A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the bail petitions of suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman in connection with two corruption cases file by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

The High Court yesterday directed the government to form an action plan in 90 days to phase out Glyphosate containing pesticides, including Roundup, and to introduce safe alternatives.

The High Court directs the government to form an action plan in 90 days in order to stop the use of Glyphosate containing hazardous pesticides including Roundup and to introduce safe alternative to Glyphosate containing pesticides.

A delegation of a parliamentary body is going to ASEAN country Cambodia on a three-day visit for a discussion on repatriation of Rohingyas.

Returning Officer of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Abul Kashem warns that stern action will be taken if irregularities are found against anyone including the candidates during the upcoming city corporation elections.

The government will not tolerate any irregularities in the overseas employment sector, says Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Imran Ahmad.

High Court issues a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to appoint counsellors or clinical psychologists at all educational institutions across the country in order to develop students’ morality.

Three crude bombs have blasted near Kalabhaban (Arts buildings) at Dhaka University (DU).

A Dhaka court orders police to publish an advertisement in two national dailies asking four fugitives in Abrar Fahad murder case to appear before it on January 13.

A total of 118 members of police and Rapid Action Battalion have received prestigious police medals for their outstanding performance in the last one year.

Speakers at a roundtable yesterday urged the government to include transgender people into the mainstream to ensure their rights, as this community lags far behind others.

Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) yesterday arrested three cleaners of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with 20 gold bars weighing around 2.32 kilogrammes.

Wetlands in the capital city declined to 4.38 percent from 14.25 percent in the last 20 years due to unplanned urbanisation, a new study finds.

A 12-year-old was killed and his parents were injured after a passenger bus ran over their motorcycle at Bhatkura area in Tangail Sadar upazila yesterday.

An eighth-grader who was allegedly raped in Narail’s Lohagara upazila, and later attempted to take her own life, passed away at the ICU of Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) yesterday.

Today is the eighth death anniversary of Samson H Chowdhury, the founder of Square Group.

DISCUSSION Birth Anniversary of Palli Kabi Jasimuddin

Bangladesh has to find alternative sources of funding to increase its capacity of combating climate change, as member countries of the United Nations failed to reach any consensus on ways to implement the Paris Agreement in the latest COP-25 conference, speakers at a press conference said yesterday.

Anwar Hossain Manju and Sheikh Shahidul Islam have been re-elected chairman and general secretary of Jatiya Party (Manju) for next three years at the party’s triennial council.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that Awami League is heading towards establishing “dynastic politics with an aim to materialise a one-party state”.