The country’s weather may remain dry with a partly-cloudy sky for the 24 hours starting 6:00pm yesterday, the Met office has forecasted.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday submitted to the High Court a report containing the names of 61 Bangladeshi individuals and seven organisations mentioned in the Panama Papers as money launderers.

Terming the allegation of corruption in the land acquisition for Chandpur Science and Technology University “untrue and fabricated”, Education Minister Dipu Moni yesterday alleged that her political rivals were trying to tarnish her image ahead of the next parliamentary election.

The BNP yesterday said the law on Election Commission formation would not protect the ruling Awami League, and people would not accept the law.   

The BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant, which is dominant in Denmark, appears more contagious than the more common BA.1 sub-lineage, Danish Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said in a national address.

The risk level related to the Omicron variant remains very high, the WHO said late Tuesday, with the numbers of new Covid-19 cases hitting another record high last week.

Four female workers of Uttara EPZ died when a train hit a battery-run three-wheeler in Nilphamari Sadar upazila yesterday, while five people were killed as a bus rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Bogura’s Sherpur.

The move to bring money launderers to book is not making any headway as the Anti-Corruption Commission and different government agencies have failed to submit information on the offenders, their deposits in overseas banks, and properties abroad before the High Court despite its orders to do so.

Police high-ups yesterday started discussing with their chief a list of over 100 demands, including a replacement of long-barrel firearms with short arms for on-duty policemen, and the establishment of an independent cyber unit and a cyber and IT training academy to cope with rising cybercrimes.

A schoolgirl was raped allegedly by two men in Lalmonirhat’s Kaliganj upazila on Tuesday.

A prisoner, convicted in multiple cheque forgery cases, died in Dinajpur jail on Tuesday night.

The municipal mayor of Moheshkhali in Cox’s Bazar was sent to jail yesterday in an attempted murder case of freedom fighter Amzad Hossain.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday extended the “warmest wishes” to her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and the people of India on the occasion of the country’s Republic Day.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 1.80 lakh yaba pills worth Tk 5.40 crore from the Naf river along Kharangkhali area in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar yesterday.

Kurdish forces yesterday retook full control of a prison in northeast Syria where Islamic State group jihadists had been holed up since attacking it six days earlier.

The government hopes the US will lift sanctions on Rab if it is provided with accurate information, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen told parliament yesterday.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday dismissed the 2021 Corruption Perception Index, in which Bangladesh ranked 147 out of 180, saying the report is based on wrong data.

The health directorate will soon publish an updated version of the Covid-19 clinical guideline to combat the Omicron variant of the coronavirus as it is the main reason behind the ongoing surge in cases.

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed has suggested forming of a “community contract” in Bangladesh to deal with inappropriate contents on social media, especially Facebook.

The High Court yesterday blasted the government officials who purchased substandard fog lights for ferries plying Mawa and Paturia routes and embezzled the money allocated for buying suitable fog lights.