The Bangladesh Bar Council yesterday decided to cancel the written test of the advocateship candidates, held at five centres on December 19, as some of them went berserk at those centres, preventing others from taking the test and burning their answer scripts.

Two policemen of Sitakunda Model Police Station were arrested on charge of mugging Tk 2.80 lakh from a driver, introducing themselves as "members of the Detective Branch" at Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Thursday night.

Photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol was released from Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj at 11:15am today, informed his son Monorom Polok.

A parliamentary body yesterday recommended to take necessary action against the ACI company for supplying substandard life-saving materials and agricultural machinery, especially combined harvester.

Employees and workers of Rangpur Sugar Mill and sugarcane growers in Mahimaganj of Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj upazila observed a half-day work abstention yesterday, demanding immediate reopening of the mill.

Flower business was expanding in Bangladesh with immense potential. Flowers were becoming more occasional and ornamental product nowadays.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said members of Police, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Ansar will be deployed at vacant army camps located in Chattogram Hill Tracts.

There was a lack of transparency and accountability on the government’s part in dealing with recent natural disasters including cyclone Amphan, Transparency International Bangladesh today said.

Throwing the ball in the government's court, Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Professor AKhteruzzaman today said the final decision to reopen the university’s residential halls amid Covid-19 would depend on the directives of the Health Ministry.

Police today arrested three persons, including two students, with 1.46 lakh yaba tablets from Anwara upazila of Chattogram.

Former state minister and former member of the parliament AKM Jahangir Hossain today died of Covid-19 infection while undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). He was 66.

The High Court has observed that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) can issue notice to any citizen in question, asking him or her to appear in person to the commission's office to place statements over corruption allegations.

Police have expressed “no confidence” in the final report submitted by Rab in the drug case filed against Shipra Debnath, a colleague of slain (retd) Major Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan.

Transport leaders today reiterated their demand to change several sections of the Road Transport Act 2018 which came into force partially from November last year.

Anti-tobacco group Knowledge for Progress today condemned the government’s decision which has allowed a tobacco company to set up a new manufacturing plant in the country.

Bangladesh has made a jump from 73rd to 65th place in the global cyber security index compiled by the UK-based National Cyber Security Index (NCSI).

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad today said the government is trying to find ways for expatriate Bangladeshis to invest in the country.

The Election Commission today outright rejected the corruption allegations against it, calling those “baseless and motivated”.

State Minister for Civil Aviation Md Mahbub Ali today said there will be no compromises with the country’s airport security as that is connected to the country’s image and those who why try to disrupt airport security will have to deal with the consequences.

The government has extended the appointment of Ahmad Kaikaus, principal secretary to the Prime Minister, for the next two years.