A Dhaka court today placed Shankha Bepary, a close associate of Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder, on a three-day remand in a money laundering case.

An eight-month-old baby died after his father allegedly slammed him against the floor several times following an argument with his mother in Dhaka’s Dakshinkhan area.

Narayanganj City Corporation Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy has filed a case under the Digital Security Act against Khokon Saha, general secretary of the Narayanganj city unit of the ruling Awami League.

The High Court has observed that officials concerned of the Bangladesh Bank, including the general managers (GMs), have been harbouring financial thugs and perpetrators for personal gains.

Two men were sent to jail today for kidnapping a garment worker in Gazipur, said a Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) press release.

Police are going to submit final report against Erfan Salim, son of Awami League leader Haji Md Salim, in two cases filed under Narcotics Control Act and Arms Act.

The High Court yesterday directed the Department of Environment (DoE) to lodge a case against 30 washing plants in Keraniganj area within 30 days, for polluting the water of river Buriganga in the area.

An estimated 30,000 undocumented Bangladeshi migrant workers became regularised in Bahrain under an amnesty programme of the Gulf country’s government that ended on December 31 last year.

At least 464 people were killed and 513 were injured in 402 road accidents throughout the country in December last year, according to a report by Road Safety Foundation.

The roads, transport, and bridges ministry yesterday formed a 16-member committee to finalise the toll for Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway after Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has placed a proposal in this regard.

In a blatant disregard for public health and environment, Khulna City Corporation has been dumping garbage on a part of Boyra bypass road for a long time.

After an immensely stressful year for people everywhere, Sylhet City Corporation’s resolution for the new year is simple -- make life simpler for its citizens.

Lawmakers from treasury and opposition bench and representatives of various organisations yesterday called for proper implementation of law, moral education and capital punishment for perpetrators to stop violence against women.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday granted bail to BNP leader and former state minister for civil aviation Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin in a corruption case in which he was sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment.

The High Court yesterday granted bail to a union parishad member in a case filed for gang-rape and torture of a woman in Noakhali’s Begumganj in September last year.

Around seven months back, an Indian girl from Kanpur met a Bangladeshi youth through a dating app.

State Minister for Civil Aviation Md Mahbub Ali yesterday said air communication with all countries will continue in compliance with health regulations, as no decision was taken yet to suspend air communication with any country.

Condolence kept pouring in for the second consecutive day yesterday at the demise of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad president and freedom fighter Ayesha Khanam.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today stayed a High Court verdict that in 2017 had declared illegal the annual readmission and session fees charged by English-medium schools.

A Dhaka court today ordered police to confiscate properties of Mohin Uddin, a fugitive accused in a case filed over the killing of Taslima Begum Renu by a mob in the capital's Badda in July 2019.