The BNP yesterday announced its mayoral candidates for the January 30 Dhaka city polls while the ruling Awami League said it would name its nominees today.

Saifuzzaman Khan Mintu was returning to Dhaka with his three children and wife yesterday after a long-awaited trip to Bandarban.

Charging the wrong person, bribe scam involving its own official, going soft on the influential corrupt people, and graft charges against political leaders and government officials kept the Anti-Corruption Commission a hot topic in 2019.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the VIPs to follow the airport security rules and warned that anyone flouting those would face air travel restrictions in future.

River polluters should be not only fined but also punished with jail terms, recommends the National River Conservation Commission.

The Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League’s (BBPL’s) second Dhaka phase kicked off yesterday in Mirpur, with table-toppers Chattogram Challengers winning a low-scoring day match and Khulna Tigers thumping lowly Rangpur Rangers by 52 runs in the night game at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

First impressions are the most lasting, it is often said. And in case of cities and countries, it is often airports that provides that.

Both the ruling Awami League and the BNP were struggling to pick councillor candidates for the January 30 Dhaka north and south city corporation elections after multiple aspirants collected nomination forms for each post.

A new student alliance -- Santrash Birodhi Chhatra Oikya -- was formed yesterday on the Dhaka University campus to combat violence.

A mild cold wave, which is sweeping over the regions of Panchagarh, Dinajpur and Nilphamari, may continue and spread, according to the Met office.

Sometimes things have to go wrong in order to go right, American author Sherrilyn Kenyon once said.

A suspected robber was killed in a “gunfight” with police at Nateswar in Sonaimuri upazila of Noakhali early yesterday.

Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur and 28 other activists of Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Adhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad have now been accused in an attempted murder case.

People of lower-income group in the northern region have been immensely suffering for the last few days as a cold wave sweeping over the country.

Keeping in mind the party’s future leadership, the BNP wants to bank on young faces for the Dhaka north and south city elections scheduled to be held on January 30.

The ruling Awami League is likely to pick a new face as its candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation mayoral polls, but it appears to be in a dilemma about choosing its mayor aspirant for Dhaka North City Corporation.

Nine ministers have been dropped from the central working committee of the ruling Awami League as it continues efforts to separate itself from the government.

The inspector general of police needs to take necessary measures to ensure quick probe into allegations against law enforcers and actions against those found guilty, the High Court has observed in the full text of a verdict.

Amid an outbreak of winter illnesses, at least 5,945 people took treatment at government facilities in the 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday.

The country’s politics, which has mostly been in a hiatus since the last general election a year ago, is likely to heat up ahead of Dhaka north and south city corporation polls on January 30.