The Jatiya Sangsad goes into the sixth session on January 9.

Dhaka University Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury criticises Bangladesh government’s stance regarding India’s NRC (National Register of Citizens) and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

A Dhaka court has placed three leaders of Muktijuddho Moncho including Al Mamun and Yeasir Arafat Turjo on a three-day remand each in connection with a case filed over attack on Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur.

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecasted light rain in some parts of the country in next 72 hours.

Nearly 5.5 lakh Bangladeshi migrant workers were deported by different countries in the last 10 years, Shariful Hasan, head of Brac Migration Programme, says at a workshop.

Mentioning that those who assaulted Ducsu vice-president Nurul Haque Nur and his followers are being arrested, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says the government will investigate why he is being attacked repeatedly.

Two suspected criminals including a yaba trader have been killed in two separate “gunfights” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Cox’s Bazar and Pabna early.

Around 30 to 35 people including Muktijuddho Moncho leaders Aminul Islam Bulbul and Al Mamun are sued in connection to the attack on Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur and his supporters on Sunday.

A union parishad (UP) member, who sustained critical stab injuries in an attack by some unidentified criminals in Kishoreganj’s Pakundia upazila on Saturday night, died on his way to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) on Sunday.

A union parishad (UP) chairman in Bogura’s Sariakandi upazila has allegedly embezzled rice allocated for Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme.

A food officer in the town yesterday allegedly misbehaved with a TV journalist and took away his video camera when the latter went to his office with queries about procurement of paddy from rice mill owners.

Attracted by more than double the price of matured crop, potato farmers in the district are harvesting immature potato 30 to 40 days before its harvest time.

The contractor concerned has placed engine-driven irrigation pumps for excavation of the Ghaghot river instead of using dredger, posing erosion threat to the nearby bridge, road and homesteads in Sundarganj upazila of the district.

The authorities yesterday launched a massive eviction drive against illegal occupiers of river lands in different districts across the country.

The Election Commission has announced the schedule for Dhaka north and south city corporation elections hurriedly to ensure the victory of the ruling party-backed candidates, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.

The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) cancels licences for six food items and one skin care product marketed by nine companies because of their substandard quality.

The country’s eminent citizens and rights activists in a joint statement voice grave concern over the attack on Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur and his followers and demanded a fair investigation into the incident.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her government is working for the welfare of the people of all religions irrespective of their castes and creeds.

Former chief justice Mahmudul Amin Chowdhury is laid to eternal rest after a series of Janaza, prayers and tributes in Dhaka and Sylhet.

The footages of the CCTV cameras installed at different strategic points of Ducsu building has gone missing after sporadic attacks on VP Nurul Haque Nur.