Both the affluent and marginalised can be vulnerable to involvement in terrorism as terrorists do not pursue violence simply based on ideology, according to a study.

BNP yesterday formally turned down the national budget for 2020-21 fiscal year, saying it is “unimplementable” during this time of Covid-19 pandemic.

It really was an offer that Ariful Islam Foysal could not refuse!

With wearing masks in public becoming compulsory to prevent the spread of Covid-19, criminals are also utilising the situation making it difficult for the law enforcers to identify them through CCTV footage.

Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik yesterday expressed concern over the Election Commission’s steps to formulate a separate law for political parties’ registration with the commission, after repealing some clauses from the Representation of the People’s Order-1972.

Dhaka South City Corporation ( DSCC) mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday said that those who sell adulterated food and later raise questions about the quality of testing, will no longer be able to so as DSCC has built a modern food testing laboratory.

Tributes continued to pour in yesterday for founding chairman and CEO of Transcom Group Latifur Rahman, who breathed his last on Wednesday morning.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has decided to virtually continue functions of Appellate Division of Supreme Court this month.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has said they arrested three foreign nationals from the capital’s Bashundhara area, who allegedly work in a gang that swindles money from unsuspecting targets through various ruses.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi inaugurates a specialised hospital for people infected with coronavirus in Export Processing Zone area of Chattogram.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has decided to continue the operations of the Supreme Court’s Appellate Division this month through virtual systems using information and communication technology and without physical presence, in order to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Four people were killed and two others injured in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Lalmonirhat today, said police.

Workers of Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited in Brahmanbaria staged a demonstration this morning, to protest a decision of the authorities to slash Eid bonuses of their second and third class employees.

Two more doctors have died from coronavirus in Dhaka in the last 24 hours.

Two special police battalions, formed to ensure security of Rohingyas, have finally taken over the responsibility to ensure law and order inside the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.

The 99th anniversary of Dhaka University was observed yesterday with a vow to ensure quality education and research.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday introduced a new online system which will enable residents to play a part in eradicating the mosquito menace.

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed for 16 weeks a High Court order that granted bail to contractor Asif Hossain in a case filed over corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for the officials of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all, including his party leaders and workers, to plant more trees to protect the country’s environment and ensure food security of the people.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday asked the lower courts concerned to deal with the civil cases along with criminal cases through virtual system using information and communication technology in order to contain the coronavirus outbreak.