Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday said leaders of Bangladesh and India pledged on the noble vision of inclusive socioeconomic development, scripting a golden chapter in partnership over the past few years.

Rabeya Khandakar, mother of Ali Reza Iftekhar, managing director and CEO of Eastern Bank Limited (EBL), passed away on July 26 at a hospital in

Rab claimed to have arrested five alleged members of banned militant group Ansar al Islam from Dhamrai in Dhaka district early yesterday.

In a drive at Ashulia on the outskirts of Dhaka on Sunday, Rab-4 detained four including a police constable on charges of robbery and extortion.

Despite law enforcers’ vigilance, the number of narcotics cases are increasing across the country amid the pandemic.

Managing director of Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital Faisal Al Islam and two others were sent to jail yesterday in a case filed over using unauthorised Covid-19 test kits and forging Covid-19 test reports at the hospital.

The government is planning to shorten the primary school syllabus as coronavirus pandemic is badly affecting academic activities and with no certainty over school reopening.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh directs the lessees of all the 11 cattle markets, which are set to open tomorrow, to strictly follow health guidelines.

A Dhaka court today issued two separate arrest warrants against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed and its Managing Director Masud Parvez in connection with two fraud cases.

Rab claimed to have arrested five alleged members of banned militant group Ansar al Islam from Dhamria upazila in Dhaka district earlier today.

Faisal Al Islam, managing director of Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital (SMCH), and two others have been sent to jail in a case filed over conducting unauthorised antibody tests to detect Covid-19 and test report forgery.

Four people, including a police constable, were arrested on charge of extortion in Savar, Rapid Action Battalion said today.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed a case against Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed as well as former chairman of Farmers Bank audit committee Mahbubul Haque Chisty and two others, for their involvement in misappropriating about Tk 2.71 crore in 2015.

Two alleged robbers have been killed in “shootout” with Rab members in Gazipur city.

Oaishe Khan, daughter of former shipping minister and Awami League presidium member Shajahan Khan, was barred from going to London at Dhaka airport yesterday, after she was found Covid-19 positive upon cross-checking her certificate.

A group of university teachers at a webinar alleged that the government wants to silence people using the Digital Security Act, and that is why many people, including photojournalist Kajol, were arrested under this law.

Despite protests against it, local administration in Sylhet has permitted a temporary cattle market on the ground of an educational institute for Eid-ul-Azha, and the lessee has already started setting the haat.

Ahmed Mahfuzul Haq, a writer and publisher, breathed his last at Ali Asgar Hospital in the capital on Thursday. He was 72.

Today is the 14th death anniversary of Novera Deepita, a journalist of The Daily Star and a gold medalist student of the Department of Mass

Seven people were killed and five persons injured in road accidents in three districts during the last two days, according to reports from our local correspondents.