Australia has released a Covid-19 Development Response Plan for Bangladesh, focusing on investments in long-term economic growth, inclusive education, skills development and private sector engagement.

A Rangpur court yesterday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment 13 years after he had raped his domestic help in Pirgachha upazila of the district.

Persons with disabilities regularly face challenges to access healthcare infrastructure and information. Therefore, there must be comprehensive training for healthcare providers on how to provide disabled-friendly health services, said speakers at a dialogue yesterday.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) yesterday launched a quick response team for women and children undergoing abuse.

The government has approved a Tk 319.23 crore project to improve road safety, including traffic infrastructures development, as well as reducing traffic congestion in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas.

Admission tests for Rajshahi University’s 2020-2021 session will require students to appear in person, in spite of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, university authorities have confirmed.

Rahmat Ali, a landless angler in Sirajganj’s Rayganj Upazila, faced 11 cases and spent 39 days in jail about fight over illegal occupation of the upazila’s Sonadanga Beel.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police arrested three men of a “multi-level marketing (MLM)” company from the capital’s Pallabi area, on charge of embezzling over Tk 6 crore from 1,427 people by tempting them with exorbitant profits.

The Local Government Division (LGD) has suspended Erfan Salim from the post of ward-30 councillor of the Dhaka South City Corporation.

Two separate cases were filed against Erfan Salim and his bodyguard Zahidul Islam with Chawkbazar Police Station today for carrying illegal firearms and possessing narcotics.

Police today appealed to a Dhaka court to show Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Salim's son Mohammad Erfan Salim and his bodyguard Zahidul Mollah arrested in a case filed for assaulting a navy official in the capital's Dhanmondi area.

The Local Government Division (LGD) has suspended Erfan Salim from the ward-30 councillor post of the Dhaka South City Corporation.

Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has approved a Tk 319 crore-project for the development of Dhaka North City Corporation.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) today launched a quick response team for women and children undergoing abuse.

Mohammad Erfan Salim, son of MP Haji Salim, will be sacked from the post of councillor as he was sentenced to imprisonment by a mobile court.

Police arrested another accused in the case filed for assaulting a navy official.

Eminent medicine specialist and former vice chancellor of Banga-bandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Prof DR Mohammad Tahir passed away yesterday at a hospital in Dhaka.

With an aim to explicate various international issues -- from health to foreign policy -- Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) hosted a series of webinars on October 22, on the UN Global Day.

President M Abdul Hamid is returning home this morning after completing his health check-up at a hospital in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

An NGO along with three other organisations is providing cash support of Tk 1.53 crore to the poor in Satkhira and Khulna.