Dhaka expresses deep concern over the recent rocket launch by North Korea and urges the country to refrain from any action that might escalate tension in the Korean Peninsula.

Dhaka South City Corporation will from now on track its cleaners to ensure they are working with “transparency and accountability” to keep the city clean.

The High Court directs authorities concerned to submit reports in three months on the steps taken for waste management in Dhaka north and south city corporation areas.

Chief Justice SK Sinha expresses hopes that the sitting and retired judges who enjoy state facilities will abide by the norms and values.

A policeman dies after being hit by a bus at Gulistan in Dhaka.

If anyone is detected with Zika virus, the government will bear the cost of their treatment, Health Minister Mohammad Nasim says. Bangladesh government has taken all necessary steps to control the spread of the Zika virus, he tells reporters at the health ministry.

A person (Hijra) has been shot in an attack by his rivals in Dhaka’s Uttara area this morning.

Amid a diplomatic tension between Dhaka and Islamabad, Pakistan authorities summoned Bangladesh High Commissioner in Islamabad

A youth is killed after a speedy bus hit him this afternoon while crossing a road at Uttar Badda in Dhaka.

A scuffle between police and a group of Dhaka University students takes place at Karwan Bazar intersection in Dhaka.

The body of a five-year-old boy has been recovered from a septic tank in Dhaka’s Bhashantek area today. Police suspect that the boy might have fallen in while playing.

Two people including a constable of highway police killed and three others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Comilla.

Prime accused in a case filed for abducting and killing an 11-year-old boy in Keraniganj of Dhaka is killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion. He was the mastermind behind the abduction and murder of 11-year-old Abdullah.

Ruling 14-party alliance will stage a human chain in Dhaka on February 15, protesting Pakistan’s denial of 1971 war atrocities and BNP chief Khaleda’s statement on the number of war martyrs.

An elderly woman dies from panic as a fire broke out at a 12-storey building in the city’s Dhanmondi area.

A minor boy is killed after being hit by an SUV in Hatirjheel area of Dhaka.

Police foil an attempt of freedom fighters’ children to lay siege to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan residence protesting her remark regarding the number of Liberation War martyrs.

An unidentified woman is killed after a truck hit her at Sabujbagh in Dhaka.

A 15 kilometre tailback has ensued on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway after a truck broke down on the Meghna bridge in Munshiganj.

National Human Rights Commission Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman says a man has to sacrifice his life because of “outrageous and illegal” activities of police.