The district administration at a meeting yesterday decided to hand over the one acre of land to Roads and Highways Department (RHD)

The president has decided there is no need for issuing a gazette notification on the rules determining the job discipline of the lower court judges.

The government never interferes in the activities of the judiciary, Law Minister Anisul Huq says.

Manusher Jonno Foundation gives honourary award to 10 human rights activists from all over the country as recognition for their glorious contribution in their field.

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali says the current global migration system is under strain and it requires a sound global system of governance for international migration.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses her desire to visit India in the first half of February next. Officials of the two countries will finalise the tour schedule, says PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim.

The Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha hopes that the parliament will scrap the constitutional provisions that empower the president to control the posting, promotion and discipline of lower court judges.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges the world leaders to uphold the dignity and rights of migrants. It is a challenge for the entire world to establish their (migrants) rights, the prime minister says while addressing the 9th Global Forum on Migration and Development-2016.

Bangladesh should improve protection for its domestic workers migrating to the Middle East, Human Rights Watch says in a press release.

Stressing the need for women empowerment, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Bangladesh women are doing a great job for the development of the country.

The proposed child marriage prevention bill 2016 is placed in the parliament suggesting strict punitive actions against marriage between boys and girls who are below 21 and 18 years respectively.

Forest and Environment Secretary Kamal Uddin Ahmed has been appointed as secretary to the home ministry. The public administration ministry issues a notification in this regard.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says 80 percent services of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) will be provided through online from May 2017.

Civil society members demand the United Nations to play leading role to ensure migrants’ rights and protect them during the emergencies.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s proposed India visit has been deferred due to unavoidable circumstances. She was scheduled to pay a three-day bilateral visit to India from December 17 or 18 at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges Myanmar to resolve the issue of their minority Rohingya community using political means, saying military measures could not be the answer to the problem, as newly appointed Danish ambassador in Dhaka Mikael Hemnid Winther calls on her.

Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church is expected to visit Bangladesh next year, new cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bangladesh Reverend Patrick Rozario says.

Director General of International Labour Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder will arrive in Dhaka on December 10 for a four-day official visit.

Bangladesh has urged India for speedy signing of the strip map of a 2-km border at Muhurir Char (Feni in Bangladesh and Belonia in Tripura, India) in a bid to fully implement the long-festering land boundary problem in the tiny portion of land.

Primary school children cannot be forced to carry backpacks weighing over 10 percent of their weight, the High Court orders in response to a writ petition. The court also orders government to formulate a necessary law in this regard.