The Appellate Division has dismissed a government appeal challenging the entitlement of bench readers and bench officers to selection grade benefits, upholding earlier decisions of the High Court Division.
At least eight passengers sustained injuries, with two among them in critical condition, when two buggies of a passenger train derailed following a head-on collision with another passenger train in Lalmonirhat on Monday.
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Monday began hearing charges of crimes against humanity against former Begum Rokeya University vice-chancellor Hasibur Rashid Bachchu and 29 others for the murder of Abu Sayeed during the July 2024 uprising.
Political parties on Monday received the draft of the 鈥楯uly National Charter 2025鈥�, prepared by the National Consensus Commission, which would bind the parties to implement the consensus-based reforms within two years after the formation of the parliament.
Only a little more than 4 per cent road accident victims and their families have been given compensation after the scheme was introduced two and a half years ago, shows government data.
The police is yet to arrest another accused Kazi Gaurab Apu in the past two days, who fled from the scene when they arrested five individuals caught red handed from the house of Shammi Ahmed, the international affairs secretary of Awami League, while collecting extortion money on Saturday evening...
A proposal has been submitted to the committee of the council of advisers on economic affairs, seeking approval for the handover of around 55 acres of land of closed Jalil Textile Mills in Chattogram to the Bangladesh Army for establishing an ordnance factory...
Saudi Arabia invited chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to attend the ninth edition of the Future Investment Initiative to be held in Riyadh on October 27-30...
The government has initiated a move to introduce online case filing, aiming at modernising policing and reducing public harassment in filing cases with police stations...
Fatal road crashes have been on the rise in Bangladesh over the seven years since students erupted in massive protests after two college students died as a bus rammed them to a wall in the capital on July 29, 2018.
The Criminal Investigation Department has frozen Tk 17.40 crore deposited in 17 banks belonging to former Awami League lawmaker for Cumilla-6 AKM Bahauddin Bahar and his daughter former Cumilla city mayor Tahseen Bahar Suchona, facing allegations of acquiring money through cheating, forgery, commission and laundering and receiving money through hundi...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday expressed its support for holding the next general election under a proportional representation system to ensure a free, fair, and credible voting process...
Bus services on the Chapainawabganj-Rajshahi route remained suspended since Monday morning following a dispute between transport workers of the two districts...
Torrential rain under the influence of an active monsoon and a low-pressure system caused severe waterlogging across several areas of Chattogram city on Monday, disrupting daily life and mobility for thousands of residents...
The National Book Centre organised the award-giving ceremony of an essay competition to mark the birth centenary of Tajuddin Ahmed, the first prime minister of Bangladesh and the pioneer of independence, at the book centre in Dhaka on Monday...