Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar yesterday alleged that activities of executive magistrates deployed to monitor the violation of election code of conduct in Dhaka city polls were not visible.

The existing stock of 10.63 trillion cubic feet gas will end within 11 years if the current rate of production (2,570 million cubic feet per day) continues, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid told the parliament yesterday.

Counter-terrorism officials yesterday claimed to have arrested two members of militant group ‘Neo-JMB’, including the leader of a cell that was responsible for the attacks on police at five separate places in the capital last year.

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) yesterday welcomed the recent High Court directive on formation of a commission to stop rape and violence against women.

A two-day long international conference on “Revisiting International Relations (IR): Critical Reflections on 100 Years” concluded yesterday at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban Auditorium of Dhaka University (DU).

A bill was placed in parliament yesterday, aimed at offering 49 percent shares of the state-owned Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) to the share market, and modernising the transport sector of the country.

A cattle trader was killed after a “Nasiman” (locally-made battery-run three-wheeler) carrying him plunged into a roadside ditch in Baliadangi of Thakurgaon on Sunday.

Cumilla University teacher Md Ali Rezwan Talukder, head of English department, has been relieved from all academic activities of evening master’s course, after a female student of the programme accused him of sexual harassment.

The 51st death anniversary of Shaheed Asad was observed in Barishal city yesterday. Marking the day, district unit of Shaheed Asad Parishad organised a programme in front of Ashwini Kumar Hall.

Passengers who have travelled to China in the last 14 days and have flu-like symptoms will be screened at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, airport authorities say.

A bill titled “Electoral Rolls (Amendment) Bill 2020” is placed in parliament aimed at extending the deadline for updating voters’ list till March 2 instead of January 31 every year.

The High Court directs the Department of Environment (DoE) to immediately shut down a total of 231 industries in Dhaka metropolitan area near Buriganga River.

The Election Commission (EC) publishes the draft of an updated voter list with the registration of over 67 lakh new voters.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller says they hope that the elections to Dhaka city corporations will be credible, peaceful and festive.

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar alleges that activities of executive magistrates deployed to monitor the violation of election code of conduct in Dhaka city polls are not visible.

The High Court seeks a report on the “mismanagement” in traffic signal system in Dhaka.

They were sentenced to death for firing on a procession with a truck carrying the then AL chief Sheikh Hasina in 1988 that killed 24 people.

Bangladeshi expats stage a demonstration in Canada’s Toronto, demanding punishment for those involved in laundering money from Bangladesh to the North American country.

Police cannot avoid responsibility if an accused dies by suicide in their custody, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam says.

Two members of Neo-JMB -- an ultra-radical offshoot of the banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) -- were arrested for their alleged involvement with the attacks on police at five places in Dhaka last year.