SCBA urges CJ to start regular court functions

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) today requested the chief justice to immediately resume regular functions of courts across the country for the sake of lawyers and litigants.
27 July 2020, 12:11 PM

Buriganga launch capsize: Moyur-2 launch supervisor Salam denied bail

A virtual court in Dhaka again rejects the bail petition of Abdus Salam, a supervisor on the vessel Moyur-2, which had collided with another launch in an accident which left 34 dead in the Buriganga on June 29.
27 July 2020, 11:53 AM

Bangladesh Railway receives 10 locomotives from India

Bangladesh Railway (BR) received 10 broad gauge locomotives from India today, to overcome its locomotive crisis.
27 July 2020, 11:37 AM

Five Ansar al Islam men arrested

Rab claimed to have arrested five alleged members of banned militant group Ansar al Islam from Dhamria upazila in Dhaka district earlier today.
27 July 2020, 11:22 AM

Money laundering case: Papia, her husband and two others sent to jail

Expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia, her husband Mofizur Rahman (a former Chhatra League leader), and their two accomplices are sent to jail in connection with a money laundering case.
27 July 2020, 11:01 AM

4 including constable arrested in Savar over allegation of extortion

Four people, including a police constable, were arrested on charge of extortion in Savar, Rapid Action Battalion said today.
27 July 2020, 09:50 AM

Lawyers for Rayhan Kabir say they haven’t seen him since arrest

Lawyers for Md Rayhan Kabir, the Bangladeshi who criticised Malaysia’s treatment of migrants in an Al Jazeera documentary, say they have yet to meet their client since he was arrested, according to Malaysia’s The Star.
27 July 2020, 08:07 AM

Major reshuffle at DGHS: 28 officials transferred

Days after Prof Abul Kalam Azad resigned from the post of director general and Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam was appointed as 27th DG of DGHS, 28 of its officials have been transferred.
27 July 2020, 07:47 AM

Photojournalist Kajol shown arrested

Photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol has been shown arrested in a case filed with Kamrangirchar Police Station under the Digital Security Act.
27 July 2020, 07:31 AM

ACC files case against Shahed, Chisty over misappropriation of Tk 2.71 crore

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed a case against Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed as well as former chairman of Farmers Bank audit committee Mahbubul Haque Chisty and two others, for their involvement in misappropriating about Tk 2.71 crore in 2015.
27 July 2020, 07:18 AM

No evidence of ancient university but could be a trade centre: Archaeologists on Moulvibazar site

Archaeologists have not found any evidence of the existence of Chandrapur University in Kulaura and Juri upazila of Moulvibazar.
27 July 2020, 07:13 AM

AL MP Israfil Alam dies from Covid-19 infection

Md Israfil Alam, an Awami League lawmaker from Naogaon-6 constituency, has died from coronavirus infection at a hospital in Dhaka.
27 July 2020, 04:37 AM

Missing boy found dead

The body of a minor boy, who was missing since Thursday, was found dead in Birganj upazila yesterday.
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Alarming rise of cattle theft ahead of Eid

Sharif Mia has been rearing his three cows worth Tk 1.50 lakh for the last two years to sell at the haat ahead of this Eid-ul-Azha, a festival marked
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Kalmakanda Upazila: Three back-to-back flash floods devastate fish farmers

When losses incurred by fish farmers in the entire district of Netrakona totals to Tk 10 crore, the ones in Kalmakanda upazila alone suffered around Tk 7 crore in losses due to three flash floods in one month.
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Coronavirus: Crowded cattle markets pose risk as health rules grossly ignored

Cattle markets in Patuakhali are now buzzing with buyers and sellers of sacrificial animals ahead of Muslim religious festival Eid-ul-Azha to be celebrated in the country on August 1.
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Stay ready to tackle any situation if flood lingers: PM tells party leaders

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina asks her party leaders and workers to remain prepared to tackle any situation if the ongoing flood continues.
26 July 2020, 16:04 PM

Police officer killed in Tangail road crash

A police official is killed after his motorcycle collided head-on with a passenger bus in Bikramhati area on Dhaka-Tangail highway under Tangail Sadar Upazila.
26 July 2020, 15:31 PM

JKG executive officer Shafiqul admits to issuing fake Covid-19 certificates

Md Shafiqul Islam, an executive officer of JKG Health Care today confessed to a magistrate that he was involved in issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.
26 July 2020, 15:22 PM

Fake Mask Scam: DU suspends Sharmin Jahan

The authorities of Dhaka University have suspended its employee Sharmin Jahan, the owner of Aparajita International, for tarnishing the image of the university by supplying fake N95 masks to BSMMU's Covid-19 isolation unit.
26 July 2020, 15:18 PM