A court here on Monday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for killing his mother in 2004 in Noahati village in Madhabpur upazila.

A fire broke out in a flat of a six-storey building at Bata Signal in New Elephant Road area of the city.

The High Court on Monday declared illegal all sorts of gambling in exchange of money across the country and directed the government to take steps against gambling organisers and gamblers.

Two new dengue patients were hospitalized in the last 24 hours until 8am on Monday, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Three people suffered burn injuries as a LPG gas cylinder went off in a house at Mogoltuli of Agrabad area in the city on Monday.

The government has decided to accord a grand reception to junior Tigers at Suhrawardy Udyan for clinching the ICC U-19 World Cup trophy, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday.

The longer than expected shutdowns of Chinese factories because of the coronavirus outbreak are having a big impact on the world’s second largest economy and the global supply chain.

 A Rohingya man, described as a notorious robber by the law enforcement, was killed in a reported gunfight with members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Teknaf on early Monday.

The High Court (HC) on Monday upheld a verdict of the subordinate court sentencing five members of Banned militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death for murdering a Jhalakathi Public Prosecutor in 2007.

Twenty-four Indian fishermen, arrested for illegal entry into Bangladesh maritime boundary in November last year, were released from jail on Monday following a court order.