Newly-appointed Principal Staff Officer (PSO) of the Armed Forces Division Waqar-uz-Zaman was adorned with the rank badge of lieutenant general at a function in presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Gono Bhaban yesterday afternoon.

A Dhaka court today adjourned till January 7 the hearing on charge framing against expelled Dhaka South Jubo League president Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in two cases filed under the arms and narcotics control acts.

Investigation officer of Sylhet’s Murari Chand College rape case will submit charge sheet soon as the DNA test reports were handed over to him today.

In an effort to ease children’s loneliness during the pandemic, International Publishers Association (IPA), World Health Organization (WHO) and

Rab yesterday night arrested a man on charge of raping his sister-in-law for multiple times throughout last three months in Gazipur.

To meet the public’s expectations, there is no alternative to making investigation and prosecution processes as flawless as possible, said Iqbal Mahmood, chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday.

The Election Commission has cancelled the registration of Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) as a political party as it failed to meet the condition of maintaining the registration.

The government has agreed on principle to bring “middlemen” in the labour migration sector under an accountability framework, expatriates’ welfare ministry secretary Ahmed Munirus Saleheen said yesterday.

The 21st death anniversary of Syed Mahbubul Haque (Benu Mia), a prominent freedom fighter in Magura, will be observed today (Monday, November 30).

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday submitted a writ petition before the High Court seeking its directive on the government to form a high powered inquiry committee to probe the violation of fundamental rights of the children in the three child development centres of the country.

Women of coastal and flood-prone areas are already marginalised and now there is added challenge of Amphan, early marriage, the added burden of unpaid care work, destroyed livelihood, and gender-based violence, said speakers at an online roundtable yesterday.

Today marks the third death anniversary of former Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq.

Family members of an alleged human trafficker reportedly launched an attack on the residence of one of the victims right after he was arrested by Rapid Action Battalion on Saturday at Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh.

A housewife was possibly beaten and later burnt to death in her flat by unidentified miscreants in Dhaka’s Kafrul area.

Journalists working at Rajshahi University (RU) today issued a 24-hour ultimatum to withdraw a complaint filed against their fellow, Mortuza Noor, RU correspondent of Bangladesh Pratidin.

Twenty-nine people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Over a year ago, a wave of protests swept Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU) in Gopalganj with the students taking to the streets over allegations of corruption and abuse of power against their vice-chancellor.

Lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam’s wife, daughter and sister-in-law have sought anticipatory bail from the High Court in a corruption case involving Tk 148.41 crore.

Fresh protests have erupted in Bandarban among Mro people against the initiative to build a five-star hotel and amusement park at Kaprupara, Dolapara and Shong Nam Hung of 302 Lulaing Mouza and 355 Sepru Mouza in the hilly district.

Activists of a faction of Muktijuddho Moncho yesterday blocked the capital’s Shahbagh intersection for an hour, demanding arrest of two leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam and Islami Andolan Bangladesh for opposing establishment of Bangabandhu’s sculpture.