The first convocation of Jagannath University (JnU) will be held on January 11 in 2020.

Law Minister Anisul Huq leaves Dhaka to attend the review meeting of the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) to be held at Geneva, capital of Switzerland, on July 30 and 31.

Two persons are killed in two separate incidents in Dhaka’s Jatrabari.

The High Court issues a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to repair 1,085 unauthorised level crossings and to deploy gatemen and ensure safety at the level crossings across the country.

An alleged robber is killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the health minister and two mayors of Dhaka to take steps for use of effective mosquito repellent to control dengue fever, says Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon says that the ongoing situation of dengue outbreak in the capital is alarming, and stresses that the authorities are doing everything to bring the situation under control.

The authorities of Dhaka University launches a 'cell counter centre' at the university's medical centre to diagnose dengue and count blood platelets.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) detains Partha Gopal Banik, deputy inspector general (prisons) in Sylhet range after it recovers Tk 80 lakh of “graft money” from his residence in Dhaka.

The government fixes the fees for the medical tests to diagnose dengue at all private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres across the country.

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) presses charges against eight members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam including sacked army major Zia in connection with the killing of LGBT magazine editor Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy in 2016.

The High Court directs the authorities concerned to stop production, distribution, sale, purchase and consumption of pasteurised milk of 14 companies for the next five weeks over presence of antibiotics and lead in the milk, which are harmful for human body.

A platform of students of Dhaka University burns effigies of the health minister and mayors of Dhaka south and north city corporations demanding their resignation over “failure in controlling dengue outbreak” in the capital and across the country.

Dhaka Medical College Hospital, like other hospitals in the capital, has been dealing with an outbreak of dengue fever which has resulted in growing number of patients being admitted to the hospital and in much higher numbers than its capacity.

A writ petition is filed with the High Court seeking its directives on the government to give Tk 5 crore compensation to the family of Taslima Begum Renu, who was killed in a mob beating in Dhaka’s Badda area on July 20.

Bangladesh must continue its effort in a convincing manner when it comes to water-related issues with India to get its due share of water, said Prof Asif Nazrul of Dhaka University’s law dept at a solo lecture yesterday.

Fahima Akther Sumona, 12, stood second in a drawing competition organised at Chittagong University (CU) three years ago.

Every day at the break of dawn, Yakub Ali heads out to his bakery at Nazira Bazar.

A worker was killed and four were injured in a gas pipeline explosion at a mill in Rupganj of Narayanganj yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in London on an official visit, has sent Bangladesh’s famous mangoes along with flowers to newly appointed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.