The role of free, independent and responsible media is very crucial in order to take the country forward, said Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday.

The coronavirus outbreak has caused an unusual delay for the High Court to start hearing on the sensational August 21 grenade attack cases although it has accepted the appeals of the convicted accused more than 15 months back.

Dhaka Bank Limited has donated Tk 1 crore to Bangladesh Police to procure personal protective equipment (PPE) and masks, says a press release.

A rights organisation yesterday sent a legal notice to four government officials, requesting them to provide necessary personal protective

The prisons authorities yesterday released 385 more convicted prisoners -- as part of the government’s early release plan to ease accommodation crisis and minimise risk of coronavirus infections in the overcrowded prisons.

Suhana & Anis Ahmed Foundation (SAAF) has provided Tk 1.05 crore as a special Covid-19 financial support to Bidyanondo Foundation, enabling immediate support to 22,000 families in remote areas of Bangladesh, a press release said.

Grameen Telecom is providing non-medical face-masks, made from cloth, to one million underprivileged individuals free of cost, said a press release.

Srijon Roy, a resident of Chattogram’s Jamal Khan Road, was in a rush to deliver some emergency medicine to his ailing mother on Tuesday. This meant he would have to scour for vehicles amid the transport shutdown, to reach his village home in Hathazari’s Nandir Hat.

What was once one of the most happening, liveliest places in the city, full of youth, life, and culture, now remains almost deserted amid the

A man was killed in a road accident in Bagerhat yesterday. The deceased in Sunil Shil (60), said police.

After beating Covid-19, a traffic constable of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) was released from Chattogram General Hospital yesterday.

Convicted war criminal ATM Azharul Islam's lawyers have prepared a 26-page review petition containing 14 grounds for seeking reconsideration of the Supreme Court verdict that upheld his death penalty for his involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.

One hundred and thirteen police personnel tested positive for Covid-19 across the country since yesterday noon, according to a tally of Bangladesh Police Headquarters.

Law enforcers are trying to arrest the killers of a university student in Mymensingh based on the victim’s dying declaration.

Around 40 magistrates, lawyers and court officials of Dhaka are being given training for holding virtual court hearing of urgent cases including bail petitions in need.

After a six-year-old child was raped in the city’s Kadamtoli area a week ago, police managed to find clues on the perpetrator from CCTV footage. They suspected an youth, but could not identify him as he was wearing a mask.

A high-level expert team comprising of plant protection experts, entomologists and agricultural scientists visiting Teknaf upazila have identified the locust-like insect reported in Teknaf as spotted grasshopper.

Allowing Bangladeshis returning from abroad, especially the Middle East, to go into self-quarantine poses a big risk for public health. To avert that, the authorities concerned should arrange institutional quarantine facilities for the returnees and make it mandatory, recommended experts.

Bangladesh Development Initiative (BDI), a U.S. based non-profit corporation promoting socio-economic development in Bangladesh, mourned the loss of Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury, an honorary life member of BDI, a press release said.

For over two decades, charity organisation Hamza Al-Markazul has been involved in the burial process of the deceased, among other social works.