Arrest warrants are issued against Bangla daily Prothom Alo Editor and Publisher Matiur Rahman, Deputy Editor Anisul Hoque and eight others in a case filed over the death of Naimul Abrar Rahat, a ninth-grader of Dhaka Residential Model College.

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) presses charges against four people in Sagira Morshed murder case.

A petition has been filed with the Supreme Court seeking its directives on the Election Commission (EC) to stay Dhaka north and south city corporations’ polls on January 30 as it coincides with Saraswati Puja.

Around fifty students of Dhaka University go on a hunger strike unto death demanding deferral of the two city corporation elections that coincides with Saraswati Puja, a major religious festival of the Hindus.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader urges those who have been demanding deferral of the two city corporation elections, to stop their protest and accept the High Court order delivered in this regard.

Flight operation at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport remains suspended due to dense fog.

Commuters crossing Mirpur Road in Dhaka have been suffering immensely as several hundred garments workers took to the streets in Shyamoli halting traffic movement demanding arrears and bonuses.

A man allegedly strangles his wife and a daughter over “family feud” in Khagdohor Ghonti area of Mymensingh city.

BNP’s mayor candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation Tabith Awal yesterday complained that polls code is being violated incessantly but the Election Commission is not doing anything about it even after complaints were lodged in this regard.

The Information Commission has to play a pivotal role in upholding the true spirit of Right to Information (RTI) Act -- not only for people’s empowerment but also for enhancing the government’s image, noted RTI advocates said at a seminar in the capital yesterday.

Rift between Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader and the party’s chief patron Raushan Ershad became evident yesterday again, after Raushan “appointed” 16 JP leaders including her son Saad Ershad to different top-level posts of the party.

Kuala Lumpur and Dhaka are close to finalising the zero-cost recruitment agreement that will facilitate the hiring of Bangladeshis into the Southeast Asian country soon.

A Dhaka court yesterday took cognizance of charges against expelled Jubo League leader Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan in connection with an arms case.

At least eight people were killed and seven injured in road accidents across the country in the last two days, our correspondents and news agencies report.

Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative (PR) to the United Nations, has unanimously been elected president of the Unicef Executive Board at elections held on Tuesday at UN Headquarters in New York.

The High Court yesterday stayed the results of 669 qualified candidates from Nilphamari and Barguna districts in the government primary school teacher recruitment examinations for six months on charges of violation of relevant rules.

A Dhaka court yesterday granted ad-interim bail to four top incumbent and former officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, after they surrendered in a case filed over scam in recruiting 30 pilot cadets.

Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) yesterday announced five winners of Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, a social initiative that encourages and promotes promising entrepreneurs.

A Dhaka court will decide on January 21 whether to accept the charges against 25 accused in connection with the killing of Buet student Abrar Fahad in October last year.

Customs intelligence yesterday seized 24 gold bars weighing 24 kilogrammes from an aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.