Ignoring widespread criticism, the government yesterday reappointed Taqsem A Khan as the Dhaka Wasa managing director for three more years.

The Prime Minister’s Office has formed a committee to review negotiated contract costs of three railways projects and whether the projects should go ahead as they have been planned.

In a bid to reduce further spread of Covid-19, the government has extended the closure of all educational institutions till October 31.

Terming China one of the most valued partners of Bangladesh for its socio-economic development, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has appreciated the East Asian country’s continued aid and support to Bangladesh during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Bangladesh has expressed its concern to the UN Security Council over the recent deployment of Myanmar troops on the Bangladesh border.

Despite grim predictions, remittance inflow stayed strong for the fourth straight month as expatriates sent home $2.15 billion last month, giving the country’s economy some relief amid the pandemic.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has lately witten to Law Minister Anisul Huq seeking amendment to the trafficking prevention law, to potentially leash the capacity of law enforcers in raiding recruitment agencies.

The Jatiya Sangsad was not as effective as expected in terms of legislation passed, representation of the people, and ensuring accountability of the government, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday said.

Advanced Level examinations of the October and November session are set to begin today amid the coronavirus pandemic, leaving many candidates and their guardians in utter dismay and anxiety.

A special CBI court in India yesterday acquitted all the 32 accused, including Bharatiya Janata Party veterans Lal Krishna Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti, in the 28-year-old case relating to the demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, saying “there is no conclusive proof” against them.

The High Court yesterday directed Brac Bank Ltd to pay Tk 15 lakh in compensation to jute mill worker Jaha Alam, who had been wrongly imprisoned for three years in place of the real accused in several corruption cases.

Video footage that went viral in social media clearly showed Ayesha Siddika Minni was trying to save her husband Rifat Sharif from the group of young men who killed him.

June 26, 2019 Rifat Sharif was murdered in broad daylight.

Ayesha Siddika Minni, the widow of slain Rifat Sharif, and five others were sentenced to death yesterday for killing the youth in broad daylight in Barguna in June last year.

The government yesterday requested Saudi Arabia and other major labour-receiving countries to address the problems of Bangladeshi migrant workers desperately waiting to go back to their workplaces.

Bangladesh should take an aggressive initiative to obtain effective yet low-cost antigen testing kits approved by the World Health Organization, said healthcare experts.

Human rights group Amnesty International stopped its work in India yesterday saying the government had frozen its bank accounts in the latest action against it for speaking out about rights violations.

In a bid to make a quick buck cashing in on the pandemic, several health officials purchased more than 20,000 fake N95 masks and supplied those to 10 hospitals for staffers treating Covid-19 patients.

The introduction of antigen tests for suspected Covid-19 patients still remains uncertain, as health officials are yet to start the process of procuring the kits, despite getting the nod from the government over a week ago.

Some 120 million rapid diagnostic tests for coronavirus will be made available to low- and middle-income countries at a maximum of $5 each, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.