The authorities of General Post Office in Chattogram yesterday handed over two of its staff to police on the charge of embezzling clients’ money of Tk 45 lakh.

Detectives claimed to have arrested a medical technologist of Kushtia’s Mirpur Upazila Health Complex for providing fake coronavirus certificates.

Today is the eighth death anniversary of Dr Akhlakul Hossain Ahmed, a Liberation War organiser and member of the Bangladesh Constituent Assembly of 1972, said a press release. He was also a member of the erstwhile East Pakistan Provincial Assembly.

The 12th death anniversary Alhaj Shamsul Hoque Mojumder, a retired engineer of PWD and a social worker, will be observed today, says a press release.

Developing a new in-home learning strategy for the Rohingya children will help them overcome the education challenges faced by the coronavirus pandemic, recommended global child rights organisation Educo.

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday framed charges against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed in an arms case.

A parliamentary body today recommended that the government set up a specialised institute similar to Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute to carry out dope tests for those who want to join public services, police department and take admission in universities.

A house-help allegedly looted a house in Dhaka’s South Rajarbagh area after poisoning six members of the family.

The National River Conservation Commission (NRCC) was formed to protect rivers, but it doesn’t have the executive power to punish those who are grabbing and polluting rivers, speakers at a webinar said yesterday.

The High Court yesterday granted anticipatory bail to Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of online news portal bdnews24.com, for eight weeks in a corruption case.

Development projects that negatively affect people’s livelihoods and harm the environment should not be allowed anywhere, and people have to remain alert to protect the country’s natural resources, said speakers yesterday.

Khulna City Corporation Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque yesterday announced a Tk 504.31 crore budget for the current fiscal year 2020-21, without imposing fresh taxes.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed on a six-day remand in a case filed against him on charge of misappropriating Tk 45 lakh from a house owner.

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar is now opposing Election Commission’s move to have separate law for political parties getting registered.

Marking the third anniversary of the latest round of massive Rohingya exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh, ActionAid Bangladesh in collaboration with, Centre for Genocide Studies (CGS), University of Dhaka; Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ), Brac University organised a two day long international e-conference titled, “Connecting the Rohingya Diaspora: Highlighting the Global Displacement.”

A parliamentary watchdog yesterday formed a sub-committee to investigate alleged widespread corruption in purchasing books for setting up Bangabandhu Corner at all government primary schools.

A tribunal in Dhaka yesterday framed charges against Md Majnu in a case filed over the rape of a Dhaka University student in the capital’s Kurmitola area.

The High Court yesterday questioned the authorities’ failure to refund Tk 3.05 crore to a depositor of multilevel marketing company unipay2u Bangladesh Limited in line with a trial court verdict.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent Abzal Hossain, a suspended accountant of the medical education department under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), to jail in connection with two separate money laundering cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

The High Court today granted anticipatory bail to Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of online news portal bdnews24.com, for eight weeks in a corruption case.