The wife of a Bangladesh Khet Major Samity leader alleged that she was assaulted by her husband and another leader of the party at Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) office at Paltan in late June. The woman and her husband, had gone to the party office on the night of June 21.

A rights organisation yesterday served a legal notice on the authorities concerned asking them to give Tk 10 lakh as compensation to each of the victims of fake Covid-19 certificates issued by Regent Hospital.

Fuad Ahasan Chowdhury, a resident of Azimpur, rides to his office on a bicycle. Rather than renting a vehicle or traveling on public transportation,

Rights group Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has condemned torture on 10-year old domestic help in the capital.

While food scarcity is looming large at local level, opportunity to export food in the post Covid-19 pandemic era beckons the country’s agriculture sector, said noted media personality and agriculture development activist Shykh Seraj suggesting to highlight the sector more in the media.

Sylhet city, situated on the bank of Surma river, has been facing severe instances of waterlogging and flash floods for a long time, although such incidents in the hilly region were alien even some two decades ago.

Three people, including an assistant director of Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital (SMCH), were detained on charges of conducting unauthorised antibody tests on patients to detect Covid-19 and test report forgery.

The government today waived surcharge for late payment of electricity bills by residential consumers in order to mitigate sufferings of the clients amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Wife of a left-leaning front leader alleged that she was assaulted by her husband and another leader of the party at CPB office in Dhaka’s Paltan area last month when she went there to solve their marital problems.

A medicine trader has been stabbed to death by a thief in Dhaka’s Shanir Akhra area.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claimed to have arrested six suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Savar early today.

Detectives claimed to have seized an SUV belonging to Regent Group chairman Md Shahed from Dhaka’s Uttara area and recovered a firearm and some bottles of alcohol in it.

Thirty-seven people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said during a briefing.

A total of 698 children accused in criminal cases have secured bail, and 685 of them were handed over to their guardians after they got released from custody on bail in the last 45 working days.

A rights organisation has served a legal notice to the authorities concerned, asking them to give Tk 10 lakh as compensation to each of the victims that received fake Covid-19 certificates issued by Regent Hospital.

They were selling fake notes of Tk one lakh for Tk 7,000. They were arrested but securing bail, they got back to making counterfeit notes -- especially targeting the cattle markets, ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

Mohsin Hossain Bablu, editor and publisher of local newspaper Daily Ajker Potrika, died showing symptoms of Covid-19 at his residence in Satkhira town early today.

The Supreme Court (SC) has asked all civil courts across the country to hear urgent civil matters and receive filings of succession suits.

Convicted war criminal ATM Azharul Islam’s lawyers have prepared a 23-page review petition containing 14 grounds for seeking reconsideration of the Supreme Court verdict, that upheld his death penalty for his involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.

Abdullah M Hasan, a senior journalist and news editor of The Financial Express, has been laid to rest yesterday.