Speakers during a webinar today stressed on the need for strengthening legal procedure and increasing national and trans-border cooperation to effectively fight human trafficking.

One in five patients hospitalised in Germany over the coronavirus succumbed to the disease, with the fatality rate rising to 53 percent for those who received ventilation, a study showed Wednesday.

Selim Reza Chowdhury, a sub-inspector (SI) of Aditmari Police Station in Lalmonirhat, extorts Tk 18.90 lakh from an alleged drug smuggler, after threatening to “put him in a crossfire”.

Awami League’s income has increased by 35 percent, according to the party’s annual financial report for 2019.

Helal Ahmed Chowdhury, former managing director and CEO of Pubali Bank, has recently joined Bank Asia Ltd as an independent director.

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is reviving the need to explore the opportunities in online teaching and learning at a time when physical distancing is recommended, speakers said during a webinar.

Defeated BNP candidate Tabith Awal today filed an application with an election tribunal of Dhaka seeking its direction for the returning officer to provide all necessary documents related to the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) election, including data from EVM.

Two platforms on migration and counter-trafficking have called upon the government, civil society actors, and private sector partners to collectively support a rights-based approach to combat human trafficking.

The government has extended the ongoing closure of all educational institutions across the country till August 31, aiming at slowing down further spread of coronavirus in the country.

A virtual court in Dhaka today rejected a bail petition of photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in a case filed against him with Kamrangirchar Police Station under the Digital Security Act.

Nephrologists from different countries have described their work experience in the International Society of Nephrologists (ISN) during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

A man died from electrocution after he touched a fan, standing in accumulated rainwater, in Dhaka's Shyampur area this afternoon.

Bangladesh Railway today signed a contract with a South Korean joint-venture firm to procure 150 meter-gauge passenger carriages to replace the old ones and increase the number of trains.

A Dhaka court today placed Mohammad Wahiduzzaman, a director of Crest Securities Ltd, on a two-day remand in a case filed over Tk 100 crore embezzlement of shares and money of investors.

A man was shot reportedly by his younger brother in Benapole of Jashore this afternoon.

Mohammad Rayhan Kabir, a young Bangladeshi who spoke in a documentary aired by Al Jazeera and was arrested in Malaysia, said he had said what he witnessed during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, his intention was not to offend anyone in Malaysia.

Mask-clad Muslim pilgrims have began the annual hajj, dramatically downsized this year as the Saudi hosts strive to prevent a coronavirus outbreak during the five-day pilgrimage.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has submitted a petition to a Dhaka court to show Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed and two others arrested in a case filed over the misappropriation of Tk 2.71 crore of Farmers Bank Ltd.

A virtual court in Dhaka has granted bail to Mosaddek Hanif Swad, who owns Moyur-2 launch that hit and sank another vessel at Buriganga River and killed 34 passengers on June 29.

The three criminals, whose weight machine exploded at Pallabi Police Station today after their arrest, are not members of a militant group, said Krishna Pada Roy, additional commissioner (crime) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.