ER Khan, managing director of Phoenix Insurance, passed away at the capital’s United Hospital yesterday around 11am, said a press release of the company.

Women candidates for elections to the reserved ward councillor posts of two Dhaka city corporations don’t just want to be “ornamental councillors”; they want to make the city safer for women and have demanded a balance of power between them and their male counterparts so that they can serve people properly.

An international conference on “Revisiting International Relations: Critical Reflections on 100 Years” concluded yesterday at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban Auditorium of Dhaka University.

Bangladesh and Netherlands will be mutually benefited from the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 -- which is being executed with the help of the Netherlands government, speakers have said.

A Khulna court yesterday sentenced six people to life term in a case filed over killing Ripon Roy in Batiaghata of the district in 2007.

The Election Commission yesterday disclosed the update of the countrywide draft voter list, adding 53.66 lakh voters.

The cabinet division in principle yesterday approved that there will be no quota system in public services for 8th grade and above.

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar yesterday alleged that activities of executive magistrates deployed to monitor the violation of election code of conduct in Dhaka city polls were not visible.

The existing stock of 10.63 trillion cubic feet gas will end within 11 years if the current rate of production (2,570 million cubic feet per day) continues, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid told the parliament yesterday.

Passengers who have travelled to China in the last 14 days and have flu-like symptoms will be screened at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, airport authorities say.

A bill titled “Electoral Rolls (Amendment) Bill 2020” is placed in parliament aimed at extending the deadline for updating voters’ list till March 2 instead of January 31 every year.

The High Court directs the Department of Environment (DoE) to immediately shut down a total of 231 industries in Dhaka metropolitan area near Buriganga River.

The Election Commission (EC) publishes the draft of an updated voter list with the registration of over 67 lakh new voters.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller says they hope that the elections to Dhaka city corporations will be credible, peaceful and festive.

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar alleges that activities of executive magistrates deployed to monitor the violation of election code of conduct in Dhaka city polls are not visible.

The High Court seeks a report on the “mismanagement” in traffic signal system in Dhaka.

They were sentenced to death for firing on a procession with a truck carrying the then AL chief Sheikh Hasina in 1988 that killed 24 people.

Bangladeshi expats stage a demonstration in Canada’s Toronto, demanding punishment for those involved in laundering money from Bangladesh to the North American country.

Police cannot avoid responsibility if an accused dies by suicide in their custody, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam says.

Two members of Neo-JMB -- an ultra-radical offshoot of the banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) -- were arrested for their alleged involvement with the attacks on police at five places in Dhaka last year.