The High Court has questioned the authority of Jashore Children’s Court Judge Mahmuda Khatun for sentencing a child to rigorous imprisonment in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Barrister Fazle Noor Taposh today said spaces under flyovers would be freed for ensuring vehicle movement and healthy environment.

A total of 8,54,253 people died due to different causes in 2020 and around 21.1 percent died of cardiac arrest, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

President Abdul Hamid received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine today.

An eight-year-old madrasa student was seen being mercilessly beaten up by his teacher yesterday in a video that went viral on social media last night and drew flak from netizens.

Witnesses of criminal cases can now know the dates of their appearance before the courts concerned through their mobile phones.

Dhaka Metropolitan Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam has tested positive for Covid-19, said DMP additional deputy commissioner (media and PR) today.

A man who sustained burn injury along with five other family members in an explosion at their flat in Narayanganj city early Tuesday, has died early today.

Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury, MP for Sylhet-3 constituency, is in critical condition with Covid-19 infection and is undergoing treatment at the United Hospital in Dhaka since Sunday.

A little over 34 percent of at least 1,468 workers are yet to recover from income loss they incurred between March and December last year due to Covid-19, said a survey of the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (Sanem).

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today filed her nomination from the high-profile Nandigram assembly constituency in East Midnapore district where she will be pitted against her former protege and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari.

Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore today filed a complaint with a Dhaka court, accusing unidentified persons, for the barbaric torture he endured while in custody.

A Dhaka court today extended bail of Ron Haque Sikder, managing director of Sikder Group, until April 11 in a case filed over abducting, torturing and opening fire on two Exim Bank officials.

The World Bank has approved $120 million to help Bangladesh improve food security.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan has sought US investment for the development of Bangladesh Railway, especially its infrastructure.

After leaving jail on bail on March 4, cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore today appeared before a Dhaka court in a case filed against him under the Digital Security Act.

Voting in the two-day annual election to the 14-member executive committee, including president and secretary, of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) began this morning.

Bangladesh has urged Finland to explore investment opportunities in special economic zones and hi-tech parks here.

At least 27 people were arrested so far in connection with yesterday’s clash between Awami League factions in Bashurhat of Companiganj in Noakhali that left a BCL activist dead and at least 30 injured.

The Bangladesh High Commission in London has unveiled the first translations of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s March 7 speech in Irish, Scottish and Welsh languages in a special publication titled “A call for freedom in languages”.