National Security Intelligence (NSI) Director Brig Gen Ziaul Ahsan has been co-opted to investigate the cause behind the technical glitch in the Biman special flight that carried Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Hungary on November 27.

Terming Myanmar’s Rohingya issue as “sensitive,” Foreign Minister Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali tells the parliament that Bangladesh is trying to resolve the growing Rohingya crisis using different international channels.

The government recognises 12 non-resident Bangladeshis as commercially important persons (CIPs) for their outstanding contribution to the country’s economy by remitting foreign currencies and importing Bangladeshi products abroad in 2015.

The law ministry and the Supreme Court tell High Court that lower judges, public prosecutors, and police concerned do not comply with the provision for the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, 2000.

Bangladesh ambassador to Bhutan Jishnu Roy Choudhury has been sent into retirement. The public administration ministry issues a notification to this end.

The Supreme Court stays till December 8 a High Court directive that had restrained Pubali Bank Ltd’s Chairman Habibur Rahman and its Director Kabiruzzaman Yakub from discharging duties for the bank.

Mozammel Haq Khan, senior secretary to the home ministry has been made Public Administration ministry secretary. The public administration ministry issues a gazette notification in this regard.

There will be no compromise with the security of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon says at the parliament.

Thirteenth session of the 10th parliament will continue till December 12, the Business Advisory Committee of the Jatiya Sangsad decides.

Three under-trial prisoners, who have been serving in jail for over 16 years, secure bail from the High Court in separate murder cases.

Nagorik Odhikar Sangrokkhan Sangram Parishad has called for a six-hour hartal (strike) in Rajshahi city on December 11 to press home its four-point demand including reduction of increased holding tax imposed by Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC).

All people with disabilities to get smart identity cards by the end of December 2017.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold a press conference to brief the media about the outcomes of her recent Hungary tour.

United Nations requests Bangladesh for a infantry battalion composed of 850 personnel for a peacekeeping mission in Sudan.

The historic Shat Gambuj Mosque along with the museum on its compound is a great archaeological asset of Bangladesh, US Ambassador to Dhaka Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat said yesterday.

The Supreme Court gives seven days to the government to finalise the rules determining the discipline of lower court judges in line with its guidelines.

Bangladesh receives the design of Jatiya Sangsad prepared by world famous American architect Louis I Kahn, leading to the restoration of the JS Complex’s original design.

Reiterating her government's "zero tolerance policy" against terrorism and militancy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that none will be allowed to use Bangladesh's soil for terrorist acts against any country.

US Ambassador to Dhaka Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat says that the historic Shat Gambuj Mosque in Bagerhat with its cultural diversity is a blessing for the earth.

Law Minister Anisul Huq has expressed hopes that Bangladesh will get back the stolen money of Bangladesh Bank from Philippines.