Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Bangladesh High Commission in Singapore to extend full support for the treatment of legendary playback singer Andrew Kishore.

The verdict in a case -- filed over bomb blasts at a CPB rally in 2001 -- against 12 members of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji) will be delivered tomorrow.

The Supreme Court has stayed a High Court (HC) verdict that declared illegal keeping government employees as “officer on special duty” (OSD) for more than 150 days.

The month-long Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela 2020 is postponed by a day as the Election Commission shifted the date of Dhaka North and South city corporation elections to February 1.

A Dhaka court accepts the charge sheet pressed by the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) against four people in 30-year-old Sagira Morshed murder case.

The High Court has asked the government to form an expert committee to determine the process and feasibility of importing anti-rape safety devices.

Another 224 Bangladeshi workers have been deported by Saudi Arabia although many of them claimed to have legal documents.

A camera person of a private TV channel is assaulted reportedly by ruling party activists on the premises of a Dhaka court.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) submits a charge sheet before a Dhaka court against suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman and the commission’s suspended director Khandaker Enamul Basir in a bribery case.

Following Election Commission’s announcement to change Dhaka city polls’ date to February 1, Bangladesh Hindu Bouddha Christian Oikya Parishad in a press release welcomed the decision, and said further demonstrations will be discontinued.

Exercise your franchise! Come to the polling centres overcoming all obstacles and vote!

The two mayor candidates for Dhaka South City Corporation polls -- Awami League’s Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and BNP’s Ishraque Hossain -- yesterday campaigned in different parts of the city and made big pledges to woo voters.

Graveyards are considered a site of mourning, a place to remember the dead, their many trials and triumphs. But a graveyard can also serve as a historical site, a place to learn not only about the individuals buried there, but also of our collective past.

The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is going to launch 10 buses for the students in Chattogram next week.

Walk to Serenity, a USA-based nonprofit social organisation, has held a discussion titled “Mindset Walk, Mental Health Matter” in Dhaka, says a press release.

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the present government is working relentlessly to ensure quality education in the country.

A four-day workshop for journalists on religious tolerance started at Mymensingh Press Club yesterday.

The qualities and ideologies of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman have to be instilled among children, said Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury.

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder yesterday said Bangladesh has achieved self-sufficiency in food as the government has implemented massive development programmes to realise that goal.

Local Government Division Additional Secretary Mesbah Uddin has been elected general secretary and Public Security Division Additional Secretary Md Jahangir Alam treasurer of Officers’ Club, Dhaka for 2020-2021, says a press release.