A Dhaka court yesterday sent BNP leader and former state minister for civil aviation Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin to jail on his surrender in a corruption case in which he was sentenced 13 years’ imprisonment.

Speakers at a webinar yesterday said resumption of the government’s tidal river management project in Southwest Bangladesh was required to help people come out of persisting waterlogging situation there.

“Narcotics Control (Amendment) Bill, 2020” was placed at Jatiya Sangsad yesterday, dropping the provision of setting up separate narcotic control tribunals to pave the way for competent courts to try narcotic-related crimes.

Forty-four cleaners of Barishal City Corporation, who are from Harijan community, have received flats from the local government agency.

Mohammad Erfan Salim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Salim, and his bodyguard Zahidul Mollah, have been placed on a five-day remand each in four cases filed under the arms and narcotics control acts.

LGRD Minister and convener of Dhaka’s Detailed Area Plan (DAP) cabinet committee Tajul Islam yesterday said no one will be allowed to construct buildings illegally and in an unplanned way.

Qatar-bound migrant workers -- who remain stranded at home amid the coronavirus pandemic -- yesterday urged the government to take steps for their return to workplaces, saying their re-entry has been denied by the Gulf country.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday declared Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) a three-dimensional force after the induction of two helicopters, Bir Shreshtha Nur Mohammad and Bir Shreshtha Abdur Rouf, into it.

Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) recently filled a pond in the city’s Raynagar area, which was renovated spending lakhs in 2018. The authorities

Former chief controller MA Sabur has passed away on November 3, at the age of 65.

Former UN officer Dr Subinay Nandy passed away at a New York hospital on Saturday, said a press release.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that granted bail to contractor Asif Hossain in a case filed over the much-discussed corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for officials of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.

Four people were killed in road accidents in Tarakanda and Trishal upazila of Mymensingh in the last two days, while a college student from Patuakhali lost his life.

A tribunal in Dhaka today framed charges against Md Abdul Jalil Matabbar, a suspended sub-inspector, in an arms case.

Police today recovered the body of a house help from a ditch in Taltola of Dhaka’s Dakkhinkhan area.

LGRD Minister and Convener of the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) Cabinet Committee Tajul Islam today said no one will be allowed to construct buildings illegally and in an unplanned way.

In two years, Dhaka’s increasing demand for electricity could be met by the waste it generates.

Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Ambassador Rabab Fatima has said the graduating and graduated countries from LDC categories need extended international support to ensure their forward journey and prevent any possible slide back.

The Election Commission is planning to issue National Identity (NID) cards to Bangladeshi expatriates in at least 40 countries in the next five years.

The indigenous communities in the country’s northern region have to be given government and social assistance for their miserable condition amid the coronavirus pandemic, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.