The Anti-Corruption Commission is not sure whether the finance minister’s recent proposal for giving money launderers the scope to legalise money theylaundered out of the country would hamper investigations against money launderers.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday told parliament that a letter was sent to the Department of Posts and Telecommunications to block the links and cancel the domain registrations of 179 online news portals that spread confusion among people.

About 35,000 people of 49 villages in Kurigram’s Roumari have been suffering from shortage of drinking water and food since flood hit the upazila on June 11.

The High Court yesterday blasted the Anti-Corruption Commission and the police for their failure to arrest the 15 accused of a case filed for the embezzlement of Tk 176 crore from AB Bank.

Thirteen union parishads in Chattogram’s Banshkhali upazila are set to hold elections today.

Former Ducsu vice-president Nurul Haque Nur has been sued under the Digital Security Act in Chattogram for allegedly making “derogatory remarks” about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury Nowfel.

The information ministry yesterday submitted to the High Court a draft of the OTT (Over-The-Top) regulations prohibiting broadcast of news or talk-shows, except for the contents defined in the draft, on the OTT platforms.

The medical board at Evercare Hospital yesterday decided to keep BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia under close observation for a few more days.

Opposition lawmakers from the BNP, Jatiya Party and Gonoforum yesterday blasted the law enforcement agencies for their “involvement in various offences”, including enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.

Illegal migrant crossings into the European Union rose by 82 percent between January and May compared to the same period in 2021, the European border agency said yesterday.

French troops were yesterday handing back a military base in northeastern Mali ahead of a final withdrawal from the Sahel nation, France’s army said, after nine years fighting a jihadist insurgency.

The death toll from the Sitakunda container depot fire now stands at 48 after the police yesterday recovered human remains from the debris, 10 days after the deadly blast.

Ukraine said yesterday its forces have been pushed back from the centre of the eastern city of Severodonetsk, where fighting with Russia has raged for weeks.

The Election Commission has postponed the polls to Arankhola Union Parishad in Tangail’s Madhupur upazila.

Another Russian national working in Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project died in Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila, police said yesterday.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday urged all to maintain health protocols as Covid cases in the country rose for the 12th consecutive day.

Transparency International Bangladesh yesterday said the Election Commission can give suggestions to the government or the authorities concerned on how the polls-time government should conduct itself.

The recent reshuffle in the Anti-Corruption Commission would hamper investigation of many high-profile corruption cases, said officials who have been transferred.

After a meeting with Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmed on June 1, Malaysian Human Resources Minister M Saravanan said the migration cost for the Bangladeshis going to Malaysia under the new deal would be zero.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against former boss of Directorate General of Health Services Abul Kalam Azad and five others in a case filed over embezzling government funds.