The government is planning a foreign diplomats’ visit to Bhasan Char. Over 7,000 Rohingyas have already been relocated to the island from Cox’s Bazar and more will be joining them in the coming days.

The High Court yesterday released the full text of its order in a suo moto rule seeking explanations from Bangladesh Bank why its officials concerned failed to detect and prevent irregularities, corruption, and money laundering and about steps taken against them.

Investigators have charged photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol with circulating indecent, defamatory, objectionable and fake information about some ministers, lawmakers and top Jubo Mahila League leaders on Facebook.

The High Court yesterday directed the Anti-Corruption Commission to inquire into forgery of a Bangladesh Bank document submitted with the bail petition of convicted lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul’s wife and daughter in a Tk 148.41 crore laundering case.

Saleha Khatun is 55 and suffers from some health issues. She could not register on surokkha.gov.bd to get Covid-19 vaccine as she had lost her National Identity card a long time ago.

The Bhadra, once a free-flowing river in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila, has been turned into a narrow canal over the years, thanks to encroachment by brick kilns run by local influential people, including elected representatives.

Detectives yesterday pressed charges against lawmaker Haji Salim’s son Mohammad Erfan Salim and four others in a case filed over the assault and attempted murder of a Navy officer in October last year.

The government is taking steps to engage the private healthcare sector in the mass Covid-19 vaccination campaign, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.

A probe body of Jatiya Muktijoddha Council will meet soon to look into the legal aspects of revoking gallantry awards given to late president Ziaur Rahman and killers of Bangabandhu and their patrons.

Six other cases filed over the killings of secular bloggers, writers and LGBT rights activists are either awaiting verdict or under trial.

“Banned militant outfit Ansar al Islam, also known as Ansarullah Bangla Team, waged jihad against bloggers, writers, and publishers to muzzle public voice, violate people’s right to freedom of expression and destroy the secular harmony of the nation.”

Zainul Haque Sikder, chairman of the renowned Sikder Group of Companies, passed away early yesterday in a hospital in Dubai, said a press release of the company.

The Padma Bridge Rail Link Project, the biggest project of Bangladesh Railway, is facing several challenges that may have an adverse impact on its cost and duration, officials said.

Criminals from at least six countries, including Bangladesh, have been found involved in the $81-million heist from Bangladesh Bank reserves with the New York Fed five years ago.

The High Court yesterday said it would not allow any “pick and choose policy” of the Anti-Corruption Commission.

The Indian authorities should investigate and prosecute newly alleged abuses by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the Bangladesh border, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.

More than 8.7 million people died in 2018 from fossil fuel pollution, significantly higher than previous reports suggested, researchers said yesterday.

The government plans to vaccinate all teachers as it aims to reopen educational institutions, which were closed on March 17 last year to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Police have pressed charges against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol, cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore, writer Mushtaq Ahmed and Rashtrochinta activist Didarul Islam Bhuiyan in two cases filed last year under the Digital Security Act.

Apart from investigating corruption allegations against individuals, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) carries out enquiries into different government organisations and institutions to find out scopes of graft and make recommendations for the respective authorities accordingly to prevent these at source.