Police have registered an abetting suicide case against Bashundhara Group managing director after recovery of a young woman’s body from a Gulshan flat as primarily they think there was instigation behind the suspected suicide.

Bangladesh Islami Front has urged the government to ban Hefajat-e-Islam and Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis for their alleged involvement in anti-state activities across the country.

The UN General Assembly has unanimously adopted a historic resolution on Global Drowning Prevention introduced by Bangladesh. The UN also declared July 25 as "UN Day for Drowning Prevention" to promote awareness, encourage national action, share best practices, and key solutions to drowning.

Police recovered the body of a man from a construction site in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat this morning.

The Supreme Court has directed United Hospital authorities today to pay -- as initial payment -- Tk 25 lakh each to the families of four victims who were killed in a fire at the hospital’s isolation unit on May 27 last year.

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission today reduced the retail prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) of private companies by around 7 per cent.

Two people were arrested on charges of raping a teenager in Ramu upazila of Cox’s Bazar on April 26.

Matiur Rahman, first President of Japan-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JBCCI), will receive “the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette.”

Three leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam were placed on remand for different terms in two cases filed with Paltan Police Station over last month’s violence in Dhaka.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has reconstituted four High Court benches for virtually holding hearing and disposing of “very urgent cases”, except for anticipatory bail petitions.

Considering the Covid-19 situation, the Dhaka University authorities rescheduled the honours first year admission test for 2020-21 academic session. The admission test of “Cha” unit will be held on July 31.

Akram Hossain, General Secretary of Sadharon Chhatra Odhikar Songrokkhon Parishad's Dhaka University unit, has been placed on a two-day remand, hours after he was arrested from Dhaka airport area today.

Bangladesh has offered to dispatch, on emergency basis, medicines and medical equipment in view of the rapidly deteriorating coronavirus situation in India.

Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir today failed to secure anticipatory bail from the High Court in a case filed over the death of a college student at a flat in Dhaka's Gulshan area on April 26.

Two crew members were killed and three others were injured as a fire broke out in an oil tanker at a private jetty on the southern bank of Karnaphuli river in Chattogram this morning.

Bangladesh Bus-Truck Owners' Association today urged the government to resume public transport from tomorrow, considering the plight of transport owners and workers.

Unidentified attackers launched assaults on two Myanmar air bases on Thursday, with blasts reported at one base and rocket fire seen at another, media and a witness said.

Ashiquzzaman Khan, who was injured in the deadly fire in Old Dhaka's Armanitola on April 23, died at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery last night.

Bangladeshi migrants leaving the coast due to rising sea levels could trigger waves of migration across the country that will affect at least 1.3 million people by 2050, according to a new study.

Uncertainty looms large over getting the second dose of Covid-19 vaccines for around 22,000 residents in Bagerhat. Many were seen returning without being inoculated from vaccination centres today, despite showing up on their scheduled date.