Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar yesterday urged the commission to issue a specific circular stating that lawmakers and ministers will not be able to take part in any election-related activities during the upcoming Dhaka city corporations’ polls.

The High Court yesterday granted anticipatory bail to former BNP minister Nazmul Huda’s wife Sigma Huda and their two daughters -- Antara Selima Huda and Srabanti Amina Huda -- for eight weeks in two separate money laundering cases involving Tk 6.73 crore.

Awami League-backed candidate Moslem Uddin Ahmed won the by-election to Chattogram-8 constituency yesterday amid a low turnout of voters, reports BSS.

A Dhaka court places a sub-inspector of Detective Branch of police on a two-day remand in connection with a robbery case.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has received 14,037 complaints regarding mobile operators’ services in 2019, according to a report.

The government has appointed Md Fashiullah as the director general of the Directorate of Primary Education (DPE).

Law enforcers arrested a boy in connection with an attack on Liberation War Museum Trustee Dr Sarwar Ali at his home in the capital’s Uttara on January 5, according to Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI).

A Dhaka court has granted ad-interim bail to 10 officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines after they surrendered seeking bail in a case filed for embezzling over Tk 118 crore through misuse of power.

A Narayanganj court places two accused on a two-day remand each in connection with a case of gang-raping a ninth-grader in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj on Thursday.

The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict tomorrow on an appeal filed by convicted war criminal Syed Mohammad Qaisar challenging the death penalty handed to him by a war crimes tribunal in 2014.

The High Court has granted anticipatory bail to former minister Nazmul Huda’s wife Sigma Huda and their two daughters for eight weeks in two separate money laundering cases involving Tk 6.73 crore.

The High Court summons the director general of the Department of Environment (DoE) asking him to appear before it on February 2 to explain why air pollution in Dhaka could not be reduced.

The High Court is to deliver its order tomorrow on a writ petition that sought a directive on the Election Commission to defer the date (January 30) of Dhaka city corporation elections, as Saraswati Puja is also on that day.

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar urges the Election Commission to issue a circular with specific directives on electoral code of conduct so that no “confusion” can arise ahead of the Dhaka city corporation election.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) claims to have arrested Enamul Haque Enu and his brother Rupon Bhuiyan for their alleged link with casino business.

Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case has been transferred to Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judges’ Court from Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate for its trial.

Flight operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport are disrupted for around six hours due to dense fog.

Voting in the by-elections to Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali-Chandgaon) constituency is progressing peacefully.

A Faridpur court yesterday sent three doctors of Faridpur Medical College Hospital to jail in a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commsission (ACC).

A vaccination campaign against rubella (German measles) began at Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar and nearby areas yesterday.