The name of the information ministry has been changed to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Three teachers of a madrasa were placed on remand today in a case filed over murder of a student of the same madrasa in Narayanganj’s Siddhirganj.

The government once again reset and raised the maximum retail prices of edible oil today—second time in a month—in an excuse of its spiralling international rates.

A mobile court today fined two hotels Tk 4 lakh each for selling expired food in separate drives in Bogura.

A 20-year-old was arrested last night in connection with the rape of a 12-year-old in Satkhira Sadar.

The High Court has ordered law enforcers to prevent 122 loan defaulters of People’s Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (PLFSL) from leaving the country.

President M Abdul Hamid today issued an order to start the second session of 2021 on April 1.

A Dhaka tribunal today gave the Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of police 30 more days to complete the probe in a Digital Security Act case filed against cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore, and nine others.

A case was filed against the in-laws and husband of a 21-year-old woman in connection with torturing her for dowry in Madaripur’s Kalkini upazila. The victim’s mother filed the case with Begum Dasar Police Station accusing the husband Nasir Mollah and seven members of his family.

A Rangamati court today sentenced a member of the banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh to 10-year imprisonment in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act.

Section 144 was imposed today at Goskhali Bazar in Barguna’s Amtali upazila fearing clashes may break out as two UP chairman candidates called meetings at the same time and place.

The Anti-Corruption Commission today arrested a land acquisition official from the GEC Circle in Chattogram city over his involvement with a racket in Cox’s Bazar that used to extract money from people.

An elderly man, who was injured when a bus caught fire on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Cumilla's Daudkandi on March 11, died at Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute in Dhaka today.

The High Court today asked why SK Sur Chowdhury, former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank, and its Executive Director Shah Alam were not arrested yet for assisting PK Halder in embezzling and laundering huge amount of public money from four non-banking financial institutions.

Bangladesh is set to wear a festive look ahead of a 10-day special programme -- marking 50 years of independence and the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- set to begin on March 17 at Parade Ground.

A Cox’s Bazar court framed charges against an employee of Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) in a defamation case of Tk 100 crore filed by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will be able to go to any hospital to avail treatment as per doctor’s advice but she will not be allowed to go abroad. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal disclosed the conditions as the government extended the suspension of Khaleda Zia's jail sentence for six more months.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a man today, along with 1.75 kg gold, from the Laxmidari border near Bhomra land port in Satkhira Sadar upazila.

A sub-inspector of police has been withdrawn over “leaking information”, received through National Emergency Service 999, to criminals that led to an attack on the caller ​​in Kushtia’s Bheramara upazila on Friday.

A team of Wildlife Crime Control Unit (WCCU) rescued 37 turtles from Tinmatha area of Bogura town this morning.