaka court has again asked police to submit by April 7 the probe report in a case filed against Fardin Iftekhar Dihan over the rape and murder of an English medium school student in the city's Kalabagan area.

President of Nepal Bidya Devi Bhandari is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on a two-day state visit tomorrow to attend the ongoing twin mega celebrations and hold talks with Bangladesh leadership to take forward the growing relations.

Eleven people were killed, including six members of a family, and 11 others injured in two separate road accidents on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Faridpur today.

Inequality between the rich and the poor has widened during the coronavirus pandemic, speakers said at a webinar yesterday.

Bangladesh is now one of the brightest examples of religious harmony and peace said, Dr Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen, secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), today

Two alleged smugglers were arrested with 4.5kg gold from a bus in Jashore this evening.

Batagur baska, a critically endangered riverine turtle species, has laid 23 eggs at Karamjal wildlife breeding centre in the Sundarbans in Bagerhat.

Despite the transformation of Bangladesh from a war-ravaged country half a century ago to one of today’s fastest-growing economies globally, the nation still has to strive to make the ‘Shonar Bangla’ (Golden Bengal) a reality for every citizen, remarked Radwan Mujib Siddiq, a grandson of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has seized a Bangladeshi fishing trawler carrying illegal consignments of sarees in the Sundarban area in West Bengal, our New Delhi correspondent reports.

Twenty-six people died of Covid-19 infection across the country in 24 hours (till 8 this morning), according to a press release issued by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Director General Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam and Director of Management Information System (MIS) Professor Dr Mizanur Rahman of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) have been infected with Covid-19.

BNP Vice-Chairman Major Gen (Retd) Ruhul Alam Chowdhury died of Covid-19 infection at a hospital this morning.