Coming down heavily on the government for looting money from different banks and inactions against loan defaulters, BNP MP Harunur Rashid yesterday told parliament that that all the banks were admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital due to their sorry state.

The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed the High Court decisions over declaring Laxmipur-2 constituency vacant, and to hold a by-election to this constituency on June 21.

Physical work of the country’s first ever underground metro rail -- from Dhaka Airport to Kamalapur -- is likely to begin in March next year, more than a year after the original plan, largely due to Covid-19 pandemic situation.

For the second consecutive day, a joint team of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and Dhaka district administration demolished illegal structures in Buriganga’s second channel yesterday.

The open market sale (OMS) service of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has brought much relief to the low- and lower-middle income groups in the port city recently, as prices of daily essentials, especially soybean oil, have shot up in retail market.

Authorities of National University have decided to promote 3,16,676 first-year students of academic session 2019-2020 to the second year.

Recruiting agencies yesterday urged the government to take immediate step to vaccinate migrant workers with Covid-19 vaccine on a priority basis, demanding at least 1,00,000 doses to mitigate a rising crisis.

The High Court yesterday granted ad-interim bail to BNP leader Nipun Roy Chowdhury in two arson and subversion cases, clearing the way of her walk out of jail.

A racket led by an IT officer of Dutch Bangla Bank Limited have allegedly embezzled Tk 2.57 crore by changing the electronic journal of the bank's ATM.

Hefajat-e-Islam’s former secretary general Mamunul Haque among 43 people has been sued for misappropriating Tk 20 crore.

Strong criticism of corruption and mismanagement in different ministries continued in parliament yesterday, as lawmakers from Jatiya Party and BNP came down heavily on the health minister and finance minister for their failure to curb corruption and stop money laundering.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government is going to enact a law to eliminate job uncertainty of journalists in both print and electronic media.

The cost of living in Dhaka city went up by 6.8 per cent in 2020 due to the hike in prices of commodities and services amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB).

Researchers have detected Chattogram’s first cases of the Covid-19 Delta variant, which was first found in India.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen inaugurated the newly established Bangabandhu Lounge at the Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the UN in New York on Monday.

Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) yesterday created a “Police Covid Oxygen Bank” to serve Covid-19 patients who require oxygen.

Retailers in Bangladesh are reluctant to hire women and persons with disabilities because of safety and security issues, and the perception that women have limited capacity to endure physical strain, found a recent survey.

State Minister for Religious Affairs Ministry Faridul Haque Khan yesterday told parliament that no real Islamic scholar was arrested centering Hefajat-e Islam’s violent activities in late March in protest of Indian Prime Minister Narandra Modi’s visit in Bangladesh.

Thousands of students of Rajshahi University (RU), who were expecting to sit for their final examinations on university campus, are in uncertainty due to the lockdown imposed in Rajshahi.

Former Jatiya Party lawmaker MA Hannan, who was facing trial for allegedly committing crimes during the Liberation War, died of cancer yesterday. He was 86.