The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Tuesday (July 25) arrested 36 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in

A team of international election observers comprising of representatives from the US, UK, Ireland, South Korea, Japan and China will arrive in Dhaka on July 28. A six-member delegation, led by Nick Paul, a senior journalist on European Union political affairs from Ireland, will arrive

Ashraful Hossain Alam, popularly known as Hero Alom, last night (July 24) filed a general diary (GD) with Hatirjheel Police Station after he allegedly received a death threat over the phone. Hero Alom, a contestant of the recently concluded Dhaka-17 by-election, said he received the

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the international community to form an active coalition for "Climate-Resilient Food Systems" alongside strengthening partnership for effective agri-food technologies in climate hotspots. She said: "We need to activate the

Examining witnesses in a graft case against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman ended today (July 24). Today Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) deputy director Toufikul Islam testified as the last prosecution witness. A total 43 witnesses out of 56 testified in

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today placed a five-point proposal at the UN Food Systems Summit to ensure sustainable, safe and nutritious food system worldwide, laying emphasis on coordinated steps to lift restrictions on food and fertilizer exports. She also stressed the need of

A Faridpur court on Monday (July 24) sentenced five people to death for killing a jute mill worker after rape in 2019. Faridpur Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Hafizur Rahman passed the order.  The court also fined them Tk 1 lakh each. The death row

A Dinajpur court today (July 24) sentenced a man to death for killing his wife at Madhavpur Chirakutipara village under Sadar upazila of the district in 2017. Judge of District and Sessions Judge Court Md Jabid Hossain pronounced the verdict this afternoon.  The court also

A Dhaka court today (July 24) sentenced one Md Hridoy to death for killing Tajul Islam Akon, 40, a pharmacy owner, in the capital's Shanir Akhra area in 2020.   Judge Khandaker ATM Tofayel of Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court-14 pronounced the judgment in

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Gulshan zone arrested five more persons for their alleged involvement in attacking Ashraful Alom (Hero Alom) during Dhaka-17 by-polls. The arrestees are - Md. Saiful Islam Sajal, Humayun Kabir aka Prince, Md. Shab Mia, Shoaib

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Prof Nikhil Ranjan Dhar and 15 others have been indicted in a case filed over bank recruitment question paper leakage incident. Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzel Hossain passed the order on Monday (July 24) after

A rickshaw driver and a fire service worker were killed in a collision between a bus and a private car with a fire service vehicle in Chashara of Narayanganj. In this incident, several others are seriously injured and are undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Monday (July 24) said Mild heat wave is sweeping over the districts of Rajshahi, Pabna, Rangpur, Dinajpur and Nilphamari, and it may continue further.  According to the Met office bulletin, light to moderate rain or thunder showers

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is joining the three-day UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) at the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters commencing Monday (July 24) afternoon. Sheikh Hasina, who arrived here on Sunday

The Bangladesh Ambulance Owners Welfare Association decided to go on an indefinite nationwide strike from Monday (July 24) midnight to press home their six-point demands.  The organisation announced the strike in a press release on Sunday (July 23) night. Their demand includes

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained three members of Ameer of the newly formed militant outfit Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya including its Ameer Md Anisur Rahman alias Mahmud from Munshiganj's Louhajang early Monday (July 24).  The identities of the other members

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Monday (July 24) arrested 52 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in

A Joypurhat court today (July 23) sentenced a man to death for killing his stepbrother in Khetlal upazila of the district in 2019. District and Sessions Judge Md Nur Hossain handed down the verdict to Saddam Hossain, 32, hailed from Malipara in the upazila.  According to the

A Dhaka court today (July 23) placed seven people on a four-day remand each in a case lodged over murder of Mohammad Oliullah Rubel, former office secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) capital's Shahjahanpur unit. The accused are- Alif Hossain, 21, Robiul Sunny, 21, Mehedi

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (July 23) arrived here on a three-day official visit to Italy to attend the UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment. A regular commercial flight of Qatar Airways, carrying the premier and her entourage members, landed at Rome Fiumicino