The High Court yesterday gave the government a couple of months’ time to take action against those involved in anomalies worth tens of crores of taka, in purchase of furniture and appliances for officials of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday arrested a former manager of Agrani Bank’s Bandarban Bazar Branch on the charge of swindling Tk 27,70,000 in collaboration with four others.

Suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Mizanur Rahman was shown arrested yesterday in a case filed for transaction of Tk 40 lakh as bribe.

Deputy Minister for Education Barrister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel yesterday said most private universities are not playing their role in propagating knowledge through research.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to make a masterplan to curb the acute traffic jam in Dhaka and to submit it to the court within the next three months.

Five people were killed and another was injured in road accidents in four districts over the last two days, according to our correspondents.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) yesterday announced a 15-day mosquito eradication programme through visiting homes with the aim of checking the current dengue outbreak.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) raided a house used for manufacturing counterfeit notes in Rajshahi city yesterday and arrested three persons with fake Indian currencies worth Rs10 lakh and printing materials.

Demonstrating students of Dhaka University yesterday announced that they will continue their movement demanding cancellation of seven colleges’ affiliation with the university, as the authorities have not given assurance of scrapping the affiliation.

The High Court yesterday gave Green Line Paribahan one more week to pay the first installment of Tk 5 lakh to Russel Sarker, who lost his leg after its bus ran him over last year.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked Bangladesh envoys in European countries to pursue the economic diplomacy alongside, as she joined the first-ever Bangladeshi envoys’ conference in London.

A law on right to food has to be enacted and implemented to ensure adequate amount of food and nutrition for the poor, said speakers at a dialogue yesterday.

The ill-fated yellow-coloured taxicab was overtaking a bus near the bridge over Turag river in Savar, an eyewitness says.

The government has appointed 70 Supreme Court lawyers as deputy attorney general (DAG) for dealing cases on behalf of the state before the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the SC.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has pressed charges against 23 officials of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd, including seven former managing directors, in a case filed over misappropriation of over Tk 243.28 crore.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) announces a 15-day mosquito eradication crash programme through visiting all doors of the city dwellers.

Rapid Action Battalion have arrested 14 members of an “organised teenage gang” and recovered an SBBL gun from their possession in Uttara area of Dhaka.

Suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Mizanur Rahman has been shown arrested in a case filed for transaction of Tk 40 lakh as bribe.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ICT Affairs Adviser and son Sajeeb Wazed Joy blasts the US embassy alleging that it is "the one that had an ulterior motive" behind what Priya Biswas Saha told Donald Trump recently.

The High Court directs the Green Line Paribahan to give Tk five lakh of first installment by July 28 to Russel Sarker, who lost his leg after one of its buses ran him over in April last year.