A Dhaka tribunal yesterday took cognisance of the charges against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed in an arms case.

The 11th Jatiya Sangsad will go into its ninth session on September 6.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a case against a senior vice president (SVP) of Al-Arafah Islami Bank and a businessman for misappropriating about Tk 33.29 crore of the bank.

Detectives arrested three persons with 20,000 yaba pills in Cumilla of Daudkandi on Tuesday afternoon.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday cancelled its flight from Dhaka to Abu Dhabi, as the UAE government is not accepting any Bangladeshi passengers carrying employment visas at present.

Trial of the bribery case against suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) of Police Mizanur Rahman and suspended Anti-Corruption Commission director Khandaker Enamul Basir began yesterday at a Dhaka court with deposition of the complainant.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has cancelled the next scheduled annual vacations of the Supreme Court. The SC administration issued a notification to this effect on Tuesday night.

Port city residents hoped to rid themselves of waterlogging when CDA (Chattogram Development Authority) took up a mega project in 2017 with a promise to end the perennial crisis within three years.

A man has been stabbed to death by unknown criminals in Dhaka’s Merul Badda area.

A Dhaka court has placed Md Nayem, driver of the microbus that ran over and killed young mountaineer Reshma Nahar Ratna on August 7, on a two-day remand.

If there were better job opportunities in Bangladesh, 99 percent of potential migrants would choose to remain in the country, says a new report of International Organization for Migration.

Flood has damaged crops on over 1.58 lakh hectares of lands in 37 districts -- worth about Tk 1,323 crore, Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.

A motorcyclist is killed after a bus knocks down his bike in Dhaka’s Shanir Akhra area.

Anti Terrorism Unit of Police arrested an alleged member of banned militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team from Faridpur district last evening.

Agencies of United Nations, international non-government organisations and the government should redouble efforts on political mobilisation for dignified return of Rohingya refugees, said civilians, NGO leaders and officials at a webinar yesterday.

Staff of Public Works Department (PWD) formed a human chain and held a rally at their Rajshahi office premises yesterday, demanding justice for the attack on their peer.

Hosne Ara Khan, wife of former Dhaka University teacher late Md Darwish Ali Khan, passed away yesterday at the capital’s United Hospitals

Obnoxious odour from an unenclosed landfill in Mymensingh city’s Char Kalibari is making life miserable for residents and commuters for a long time but the authorities concerned are not paying heed to the issue.

The High Court yesterday issued a contempt of court rule against the health secretary and director general of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) for not complying with its judgment to ensure emergency medical services for road crash victims.

A mother and her 12-year-old daughter died from electrocution in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram yesterday morning.