The High Court issues a rule asking the authorities to explain under what authority Prof M Abdus Sobhan is holding the office of vice chancellor of Rajshahi University.

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) has arranged USD1.3 billion financing for Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) to set up its Ghorasal Polash Urea Fertilizer Project (GPUFP).

The High Court comes down heavily on Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) for not complying with its 2011 directive over sealing all sewerage lines to Buriganga River and for making an untrue statement about sewerage lines connected to the river.

In a major reshuffle, 18 police officials of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) including officers-in-charge of eight police stations are transferred.

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court order that issued a ban on the inspection and training activities of Nirapon, an alliance of North American readymade garments (RMG) buyers in Bangladesh.

A student of Eden Mohila College, who was injured after falling off a running motorcycle in Dhaka’s Bijoy Sarani area on Saturday, dies at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

The recruiting agencies of Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia will shoulder all responsibilities of female workers as long as they remain in the kingdom.

Dhaka city corporation authorities will conduct mobile court drive against the sources of dust pollution, Mayor Sayeed Khokon says.

Prosecution witness Razia Rahman, widow of slain publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan, yesterday told a Dhaka court that some unknown militants killed her husband inside the office of Jagriti Prokashani on October 31, 2015.

Detectives of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) on Saturday night arrested three transport workers over attempting to sexually harass a female student of Chittagong University in a running bus on November 27.

Fuel supply came to a halt in 26 districts of three divisions as petrol pump and tank lorry owners and workers went on an indefinite strike since early hours of yesterday to press home their 15-point demand.

Four people were killed in road accidents across three districts in the last two days, report our correspondents and agencies.

DISCUSSION Marking the 22nd anniversary of CHT Peace Accord

A parliamentary body yesterday recommended carrying out dope tests of admission seekers at all universities, as part of the government’s move to free the country from the menace of narcotics.

Rab yesterday claimed to have arrested four members of the banned militant group Ansar al Islam from the city’s Khilkhet area.

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to maintain a status quo for three months on the possession of the office of Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a leading rights organisation, at Dhaka’s Lalmatia.

Management of severe childhood pneumonia by daycare approach is an alternative to hospitalisation, and can reduce the treatment cost by half, scientists of icddr,b at a seminar said yesterday.

A faction of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Chittagong University (CU) called an indefinite strike and vandalised police vans on the campus last night. This followed three days of infighting between two rival groups of BCL’s university unit.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain why it should not be directed to form a commission to make necessary recommendations for setting a standard of house rent and to appoint a rent controller at ward level.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday issued a warning saying that people who commit violence against women must be prepared for maximum punishment.