The High Court will deliver its verdict on November 3 on the rule issued over the formation of a commission in order to look into the irregularities and corruption in the banking sector including giving out loans and waiving interest in the last two decades.

A process is underway to spread Biman’s wing to five more international routes including Manchester, Narita and New York by 2020, State Minister for Civil Aviation Mahbub Ali says.

The High Court grants eight-week anticipatory bail to a 12-year-old boy of Cox’s Bazar in a human trafficking case in which he was showed 22 years old in 2018.

Health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is now stable with significant improvement in some cases, the authorities of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University says.

The Awami League-led 14-party alliance says the coalition is satisfied with the explanation given by Workers Party of Bangladesh President Rashed Khan Menon over his remark on December 30 parliamentary polls.

The High Court orders the government not to harass or arrest Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus until November 7 in three cases filed on charge of sacking three employees of Grameen Communications.

Unicef Bangladesh yesterday recognised 45 media professionals for reporting on child rights, through handing over the Meena Media Award at a city hotel.

On the occasion of Global Climathon Day, a solutions-hackathon was organised at The Daily Star Centre by Gen Lab, a youth engagement platform, on October 25-26. This hackathon is a part of Climathon, a global year-round programme initiated by EIT Climate-KIC, the EU’s main climate innovation initiative, said a press release.

Department of Environment yesterday fined owner of an oil tanker Tk 3 crore for polluting the environment by spilling oil in Karnaphuli River.

A Chattogram court yesterday placed a suspended sub-inspector (SI) of police and his brother-in-law on two-day remand, in a case filed over beating a ship-breaking yard worker to death over allegation of cellphone theft last Monday in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram.

A child died after a microbus hit her in T&T area in ​​Khagrachhari Sadar upazila around 9:30am yesterday.

The High Court yesterday ordered the authorities of a launch, MV Yead, to give Tk 3 lakh for treatment of Jaima Newaz Tisha, a child who lost toes of her right leg after the vessel hit her at Fatullah launch terminal in December, 2017.

Stressing the need for raising public awareness to prevent food adulteration, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder yesterday urged all to socially boycott those involved in adulteration.

The ongoing “cleansing operation” is not just an eyewash, rather action will be taken against wrongdoers irrespective of their political identities, said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday.

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BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday voiced grave concern over the well-being of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

The proposed law on clean air must be more focused and specific to achieve its goal of tackling rampant air pollution in the country, said leading environmentalists and officials at a discussion in the capital yesterday.

PepsiCo Global has launched the call for nominations for the Faraaz Hossain Courage Award.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) issued show-cause notice to 19 ward councillors and two women councillors of reserved seats, for being absent in board meetings for more than three consecutive times.

Education minister Dipu Moni yesterday said legal steps would be taken against educational institutions that have provided “false information” to be included in the monthly pay order (MPO) scheme.