Awami League yesterday nominated Mohammad Habib Hasan and Tanvir Shakil Joy as the party candidates for by-polls to Dhaka-18 and Sirajganj-1, as the Election Commission set the date for the by-polls on November 12.

About 164 Bangladeshis were repatriated yesterday in a charter flight from war-torn Libya.

Bangladesh and USA have formally signed an air transport agreement yesterday. From now on, this agreement will act as the primary basis to resume flight operation between the two countries.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday said they will take steps to recover the heritage of Dhaka city.

A man allegedly stabbed his two children, killing his daughter, and then tried to take his own life at their residence in Hazaribagh area of the capital yesterday.

The High Court yesterday wanted to know the progress for implementation of the 25 recommendations made by the Anti-Corruption Commission to prevent corruptions and irregularities in the health sector.

A union parishad chairman in Savar was arrested on extortion charges on Monday night.

Bishop Bejoy D’Cruze OMI has been appointed the new Archbishop of Dhaka, as Cardinal Patrick D Rozario, Archbishop of Dhaka Catholic Archdiocese, has retired from the post.

Keeping the coronavirus pandemic situation in mind, DNCC is going to run “Vitamin A-plus” campaign at 1,905 centres for 14 days in all its wards, targeting 8,71,019 children.

A team of Criminal Investigation Department today said they arrested a man who has amassed up to Tk 3 crore by defrauding job seekers through fake outsourcing companies.

A man allegedly stabbed his two children, killing his daughter, before he tried to kill himself at their house in Hazaribagh area of the capital this afternoon.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazler Noor Taposh today said they will reinstate the heritage of Dhaka city.

A youth has died while in custody at Paltan Model Police Station after he was picked up from Gulistan area.

Rapid Action Battalion members arrested a priest from Rajshahi Catholic Diocese in Umorpur area of the city last night on charges of confining a 15-year-old in a church for three days and raping her.

The High Court will deliver its verdict today over compensating Jaha Alam, who suffered in jail for three years instead of the real accused in several corruption cases.

With a ray of hope, Bangladesh’s solar energy industry’s 5.8 million decentralised solar home systems have created around 137,400 jobs, said the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

Sixty-nine percent of girls in rural Bangladesh have no access to distance education through television, as only 31 percent of their families have a television with cable network.

The High Court yesterday formed a three-member committee headed by the judge of Nari O Shishu Nirjatan Tribunal of Sylhet to conduct an inquiry into the incident of rape of a woman on the campus of Murari Chand College in Sylhet on September 25.

A woman was raped while she was searching for her missing husband and sister in Siddhirganj of Narayanganj on Monday, said police. None was arrested in this connection as of filing this report.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday told animal rights activists that he is willing to work towards an integrated, realistic and long-term solution for stray dog population management in the city.