Coming down heavily on the government for looting money from different banks and inactions against loan defaulters, BNP MP Harunur Rashid yesterday told parliament that that all the banks were admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital due to their sorry state.

The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed the High Court decisions over declaring Laxmipur-2 constituency vacant, and to hold a by-election to this constituency on June 21.

Physical work of the country’s first ever underground metro rail -- from Dhaka Airport to Kamalapur -- is likely to begin in March next year, more than a year after the original plan, largely due to Covid-19 pandemic situation.

Hefajat-e-Islam’s former secretary general Mamunul Haque among 43 people has been sued for misappropriating Tk 20 crore.

Strong criticism of corruption and mismanagement in different ministries continued in parliament yesterday, as lawmakers from Jatiya Party and BNP came down heavily on the health minister and finance minister for their failure to curb corruption and stop money laundering.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government is going to enact a law to eliminate job uncertainty of journalists in both print and electronic media.

For the second consecutive day, a joint team of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and Dhaka district administration demolished illegal structures in Buriganga’s second channel yesterday.

The open market sale (OMS) service of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has brought much relief to the low- and lower-middle income groups in the port city recently, as prices of daily essentials, especially soybean oil, have shot up in retail market.

Authorities of National University have decided to promote 3,16,676 first-year students of academic session 2019-2020 to the second year.

Recruiting agencies yesterday urged the government to take immediate step to vaccinate migrant workers with Covid-19 vaccine on a priority basis, demanding at least 1,00,000 doses to mitigate a rising crisis.

The High Court yesterday granted ad-interim bail to BNP leader Nipun Roy Chowdhury in two arson and subversion cases, clearing the way of her walk out of jail.

A racket led by an IT officer of Dutch Bangla Bank Limited have allegedly embezzled Tk 2.57 crore by changing the electronic journal of the bank's ATM.

The cost of living in Dhaka city went up by 6.8 per cent in 2020 due to the hike in prices of commodities and services amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB).

A woman died after the gas cylinder of a truck exploded in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh Beribandh area yesterday. The deceased Salma Begum (30), a labourer, was on the truck at the time.

The High Court yesterday granted ad-interim bail to former Barishal City Corporation mayor Ahsan Habib Kamal, who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in a corruption case, clearing the way for him to walk out of jail.

The High Court yesterday stayed the process of recruitment of six teachers for Jahangirnagar University’s philosophy department till June 20.

Researchers have detected Chattogram’s first cases of the Covid-19 Delta variant, which was first found in India.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen inaugurated the newly established Bangabandhu Lounge at the Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the UN in New York on Monday.

Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) yesterday created a “Police Covid Oxygen Bank” to serve Covid-19 patients who require oxygen.

Retailers in Bangladesh are reluctant to hire women and persons with disabilities because of safety and security issues, and the perception that women have limited capacity to endure physical strain, found a recent survey.