Foreign nationals with valid visas staying in Bangladesh will now have the option to extend existing visas by three months, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.

Malka Perveen Banu -- one of the first female, Muslim singers of Radio Pakistan Dhaka -- passed away yesterday at the capital’s United

Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate seized two luxury cars in the port city yesterday.

The assistant director (AD) of Bogura regional passport office went on a leave after Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against him for issuing passport to an Indian national.

Multinational consumer product company Unilever, and telecom operators Robi, Grameenphone and Banglalink yesterday asked employees to stay at home and work online where possible, as a preventive measure against coronavirus.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday underscored the need for ensuring transparency in financing and financial transactions to uphold the ideology of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The father and an uncle of a five-year-old, who was brutally killed in Sunamganj’s Derai upazila on October 14 last year, were sentenced to death in the murder case.

All private banks of the country have taken a special programme marking the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The government will brief diplomats stationed in Dhaka at 6:00pm today at State Guesthouse Padma on the coronavirus issue.

The Supreme Court has stayed a High Court verdict that scrapped the convictions and jail sentences handed down by the executive magistrate-run mobile courts to juveniles across the country.

The High Court has sought all relevant documents regarding the conviction and jail sentence of Kurigram journalist Ariful Islam, the case against him, bail order and formation of task force and mobile court.

Detectives press charges against the lone accused, Majnu, in a case filed over the rape of a Dhaka University student in the capital’s Kurmitola area on January 6.

General students of Jagannath University (JnU) are boycotting classes and examinations for an indefinite period, in a bid to resist the coronavirus spread.

Authorities of seven top public universities have suspended all academic activities aiming to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Police today claimed that a mugger was killed in a gunfight with members of Detective Branch of police in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area early today.

The Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital opens a flu corner to ensure special care of people coming to hospital with flu.

A Dhaka court yesterday deferred to April 16 the hearing date on charge framing against four accused in connection with the murder of Sagira Morshed, who was shot dead in July 1989, following a defense petition.

Militant outfit Neo-JMB’s key leader Jahangir Hossain alias Rajib alias Andhi was yesterday handed the death penalty by a Rajshahi court for the 2016 murder of Hindu priest Joggeswar Dasadhikari Roy of Panchagarh.

Three people were killed and 15 others injured after a truck hit a bus and pushed it into a roadside ditch early yesterday.

A child died from an “unknown disease” and around 40 people were affected in a span of three days in a small neighbourhood of Bandarban, said locals.