The Supreme Court yesterday asked the High Court to expeditiously hear and dispose of the rules issued over the legality of the gazette regarding the 9th wage board for journalists and workers of newspapers and news agencies.

Four people were killed and at least seven others were injured in three separate accidents across the country yesterday, report our correspondents.

The House yesterday passed “Electoral Rolls (Amendment) Bill 2020”, extending the deadline to update voter lists till March 1 instead of January 31.

The Supreme Court yesterday fined three private universities Tk 10 lakh each for admitting students beyond the approval of University Grants Commission (UGC).

A man slits the throat of his two-year-old in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila allegedly as his wife refused to give him money to buy drugs.

Top policymakers of BNP have told diplomats that there is no level-playing field ahead of the elections to the Dhaka north and south city corporations scheduled for February 1.

Customs House Chattogram has seized two containers of cigarettes and chocolates which were falsely declared as either mushrooms or sweetcorn.

A man is killed and 20 injured in sporadic clashes between law enforcers and stone workers over stone extraction at Tetulia in Panchagarh.

BNP mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation Ishraque Hossain says that activists of the ruling party carried out an attack on his election rally, witnessing a mass wave in favour of “sheaf of paddy” in the election.

Communist Party of Bangladesh’s mayor candidate for the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) polls Sajedul Haq Rubel says he would ensure a decrease in unemployment if elected.

A former Supreme Court judge files a writ petition with the High Court seeking cancellation of Tabith Awal’s candidature for concealing information in his affidavit about his property in Singapore.

Three private universities have been fined Tk 10 lakh each by the Supreme Court for admitting students beyond the approved intake limit set by University Grants Commission (UGC).

A lawyer who represented and secured bail for a group accused in a fraud case, later became their victim after the group abducted his son.

A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver in Dhaka has set an example of honesty by returning a bag -- containing Tk 24,000 in cash, a laptop and land deeds -- to the passenger who had mistakenly left it behind in the vehicle.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has said at least 12 lakh people in Dhaka will get two doses of cholera vaccine in the next month.

A man in possession of two illegal firearms and seven rounds of bullet has been arrested from Lalbagh on suspicion that he was planning violence centring the upcoming city elections.

Atiqul Islam, the Awami League-backed mayoral aspirant for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) election, declares his 38-point manifesto. The highlight of the manifesto includes addressing air pollution in the city -- a hot button issue -- by running an electric bus service.

A labour court in Dhaka grants bail to Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus in a case filed over violating labour laws.

Investigators have confirmed the involvement of 30yr old Majnu in the rape case of a Dhaka University student following the result of a DNA test.

Praising the High Court verdict that recognised rivers as living entities, speakers at a conference yesterday said people should come forward to protect the rights of rivers.