Within a span of weeks, a second allegation of “death from wrong treatment” has been raised against Max Hospital in Chattogram, with a case filed this time by the aggrieved.

Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday urged all to be united to bring human rights violators to book.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday summoned 11 engineers of the Public Works Department (PWD), including incumbent additional chief engineer Utpal Kumar Dey, to quiz them over their alleged involvement in assisting GK Shamim in getting tenders and amassing illegal wealth.

Bangladeshi doctor Professor Akhtar Hussain has been elected president of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).

A Dhaka court yesterday directed the officer-in-charge (OC) of Shahbagh Police Station to submit a report by January 8, after a defamation case was filed against Dhaks University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) Vice President Nurul Haque Nur.

Different service providing agencies must work together to learn and engage with technology and formulate appropriate policies that will support smart city solutions in order to serve citizens better, speakers said at a seminar yesterday.

BNP yesterday claimed that no incident of minority repression occurred in the country when the party was in power.

Speakers at a discussion yesterday urged the government to bring qualitative changes in skills training for female migrant workers to ensure their safety abroad.

Noting that financing gap is the main challenge for Bangladesh to attain Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, President Abdul Hamid yesterday called for cooperation among nations, including developed countries, to be more active in mobilising required funds.

A defamation lawsuit has been filed against Nurul Haque Nur, vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) for allegedly tarnishing image of the student body by “indulging in corruption”.

The High Court rejects the bail petition filed by suspended director of Anti-Corruption Commission Khandaker Enamul Basir in a case filed over the transaction of Tk 40 lakh as bribe.

Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) has fixed the examination dates for the written tests of the 40th BCS.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) presses charges against former chief justice SK Sinha and 10 others in a case filed under Money Laundering Act.

The High Court rules that "Joy Bangla" slogan must be used at first and last of all the state programmes including the Victory Day and Independence Day.

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), a legal aid and human rights organisation, demands an independent inquiry commission to investigate all sorts of rights violation including rape, extrajudicial killing and enforced disappearance in the country.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 is to deliver verdict in a case filed against a Rajshahi man for allegedly committing crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.

The Cabinet yesterday approved the draft speech of President Abdul Hamid to be delivered at 11th parliament’s first session of 2020.

Investigators are waiting for the forensic report and other circumstantial evidence in order to reach a conclusion over Stamford University student Rubaiyat Sharmin Rumpa’s death.

Although Bangladesh is making gradual progress in terms of hunger reduction, the country is still on the list of states where the hunger situation is serious, according to Global Hunger Index 2019.

Two secondary school certificate (SSC) candidates were among four killed in the last two days in three separate accidents across the country.