Education minister Dipu Moni yesterday said legal steps would be taken against educational institutions that have provided “false information” to be included in the monthly pay order (MPO) scheme.

Road Transport and Highway Division Secretary Nazrul Islam yesterday said the government will start implementation of Road Transport Act 2018 from next month, without making “any change” as it has pledged to ensure road safety.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed two separate cases against Mohammedan Sporting Club director (in-charge) M Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan and alleged online casino kingpin Salim Prodhan, for amassing wealth illegally.

Detectives today arrested another suspect in Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case.

The government will take stern actions against recruiting agents for their irregularities in sending Bangladeshi workers in Saudi Arabia that is deporting thousands of migrants though they had valid work permits.

Rapid Action Battalion presses charges against SM Golam Kibria Shamim popularly known as GK Shamim and his seven bodyguards for possessing illegal firearms.

The Supreme Court scraps a High Court order that granted bail to Mizanur Rahman Chaklader, an agent of Chattagram’s Clearing and Forwarding Agents' Association (C&F), in a case filed on charge of duty dodging and smuggling.

Blaming the company-based bus service in Dhaka city as the root cause of extortion in the transport sector, Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association demands the authority to change the system.

The authorities of Dhaka University publishes the revised results of its ‘Ka’ unit admission test for the academic session 2019-2020.

The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) seizes a huge quantity of illegal liquor and casino equipment from the house of Aziz Mohammad Bhai, an industrialist and film producer, in Gulshan-2 of Dhaka.

The rail communication between Dhaka and Narayanganj remain suspended following a derailment of a Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) train in Fatullah of Narayanganj.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has issued show-cause notices on 19 councillors from general wards and two from reserved seats for being absent in over three board meetings.

Around 173 Bangladeshi workers area deported from Saudi Arabia, as the authorities in the Kingdom are continuing to send back the workers.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against Mohammedan Sporting Club director (in-charge) M Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan and online casino businessman Salim Prodhan for amassing wealth illegally.

A Dhaka court has placed contractor SM Golam Kibria Shamim and expelled Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan on a seven-day remand each in two separate corruption cases.

After visiting Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar that hosted over 1.1 million forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, New York State Senators are planning to ask their federal colleagues to put more efforts in ensuring sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh.

New York senators want to be the messengers of a youthful and positive Bangladesh, which is witnessing a significant growth in economic and social sectors, and facilitate more business and educational exchanges between the two countries.

A national adolescent and youth conclave was held at Bangla Academy in the capital recently by Unite for Body Rights (UBR) Bangladesh Alliance.

Jamuna, the female gharial in Rajshahi Zoo, laid eggs after two years of a pioneering attempt for captive breeding of the freshwater reptile that is listed as “critically endangered” on the IUCN Red List.

Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) is cleaning up spilled oil from Karnaphuli river, following a collision between an oil tanker and a lighter vessel on early Friday.