Health Minister Zahid Maleque says there is no need to worry about coronavirus as no one in the country has been detected with the virus yet.

A Dhaka court frames charges against SM Golam Kibria Shamim, popularly known as GK Shamim, and his seven bodyguards in an arms case.

The High Court directs the government to appoint 27 candidates, who passed the 34th and 35th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) exams, but were not given appointments.

The Election Commission has decided to monitor all voting centres with CCTV camera on the day of elections to Dhaka North and South City Corporations, scheduled for February 1, for increasing security.

BNP mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Ishraque Hossain pledges a modern and world-class metropolis where heritage blends with modern amenities.

Activities at the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) have slowed down in the last month, as it is operating without a mayor since Atiqul Islam resigned from the post on December 30 to contest the upcoming city polls.

The cabinet, in its weekly meeting at the secretariat chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, yesterday approved in principle the draft of the Child Daycare Centre Bill 2020, to support children of professional and working women.

Rajuk has taken a project for urban re-development in a bid to resolve the existing civic problems in Old Dhaka, Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim told parliament yesterday.

Every year, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) requires a country to make a “tentative list” of sites eligible to be Unesco World Heritage Site. However, Bangladesh has not done one in 20 years since 1999.

To preserve the durability of bridges, Road Transport and Bridges Ministry last week issued a set of directives to the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) to stop sand lifting near bridges.

The Department of Environment in Chattogram demolished two illegal brick kilns in the district’s Karnaphuli upazila yesterday.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claimed to have arrested eight members of a human trafficking gang from different parts of the city. Rab said the group used to traffic women to different clubs and bars in Middle East.

The vice chancellor (VC)-backed panel of teachers secured nine posts in Jahangirnagar University Teachers’ Association (Juta) election held yesterday on the campus. The anti-VC panel secured six posts.

The UK wants to build a strong partnership with Bangladesh to lead global efforts to tackle climate change, British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson said at a discussion at his residence yesterday evening.

With an aim to identify virtual troublemakers who spread rumours through instigating posts and videos on social media platforms, and speed up investigation, the Cyber Crime Monitoring Cell of Counter Terrorism (CT) unit of Chattogram Metropolitan Police is going to launch a Cyber Lab.

Yesterday was the death anniversary of former finance minister and Awami League leader Shah AMS Kibria, who was killed in a grisly attack 15 years ago.

Around 2,200 elated students and their guardians started arriving at Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University in Dinajpur early morning yesterday.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday urged students to wage a strong social movement against drugs.

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for BNP-nominated candidate Tabith Awal to continue contesting as mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) election, scheduled to be held on February 1.

A student of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) files a case against 10 activists of the university unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League including its president and secretary for allegedly physically assaulting him.