Police picked up a journalist after barging into his home on Wednesday in Dinajpur’s Ghoraghat on allegations of writing against a police officer on social media.

The High Court yesterday directed the inspector general of police to give Tk 20 lakh as compensation to Md Arman, a technician at a Benarasi Palli in Mirpur, in 30 days as police personnel have wrongly arrested him and kept him in jail for around five years instead of the original accused in a drug case.

Mongla Port Authority on Wednesday signed a deal with a Chinese company to dredge the inner bar of Mongla Port channel to allow the anchoring of container ships with 10-metre draught.

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The authorities of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital recently cut off the branches of some trees that were home to a huge number of different species of birds. Amid protests from local environmental activists and conservationists, the director of RMCH admitted to the mistake and said he will refrain from such acts of environmental destruction in the future.

Retired government secretary Md Ismail Zabihullah has been selected as chairperson of the Foundation and Board of Trustees (BoT) of Eastern University.

Farida Yasmin of the Daily Ittefaq made history by getting elected as the first female president of the Jatiya Press Club (JPC) today.

The two city corporations of Dhaka today officially took charge from Wasa to maintain 26 canals and 10km box culverts with the hope to reduce the city’s long-standing waterlogging issue.

A sub-inspector of police was killed after a vehicle hit his motorcycle in Dhaka airport area last night.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina donated Tk 10 crore to Dhaka Shishu Hospital to provide free treatment to the children who are born with cardio diseases.

The 11th parliament goes into its 11th session on January 18 amid Covid-19 pandemic.

Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram region yesterday fined Toma Group and Construction Limited for razing two crore 23 lakh cubic feet of hills from a reserve forest at Lohagara.

With an aim to take policing to people's doorsteps and bridge the gap between plaintiff and police, Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) introduced a Short Messaging Service (SMS) based complaint and response management system yesterday.

Energy experts, environmental activists and energy entrepreneurs emphasised to go for renewable energy to recover the green economy of the country, as well as environmental and natural regeneration.

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Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police have arrested six people, including two bank officials in connection with question leak of different university admission and bank recruitment tests.

A Dhaka court has directed the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate the case filed against former Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sayeed Khokon and six others on charges of embezzlement of Tk 34.89 crore.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday said border outposts (BOP) in Chattogram Hill Tracts adjoining the Indian state of Mizoram will be increased, to curb the activities of ‘terrorist groups’.

Austria-based global media watchdog International Press Institute (IPI) issued a statement, decrying the worsening state of media freedom in South Asia during the year of the pandemic.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government is building up every force in such a way so that the country could avail all sorts of measures and training to protect its independence and sovereignty.