BNP terms the yesterday’s High Court verdict that scrapped the 16th constitutional amendment as “historical”.

Bangladesh Press Council Chairman Justice Md Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed yesterday categorically said no changes would be brought to the Press Council Act if journalists opposed.

The Jatiya Sangsad has again lost the power to remove Supreme Court judges on grounds of incapacity or misconduct as the High Court yesterday scrapped the 16th constitutional amendment that restored the parliament's authority. The HC declared that the amendment is illegal, unconstitutional and against the principles of the separation of state powers and the independence of the judiciary.

A man has allegedly hack his wife to death over a family feud in Kalyanpur area of Dhaka, cops say.

It’s hard not to punch your fist in the air and say ‘Yes!!’ when you read something like ‘HC move to stop wrong side driving in Dhaka’. Finally, someone is doing something about this preposterous level of highhandedness displayed by people who are either truly very important or think they are very important.

Bangladesh, India and Myanmar must work together for better conservation, production and management of hilsa, as they produce more than 90 percent of global production, said officials at a regional seminar in Dhaka yesterday.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule upon the authorities concerned to explain by two weeks as to why they should not be directed to stop vehicles running on the wrong side of roads in Dhaka.

Bangladesh and Kuwait yesterday pledged to work together against the twin dangers presented by terrorism and extreme violence to the Muslim community worldwide. The two countries also reached a consensus to further expand cooperation in the fields of economy, investment, trade, energy, manpower, military and ICT.

Customs intelligence seizes a luxury sports car worth around Tk 10 crore from Banani area in Dhaka that was purchased by dodging tax.

A Dhaka court has placed five alleged militants, who were deported from Singapore, on seven-day remand each in connection with a case filed under the anti-terrorism act.

High Court has issued a rule upon the authorities concerned to explain by two weeks as to why they should not be directed to stop plying of vehicles on the wrong side of roads in Dhaka city.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police will not allow use of stickers on vehicles identifying various professions like journalists, police and lawyers.

Investigators have found evidence against 13 suspects of Mymensingh, Jamalpur and Patuakhali for their alleged crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal holds a lengthy and extensive discussion with top officials of the Foreign Ministry on US-Bangladesh partnership and combating terrorism and extremism.

Mahfuzur Rashid Ferdous, a teacher of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology in Dhaka, has been placed on a two-day remand in a case filed over sexual harassment.

Fire that broke out at a slum in Dhaka’s densely populated East Raja Bazar neighbourhood has been brought under control after around one and a half hours.

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow for a two day official visit to Bangladesh.

Police presses charges against BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 42 others in an arson case filed with Paltan Police Station.

The overall inflation rate has dropped by 0.04 percentage point to 5.61 percent in April.

A man is killed and six others are injured as a bus hit two private cars at Gabtoli in Dhaka.