Newly-appointed Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla plans to visit Dhaka to prepare grounds for India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh in March.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has urged European policymakers to ensure fair prices for apparel sourced from Bangladesh, to incentivise the ongoing reform initiatives in the country’s RMG industry.

As the newly-elected mayors of both Dhaka city corporations will have to wait for more than three months to take over duties, seniormost panel mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will perform duties as mayor of the DNCC in the interim.

Neither the defence nor the state side in the 2009 BDR mutiny case have yet received the certified copy of the High Court verdict, which is necessary for them to move appeals before the Supreme Court’s Appellate Division, challenging the HC judgement.

Health authorities have issued the highest alert at Benapole land port in Jashore to detect patients infected with Coronavirus.

A fire that broke out at a shoe sole factory in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur is brought under control.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam says that the matter of giving permission for BNP’s rally in front of its Naya Paltan central office is under consideration.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has requested the European policy-makers to ensure fair prices for apparel sourced from Bangladesh for incentivizing the ongoing reform initiatives in the industry of Bangladesh.

Jatiya Party MP Mujibul Haque yesterday in parliament demanded that the government investigates into the allegations of negligence in screening of inbound passengers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to prevent spread of novel coronavirus.

Speakers at a human chain yesterday demanded exemplary punishment for those who have raped women and children of indigenous communities, including the 14-year-old Tripura girl raped at Chakaria upazila in Cox’s Bazar six days ago.

Mohammad Badrul Ahsan, a popular columnist for The Daily Star and former publisher and editor of now defunct First News, passed away early yesterday.

Just two weeks ago, Ahmed Pharmacy, a small medicine store at Farmgate, had less than five customers looking for face masks.

Chief of Army Staff Gen Aziz Ahmed leaves Dhaka for Nepal today on a five-day official visit.

Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin yesterday directed the authorities concerned to move people living at the foot of hills in Chattogram.

A youth was arrested on Wednesday night at the capital’s Rayerbazar in connection with an attack on Mostafizur Rahman Sumon, a crime reporter at online news portal Agami News, during Saturday’s city polls.

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni yesterday urged private university authorities to develop their graduates to face the challenges of this era of modernisation.

Seven people were killed in separate road accidents across the country in the last two days, report our correspondents.

The High Court yesterday granted anticipatory bail to 109 leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), a pro-BNP student body, including its president Fazlur Rahman Khokon and general secretary Iqbal Hossain Shyamol for four weeks in a vandalism case.

Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus has been sued in 17 fresh cases filed over not paying arrears of 17 incumbent employees of Grameen Telecom.

Image crisis of sub-registrars will go away if they serve people without harassment, said Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday.