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.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) received 10 broad gauge locomotives from India today, to overcome its locomotive crisis.

Rab claimed to have arrested five alleged members of banned militant group Ansar al Islam from Dhamria upazila in Dhaka district earlier today.

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.

Faisal Al Islam, managing director of Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital (SMCH), and two others have been sent to jail in a case filed over conducting unauthorised antibody tests to detect Covid-19 and test report forgery.

Four people, including a police constable, were arrested on charge of extortion in Savar, Rapid Action Battalion said today.

Thirty-seven people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), says during a briefing.

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.

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.

Renowned singer Robi Chowdhury has tested positive for Covid-19, according to his Facebook post.

Photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol has been shown arrested in a case filed with Kamrangirchar Police Station under the Digital Security Act.

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.

Archaeologists have not found any evidence of the existence of Chandrapur University in Kulaura and Juri upazila of Moulvibazar.

Twenty-six Rohingya refugees, who had been feared drowned while trying to swim ashore on the Malaysian resort island of Langkawi, were found alive hiding in the bushes on a nearby islet, a senior coastguard official said on Monday.

China said it had taken over the premises of the US consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu on Monday after ordering the facility be shut in retaliation for being ousted from the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas.

India’s single-day spike in coronavirus cases hovered close to the 50,000-mark today pushing the total caseload across the country past the 14-lakh figure.

Two alleged robbers have been killed in “shootout” with Rab members in Gazipur city.

Md Israfil Alam, an Awami League lawmaker from Naogaon-6 constituency, has died from coronavirus infection at a hospital in Dhaka.

The first container train from India via Benapole-Petrapole rail link reaches Bangladesh opening up opportunity for bilateral trade via rail routes between the two neighbouring nations.

With thousands of Instagram followers and even a former US president as a fan, Gli the cat is almost as famous as her home, Istanbul’s ancient Hagia Sophia.