In possibly the most ambitious change to India’s water governance since the founding of the country in 1947, the central government is pushing to bring all inter-state river basins under its control.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for New York via Abu Dhabi on an eight-day official visit to the USA to attend the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

Jubo League has expelled its Dhaka South Organising Secretary Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan, who was placed on remand in two cases yesterday, for his alleged involvement in unethical activities including breaching the party’s discipline.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says the drive against corruption and irregularities will be conducted across the country.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on September 20, 2019

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Oli Ahmed demands immediate arrest of Jahangirnagar University Vice-Chancellor Prof Farzana Islam for her reported involvement in corruption and irregularities in a development project.

Two Bangladeshi siblings are killed and three people injured in a road crash in Mozambique.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrests Jubo League central committee leader SM Golam Kibria Shamim and seized around Tk 1.80 crore and Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR) worth Tk 165 crore from his office in Niketan area of Dhaka.

Three unidentified bodies are found in Boral river at Rajshahi’s Charghat upazila.

Bangladesh is considered especially vulnerable to climate change, with one-third of the population at risk of displacement because of rising sea levels, International Monetary Fund says.

Thousands of children from different schools and colleges stage a demonstration at Manik Mia Avenue in Dhaka urging the world leaders to act against climate change.

One person was killed and five others wounded on Thursday in a shooting on the streets of Washington, DC, not far from the White House, police say.

A former employee of Brac, a Bangladesh-based non-government organisation, has been stabbed to death by unidentified criminals in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Rapid Action Battalion has busted a torture cell of Jubo League leader Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan at a building near Kamalapur Railway Station.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on September 19, 2019

A Dhaka court allows the government and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to confiscate the bank accounts and shares of former BNP foreign minister M Morshed Khan and his son Faisal Morshed Khan in Hong Kong.

Jubo League Dhaka South Organising Secretary Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan has been remanded for seven days in two separate cases filed for running a casino in Fakirerpool.

Major General Shakil Ahmed has been appointed as new director general of the Department of Immigration and Passports.

The Supreme Court (SC) chamber judge refuses to stay appointment of Professor Fouzia Rezwan as the principal of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College (VNSC).

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal warns that stern action would be taken if any official of administration is involved in the illegal casino business.