A youth was arrested today in connection with the rape of a schoolgirl in Pekua upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

A man was burnt to death when he tried to save his cattle from a fire at Feukandi village of Raiganj upazila under Sirajganj district early today.

The “Leaders’ Summit on Climate”, set to be held later this week, will largely incorporate the issues raised by Bangladesh as the United States is “giving increased importance” to it as its partner in tackling the climate crisis, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said.

Auto-rickshaw and light vehicle workers demanded food and financial support from the government to survive during the all-out “lockdown” that has been extended until April 28.

Police arrested two men under Digital Security Act (DSA) in Bandarban over their posts on Facebook.

Three people including the ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami's Narayanganj city unit, were arrested in connection with a case filed by police over the mayhem in the district during the Hafajat-enforced countrywide hartal on March 28.

Former Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur has been sued in another case for hurting religious sentiments of Awami League activists and supporters and defaming the party with his derogatory comments.

A Khulna court today granted bail to Ruhul Amin, coordinator of Shramik-Krishak-Chhatra-Janata Oikya Parishad, in a case filed under Digital Security Act.

A High Court bench today refused to pass any order on an altercation involving a physician, a magistrate and a police officer over the former's movement pass in Dhaka that went viral on social media yesterday.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the ongoing "lockdown" could be relaxed for homebound people during the upcoming Eid.

The government has extended the ongoing countrywide "strict lockdown" for another week till April 28 amid a spike in coronavirus deaths and infections.

The government has decided to enforce another countrywide lockdown, for a week, from April 22 as the coronavirus infections keep spreading.

Five policemen, including the officer-in-charge (OC) of Mollahat Police Station, were injured in an attack allegedly by Hefajat-e Islam activists in Bagerhat this morning.

Two brothers died after inhaling toxic gas inside a septic tank in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha early today.

The cabinet division has proposed to extend the ongoing strict “lockdown” for another week amid a spike in Covid-19 infections and deaths.

At least three people were killed and six others were injured as a banana-laden truck overturned in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna last night.

A Dhaka court today placed Hefajat-e-Islam's Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque on a seven-day remand in a case filed last year with Mohammadpur Police Station.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal’s son-in-law, Md Dilshad Hossain, has died of cardiac arrest in London on April 16.

A court in Kushtia sends a man to jail in a case filed under Digital Security Act over a Facebook post he made about Kushtia-4 Lawmaker Selim Altaf George.

Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren wrote to India’s central government yesterday seeking permission to import 50,000 Remdesivir doses from Bangladesh to counter the Covid-19 pandemic.