The High Court today formed a judicial inquiry committee with the chief judicial magistrate of Narayanganj to conduct a probe into the incident of a girl found alive and police action over arresting three accused who gave confessional statements on the rape and killing of the girl.

A writ petition was filed with the High Court today challenging legality of the process for reappointing Taqsem A Khan to the post of managing director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa).

Four-year old Nusrat Jahan Mim, whose body was found in a bathroom at Karail slum in Dhaka yesterday, was killed by her elder brother, Rab said.

The High Court yesterday directed the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to set up more fitness testing centres across the country in two months to examine fitness of public transports.

A nationwide Vitamin A-plus campaign is set to be held from October 4 to 17, with an aim to administer vitamin capsules to children aged between 6 and 59 months.

BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy has said the country’s health sector itself has been infected with the coronavirus due to failures of the government.

Doctors of Kuwait-Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital started a sit-in protest at the hospital director’s office, demanding accommodation as they were driven out from a designated hotel yesterday noon.

Women’s rights organisation Naripokkho yesterday demanded immediate arrest of the stalker and murderer of 14-year-old schoolgirl Nila Roy, who was killed in Savar on Sunday night.

He knew that Regent Hospital did not have licence to treat patients, yet former DGHS director M Aminul Hasan recommended high-ups to allow it to provide Covid-19 treatment service.

With hopes of boosting morale of engineers and workers, the metro rail project authorities have opened two field hospitals for their staffers infected with coronavirus.

A virtual talk show titled “Role of Academia making Student life-Ready” was hosted by Daffodil International University (DIU) in collaboration with World Academy of Art and Science and Association of the Universities of Asia and the Pacific on Tuesday, says a press release.

Hasan Al Mamun, convener of the Sadharon Chhatra Odhikar Songrokkhon Parishad, has been relieved from his responsibility yesterday after a Dhaka University student filed two cases against him on charge of raping her.

The High Court has wanted to know whether any step has been taken against Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) Managing Director AKM Fazlullah for his alleged involvement in corruption, irregularities and nepotism at his office.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to operate a Dhaka-Jeddah flight on September 26 and a Dhaka-Riyadh flight on September 27 for migrant workers with tickets -- for March 16 and 17 -- to the respective destinations.

An extortion case was filed against Dhaka North City Corporation's Ward 31 Councillor Shafiqul Islam Sentu, for allegedly beating up a shop owner and his father in the capital’s Mohammadpur as he refused to pay Tk 5 lakh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today witnessed a presentation on the development activities of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.

Three more prosecution witnesses, including a Dhaka University (DU) teacher, today gave their depositions before a Dhaka tribunal in connection with the case filed over the rape of a DU student in the capital's Kurmitola this year.

Anti-Corruption Commission today filed a case accusing five people including Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed.

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad has sought till Monday to resolve the ongoing crisis over return of several thousand stranded Bangladeshi expatriate workers to Saudi Arabia.

Some English medium students today sought Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s intervention to cancel the upcoming O and A-level examinations.