The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the High Court’s orders that stayed the trial proceedings against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in four separate vandalism and arson cases filed in 2015.

Stamford University student Shipra Debnath, also a crew member of slain Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan, has promised to file cases under the Digital Security Act against police officials and others who made her life miserable by circulating her private photos on social media.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday interrogated Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed in connection with a case filed against him for misappropriating about Tk 2.71 crore from now-defunct Farmers Bank.

The eldest son of a Bangladeshi expatriate in Oman, Md Jafar used to run a human haulier to support his family in Chattogram’s Patiya.

A mutation of the coronavirus that is far more infectious than the original Wuhan strain has been detected in Malaysia, the health authorities said yesterday.

In some good news for the country, a scientist, who also discovered jute polymer and is behind the invention of “Sonali Bag”, has come up with a method of making biodegradable protective gear in a promising solution to the additional environmental pollution during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown into uncertainty the introduction of centralised admission tests at public universities this year.

After being afloat for over 21 hours in the Bay, all 14 crew members of a lighter vessel that capsized Saturday morning at Hatiya channel were rescued by local fishermen.

Air travellers using the services of the airports in Bangladesh will have to pay additional charges as authorities imposed airport development and passenger safety fees effective from yesterday.

People taking turns to talk on a particular issue, placing testimonials, and administrators listening cautiously and coming up with certain commitments publicly is how a public hearing takes place.

The import of reconditioned cars has dropped by 60 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2019-20 compared to the previous FY 2018-19 due to tariff inequality and declining sales.

More than 32,000 substitute and temporary workers of the 25 state-run jute mills that were closed down recently have been denied compensation packages though many of them had worked at the mills for decades.

Motazzaroul Islam Mithu might not have come this far had the Anti-Corruption Commission exercised due diligence years back.

President Abdul Hamid has said then military ruler Ziaur Rahman had offered him the opportunity to become a minister after the brutal assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

August 17 would have been eminent artist, poet, litterateur, Language Movement veteran and versatile genius Murtaja Baseer’s 89th birthday.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said that the Covid-19 will “leave the country on its own”, when 34 more Covid-19 patients died and 2,644 people tested positive for the virus yesterday.

A group of miscreants drowned a youth in Betbaria village of Rajbari’s Kalukhali upazila, family of the victim claims, adding that police were also involved in the killing.

Shipra Debnath, a student of Stamford University and a crew member of slain Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan, has fallen victim to cyberbullying, her family alleged.

The investigators yesterday quizzed Shahadul Islam Sefat and Shipra Debnath as part of the investigation of ex-Major Sinha’s murder case.

The average rate of Covid-19 infection in the last 30 days was 22.47 percent in Bangladesh.