The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to a former employee of Unipay2u Bangladesh Limited in a money laundering case in which he was sentenced to 12 years’ jail.

The Netherlands and Sweden have called for urgent need for a UN assessment on the safety, feasibility and sustainability of Bhasan Char as a place for refugees to live.

Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities yesterday suspended its chief security officer, Sudipta Shaheen, for controversial activities during his four-year service.

Two brick kilns that were built inside the coastal reserve forest at Uttar Kattoli along the Bay of Bengal were knocked down by a joint operation yesterday.

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of a lower court order that granted bail to Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of online news portal bdnews24.com, in a corruption case.

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned of the government to immediately block all the online and digital portals of Kanak Sarwar, a Bangladeshi journalist who is now abroad, including his Facebook and YouTube channel for running “anti-state distorted contents” through the platforms.

The Balipara Foundation has recently introduced “Latifur Rahman Naturenomics Award” -- a special award to memorialise the late founder chairman of Transcom Group, one of the leading figureheads behind ethical business in Bangladesh.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said communal forces will not be given any scope to strengthen their footing in the country that attained independence through the Liberation War in 1971.

The current government is instigating fundamentalism, claimed BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir while talking to reporters at his Thakurgaon residence yesterday morning.

Marine White Fish Trawler Owners Association has demanded amendments to the new “Marine Fisheries Act-2020”. They claimed the law is creating obstacles for fishing in the Bay of Bengal.

Police claimed to have arrested four drug traders who were trying to smuggle contraband yaba pills to the USA through the parcel service of the post office.

Detective Branch (DB) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) today auctioned off 3,000 kg imported onions which were stolen from the port while unloading.

Assistant High Commissioner of India at Rajshahi has gifted two buses to Rajshahi University.

The officials of Dhaka South City Corporation faced obstruction when they went to evict illegal parts of Fulbaria Supermarket-2 in Dhaka's Gulistan area today.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) yesterday demolished part of a petrol pump illegally constructed on land surrounding Buriganga River. The land was allegedly occupied by lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim.

People holding out their hands to stop speedy vehicles, buses stopping randomly to take in passengers, cars zooming past pedestrians crossing the road -- this is the chaotic scenario at the road crossing in front of Brac University at the capital’s Mohakhali.

Junior Chamber International (JCI) Dhaka Entrepreneurs, a non-profit international non-governmental organisation, held its 2021 general assembly (GA) at a city hotel yesterday.

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion fined Sylhet’s popular Pach Bhai and Panshi restaurants Tk 6.5 lakh for preparing and serving unhygienic food.

Police personnel should earn people’s trust through their works, said Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed in Barishal yesterday.

Bangladesh seeks Dutch investments in agriculture, water and light engineering -- the areas where The Netherlands has superior technologies that Bangladesh needs for boosting productivity and exportability in eco-friendly way.