An application was filed with the High Court yesterday seeking its suo moto (voluntary) order on the government, to conduct an inquiry into alleged corruption in appointments of 1,173 employees in BASIC Bank during the chairmanship of chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu.

BNP yesterday criticised Indian Home Minister Amit Shah for “unwarranted labelling” of BNP as repressive while passing the much-discussed Citizenship Amendment Act in the country’s parliament.

The elections to Dhaka north and south city corporations will be held on January 30 next year.

An application is filed with the High Court seeking its order on the government to conduct an enquiry into an alleged corruption in appointments of 1,173 employees in BASIC Bank during the chairmanship of Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachchu.

Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) Vice President Nurul Haque Nur and several of his associates have been injured in an attack allegedly carried out by activists of Chhatra League and Muktijuddha Mancha.

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed is a part of the country's history of the general people, Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus today wrote on the book of mourning after paying his last respect.

Awami League’s new central full committee is likely to be announced on Tuesday, says Obaidul Quader, who has been re-elected as the party’s general secretary.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the Navy personnel to work with honesty, sincerity and integrity for further brightening the country’s honour and dignity after being imbued with the spirit of sacrifice.

Brac founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed is laid to eternal rest at the Banani graveyard in Dhaka after Zohr prayers.

Water levels around Rohingya camps have fallen by around 5 to 9 metres because of excessive dependence on groundwater in the areas where the forcibly displaced people have taken shelter in Cox’s Bazar, according to a recent study of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The namaz-e-janaza of Hammad Hassan Shibli, son of late Major General Mahmudul Hassan, will be held at Dhaka Cantonment Central Mosque at 9am today.

Amid the festivity surrounding 21st National Council of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) in the last two days, a large influx of visitors also roamed at a corner of the historic Suhrawardy Udyan, dedicated to an exhibition on the party’s history.

Another victim, who suffered burn injuries in the December 11 fire at a Keraniganj plastic factory, died yesterday morning -- raising the death toll to 22.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from Buriganga river in Fatullah area of Narayanganj’s Sadar upazila yesterday afternoon.

Three people died in two road accidents across two districts this weekend. A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident on Thakurgaon-Dinajpur highway at Jagannathpur village in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila yesterday afternoon, reports our Thakurgaon correspondent.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday stressed the need for a “sustainable security system” to continue the country’s development and ensure a safe abode for future generations.

BNP yesterday alleged that the nation has been left frustrated by the 21st council of Awami League as no direction regarding “restoration” of democracy and resolving the country’s problems came from it.

The row over giving vertical clearance to several railway bridges between Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and Bangladesh Railway (BR) has now reached the Cabinet Division.

Though the U-loop project from Uttara to Saatrasta was undertaken with an aim to ease traffic congestion in Dhaka, it could not be completed over the last three years due to land-related complications.

State-run Rajshahi Medical College Hospital has coloured-bins at all of its wards for separating hazardous and infectious medical waste from general ones.