Abu Taher, father of special correspondent of daily Samakal Abu Kawsar, died of cardiac failure on Wednesday.

The first death anniversary of former general secretary of Awami League and public administration minister Syed Ashraful Islam will be observed today.

The government will open virtual record rooms in all districts within the next six months, Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury said yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against the lone accused in a case filed over the rape and murder of Wari schoolgirl Samia Afrin Saima in July last year.

A Dhaka court has indicted the lone accused in a case filed over rape and murder of seven-year-old Samia Afrin Saima in Dhaka’s Wari last year.

A total of 445 Bangladeshi nationals returned from India in last two months following the National Register of Citizens (NRC) published by the Indian government, virtually stripping about 19 lakh people of citizenship.

Ruling Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said 90 percent people of Bangladesh do not want BNP to run the country.

The High Court directs the government to suspend the retirement facilities of the outgoing director of National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital (NICRH) Prof Dr Md Moarraf Hossen for negligence in preserving and protecting the equipment including of the ICU at the hospital.

Workers of nine state-run jute mills in Khulna withdraw their fast-unto-death strike following assurance by Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi to fulfill their demand.

Dhaka South City Corporation’s returning office declares legal the nomination papers of all the seven candidates in the DSCC mayoral polls.

The Election Commission declares 993 aspirants valid after scrutinising the nomination papers submitted for the elections to the Dhaka North and South City Corporations scheduled for January 30.

A fire that broke out at Dhaka Bar Association has been brought under control after 45 minutes of frantic efforts.

Former Awami League lawmaker from reserved seat and a Supreme Court lawyer Fazilatun Nasa Bappy has passed away at a hospital in Dhaka. She was 49.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the government will take initiatives to settle pending cases so that at least five to six lakh such cases can be cleared from the existing backlog within this year.

Former Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh and immediate-past High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali was laid to rest with state honours yesterday.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday called his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina to extend the new year’s greetings.

Prime Minister’s Personal Secreatry-1 (additional secretary) Md Tofazzel Hossain Miah has been promoted to Secretary to the Prime Minister’s Office. The Public Administration Ministry issued a notification in this regard yesterday.

Newly-appointed Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen yesterday said the ministry’s focus this year will be to keep the global focus on Rohingya issue unchanged for their early repatriation.

Authorities concerned have finalised preparation for paper books of the sensational August 21 grenade attack cases for the High Court’s hearing on the death reference and appeals in the case. At least 24 people were killed and around 300 injured in the grisly attack on an Awami League rally on the capital’s Bangabandhu Avenue on August 21, 2004.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said their party is taking part in the upcoming city polls to “expose further that no credible election is possible under Awami League.”