Eight people, including four of a family, were killed and five others injured in two road crashes in Mymensingh yesterday morning.

He faced tough times for speaking out against Malaysia’s mistreatment of migrants

Import of 20 items dropped by 25 percent in the fiscal year 2019-20 compared to the previous fiscal year, shows customs and NBR data.

The world should be able to rein in the coronavirus pandemic in less than two years, the World Health Organization said, as the number of deaths from the disease surpassed 800,000 around the world yesterday.

The family of a businessman has accused a Rab team of arresting him in a false arms case because of his rivalry with a business partner in Anwara upazila of Chattogram.

He created some businesses that exist only on papers, took loans from one non-banking financial institution and used the money to buy shares of another to gain control of the latter.

The coronavirus pandemic may have driven as many as 100 million people back into extreme poverty, World Bank President David Malpass warned as global health authorities said European countries should be able to ride out a surge in cases without reimposing full lockdowns.

Rayhan Kabir, a young Bangladeshi who was arrested in Malaysia, was finally released and he left for Dhaka on a Malaysian Airlines flight yesterday. He was scheduled to land in Dhaka at 1:00am today.

Recalling the barbaric carnage, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday alleged that then PM Khaleda Zia was behind the August 21, 2004, grenade attack as carrying out killings is their habit.

While all eyes are on the Teknaf police right now, it is imperative to remember that deaths due to “gunfights”, “shootouts”, and “crossfires” happen all across the country -- and that the numbers have skyrocketed since the war on drugs was announced in May 2018.

Only four percent of active Covid-19 cases are undergoing treatment at hospitals while the rest are taking treatment at home, says the Directorate General of Health Services.

Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh has urged the government to firmly stand beside the newspaper industry amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

A disruption due to bad weather in the gas supply in the Liquefied Natural Gas terminal in Moheshkhali has led to a severe gas crisis in the capital over the last week.

Officer-in-Charge Pradeep Kumar Das in handcuffs -- this is not a sight that the villagers of Shamlapur in Teknaf thought they’d ever see in their lifetimes.

The health directorate yesterday reported 41 deaths from Covid-19 and 2,868 new cases in 24 hours.

The High Court yesterday rejected a writ petition that challenged the legality of two police officers posting photos of Shipra Debnath with provocative comments on Facebook.

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla’s two-day visit to Dhaka is part of India’s larger policy to boost relations with its neighbours as China seeks to draw them closer to it, foreign relations analysts said.

A high-level committee formed to probe the murder of Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan has been given seven more working days to complete the investigation.

Up to four tickets can be bought online showing one NID card, the railways ministry has said.

The government has chalked out a mammoth Tk 19,280 crore project proposal to provide daily school meals for all 1.41 crore government primary school students to increase attendance and reduce dropouts.