The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today extended its chamber judge's order that stayed a High Court directive which asked Titas Gas Ltd to give Tk 5 lakh as initial cost to each family of the victims who died and suffered burn injuries in Narayanganj mosque blast.

The High Court today questioned a lower court order that granted bail to four accused in a Tk 4 crore money laundering case against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.

Police have arrested a couple in Bandarban for allegedly smuggling gold bars worth Tk three crores from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) today gave approval to the 3rd submarine cable project in the country at a cost of Tk 693 crore.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today ruled that life imprisonment means the convict will have to be in jail for 30 years and will get remission and deduction benefits under relevant sections of the Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) if it’s not specifically mentioned in the verdict that the convict is sentenced to imprisonment until natural death.

Police early today arrested a man on charges of raping a 17-year-old with autism six months back in Rajshahi’s Paba upazila.

Joshi Chakma, a resident of Khabang Pujje area in khagrachhari town, has changed her lot by making and selling banana chips amid the pandemic.

It is essentially a classic example of putting the cart before the horse.

The Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued circulars of the 42nd and the 43rd Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations.

Lalmonirhat’s Aditmari Upazila Parishad Chairman Farooq Imrul Kayes has been suspended on the basis of six allegations, including misconduct with government officials.

Mishu Biswas, an additional superintendent of Bangladesh Police, swam across the Bangla Channel today and claimed to be the first police official to do so.

At least 50 shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at a bazar in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur today.

A prisoner has reportedly died by suicide at Cox’s Bazar District Jail.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh today detained three people along with 3.5kg gold from Jashore town while they were allegedly smuggling the gold to India.

A court in Chapainawabganj today sentenced seven people to life term imprisonment for killing a man in Shibganj upazila of the district in 2015.

Three people were sentenced to death today for killing a child in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj in 2013.

A Dhaka court today adjourned till January 7 the hearing on charge framing against expelled Dhaka South Jubo League president Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in two cases filed under the arms and narcotics control acts.

A young woman, who eloped with her boyfriend, was allegedly raped by him and his friends for eight days at a house in Kollogram, a suburban area of Sylhet city.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) today extended the deadline for income tax return submission by one month.

The High Court today questioned the legality of a lower court order that granted bail to JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd's Chairman Abdur Razzak in connection with a case filed over supplying fake N-95 masks for the use of healthcare professionals.