Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabby, who was subjected to police torture for bribe, has rejected the report submitted to the Supreme Court over the incident. “I did not do anything, they grabbed me by my collar from the behind,” he tells The Daily Star hours after the report is filed to the apex court.

Eleven personalities have been declared recipients for Bangla Academy Sahitya Purashkar-2016.

Dhaka, one of the oldest metropolises in this part of the subcontinent, has crossed the enviable milestone of 400 years. The city, founded by the Mughals in the 17th century, was the economic capital of the Mughal Empire, and later saw rapid growth in urbanization during the British colonization in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Extra measures are to be taken in the Dhaka metro rail project to check noise, shock and vibration in key places like Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, Dhaka University and National Museum.

The prevailing gas crisis in Dhaka city will persist for three or four days, State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid says.

The housing minister says Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) cannot shrug off the responsibility of rampant commercialisation in Dhaka’s residential areas.

There is no legal bar now to file a case over the incident of police torture on a Bangladesh Bank official, says Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon.

In a move to save the major rivers around Dhaka, the government today made Effluent Treatment Plants a mandatory factor for the factories.

Around 275 to 300 roads under will be repaired soon, says DSCC Mayor Sayeed Khokon.

A war crimes tribunal in Dhaka rejects bail pleas for three war crimes accused who were allegedly involved in war crimes during 1971.

The Supreme Court has been requested to uphold the High Court order that directed police to record a case for police torture on Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabby.

One of the most beloved actresses in Bangladesh, Parveen Sultana Diti who has been diagnosed with brain cancer has been brought back to Dhaka from India and admitted to United Hospital in Gulshan.

Unidentified miscreants shoot a bKash distributor and snatch Tk 2 lakh from him in Hazaribagh area of Dhaka.

A total of 5000 bins will be set at different points of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) by 2016, its Mayor Sayeed Khokon has said.

Three separate bills are placed in the parliament in an amended form to double salaries and other allowances of the president, prime minister and cabinet members.

There were 1.14 lakh bank accounts having over Tk 1 crore each in the all of the country’s commercial banks in 2015, says finance minister AMA Muhith.

If entrusted with the management of city’s storm drainage system, Dhaka city corporations will play a role in resolving the acute urban flooding and water logging problem in the capital city, said Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq.

The HC asks explanation from the government on what steps were taken to remove dust, smoke and other deadly elements causing damage to people’s health in four city corporation areas including Dhaka north and south.

More than half of the primary school teachers are still unclear about creative education method introduced five years ago to bring a qualitative change.

A transport worker is crushed under a vehicle of Dhaka North City Corporation in the capital’s Gabtoli bus terminal area early today.