Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says there will be no change in the post of party president in the AL’s 21st national council slated for December 20-21.

Students of Stamford University launches a protest demanding justice for Rubaiya Sharmin Rumpa, one of their fellows whose body was found in Siddheshwari area of Dhaka on Wednesday.

Nagarik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna criticises the government over the recent price hike of essential commodities.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary celebration next year, says Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will head a team of lawyers to hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague next week to defend the country against accusations of genocide against the Rohingya Muslims.

Noted cinematographer Mahfuzur Rahman Khan passes away at a hospital in Dhaka. He was 70.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims arrest of two members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from Dhaka’s Pallabi area.

Refuting the allegation of corruption against him, Ducsu vice president Nurul Haque Nur yesterday claimed that a “government-sponsored” conspiracy has been hatched to make him and his organisation appear controversial.

Documents of the Holey Artisan cafe attack case reached the High Court yesterday. The HC will use these documents to examine the court verdict that sentenced seven militants to death.

A strong criminal justice system is needed to protect women and ensure justice for them, suggested Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday.

The Department of Environment (DoE), in a drive yesterday, demolished five brick kilns and fined the owners Tk 23 lakh for causing severe environmental pollution in Savar’s Namagenda area, not far from Dhaka.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday expressed concern over people’s dishonesty in business, and urged newly graduated students to keep their integrity intact when working for the welfare of the nation.

Today is the third death anniversary of Mahbubul Hoque Shakil, former special assistant to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

After 14 years, the council of Sylhet district and city units of Awami League were held yesterday.

“Gonotantra Mukti Dibas” [Freedom of Democracy Day] will be observed in the country today, marking the fall of autocratic ruler HM Ershad in 1990.

Brac, one of the largest development organisations in the world, is scaling up its global ambition to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Two accused youths yesterday confessed to a court of killing a woman and a teenager, following altercation over money.

With a much-needed playground, walkway and a rooftop garden, “Outfall Staff Quarter Park” was inaugurated yesterday in the city’s Dhalpur area to provide a new green space to residents.

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A Dhaka court yesterday set January 2 for the hearing on a 10-day remand prayer sought for quizzing ward Councillor Tarequzzaman Rajib on a case filed over amassing wealth illegally.