A case was filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman under the Digital Security Act for declaring late president Ziaur Rahman “the nation's father of Bangladeshi nationalism”.

Police in Bogura recovered the bodies of a woman and her infant daughter from a corn field in a remote shoal area on the Jamuna river.

A truck driver was killed when his vehicle plunged into the Padma river after he lost control while trying to drive onto a ferry at Manikganj’s Paturia terminal last night.

A helper and supervisor of a bus were handed over to police for attempting to rape a college student on board the bus in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj.

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has taken the initiative to revive operations of United Airways, a private airlines.

President Abdul Hamid today asked members of the Public Service Commission (PSC) to take necessary steps to recruit class-III and IV employees through the competitive examinations under the PSC.

Twenty-five leaders and activists of BNP have been released on bail from Khulna jail after they were arrested en masse between February 24 and February 27 from different areas of Khulna ahead of the party’s rally in the city held on February 27.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said police will be deployed in the camps left by the army in Chattogram Hill Tracts.

The government will soon fix fees for healthcare services at different private hospitals according to their standard of service in a bid to reduce harassment of patients, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

The government has imposed a ban on hilsa fishing in the sanctuary for two months -- starting from midnight.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said a section of people is trying to fish in troubled waters over the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed.

The verdict of a murder case filed 19 years ago, over the deaths of Public Prosecutor Habibur Rahman and his brother, will be delivered by a Shariatpur court on March 9.

A Khulna court today sentenced five people to life imprisonment for killing a man in 2013.

The High Court today wanted to know the details, including names and addresses, of Bangladeshi nationals and organisations who have laundered and deposited money with foreign banks, including those in Switzerland, and what steps have been taken against them.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government is committed to sustaining the recognition as a developing country by expanding education, and having an upskilled workforce, worthy citizens.

A vessel carrying 848 tonnes of coal capsized in Passur river near Mongla port in Bagerhat.

BNP-backed candidate in Jhenaidah’s Maheshpur municipality election boycotted the polls, alleging vote-rigging and removal of his agents from polling centers.

A Dhaka court today rejected a petition submitted to take cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore in remand, in connection with a case filed under Digital Security Act.

A total of 102 Supreme Court lawyers today collectively filed a writ petition with the High Court, seeking its directive on the government to constitute an independent commission to investigate allegations of crimes committed by law enforcers.

At least 40 Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activists were injured as police charged baton on them when they gathered in front of Jatiya Press Club to protest the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail custody.