The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned of the government to shut down illegal brick kilns in Chattogram in a week in order to save the environment.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Jubo Mohila League’s suspended leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon on a three-day remand each in a case filed for amassing about Tk 6.24 crore illegally.

Postponed Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election will be held on January 27, the Election Commission said yesterday.

Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee yesterday demanded trial of the Pakistan army high command and other organisations involved in the genocide committed during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971.

Over the last two decades, Victory Day became a festivity of sorts for a lot of urban people. To cater to the growing demand, prominent fashion brands have been bringing out collections themed in red and green, and in the last few years, sales surrounding the day have consistently been high, industry insiders said.

Today marks the 49th anniversary of Shaheed Dr Fazle Rabbee, a professor of medicine and cardiology at Dhaka Medical College.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) sued managing director and production manager of Bombay Sweets & Company Ltd yesterday on the allegation of obstructing a DSCC official from discharging his duties at the company's factory.

Supply of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company will be suspended in some areas of Dhaka for two hours from 2:00pm tomorrow, due to gas pipeline work in Nurjahan Road Residential area of Mohammadpur.

The Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) elections, which were postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, will be held on January 27, the Election Commission (EC) said today.

A youth was burnt to death in a fire at a tin-shed house in Dhaka’s Kadamtoli area earlier today.

Another 250kg bomb was found buried at the construction site of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport’s 3rd terminal in the capital today.

A court in Sylhet yesterday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment in a case filed over a series of bomb blasts in the city’s Kadamtali Bus Terminal on August 17, 2005.

A mobile court at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday fined Air Asia, a Malaysia-based budget airlines, Tk 1 lakh for carrying an identified Covid-19 positive passenger.

After assurance from the officials of the directorate general of health services about better payment, some 26,000 health assistants will join work from today.

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of a lower court order that granted bail to suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid, in connection with a case filed for amassing Tk 3.08 crore beyond known sources of income.

Twenty years after submitting the charge sheet, a court in Chattogram yesterday sentenced 10 persons to death and five to life term imprisonment in connection with the murder of Union Parishad Chairman Amjad Hossain in 1999.

Considering the narrow roads and distances, mini fire service stations will be built at all the wards of Dhaka North City Corporation, said LGRD Minister Md Tazul Islam yesterday.

Public universities of the country can hold their honours and masters’ final year examinations as per decisions taken by their respective academic councils, following proper health safety measures.

Md Musa of Barguna mobilised locals in his area amid the pandemic and created a 10-member team for burial of people who died from coronavirus.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged developed countries to come forward with their promised mitigation measures along with climate finance to combat global warming.