The Supreme Court’s chamber judge has upheld a High Court verdict that asked the authorities concerned to conduct dope and vision tests on driving licence seekers.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on July 17, 2019

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed an application to show suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Mizanur Rahman arrested in a case filed for a transaction of Tk 40 lakh as bribe.

Health Minister Zahid Malik has directed all deputy commissioners (DCs) to work for controlling use of antibiotics in different farms.

A Supreme Court lawyer has filed a petition with the High Court challenging Dhaka South City Corporation’s decision to make three streets of the city off limits to rickshaws.

A mobile court has fined two companies Tk 800,000 for selling sub-standard products at Kodomtoli in Dhaka.

Sonagazi madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, who died after she was set on fire while her Alim exam was going on, achieved grade A in Quran Mazid Hadith in the HSC equivalent exam result published today.

The body of a man is found inside the rubble of a collapsed building at Pathantoli in Old Dhaka.

Heavy monsoon rains across South Asia claim more lives, with the death toll passing 200 as authorities tried to reach stranded villagers cut off by surging floodwaters.

The High Court comes down heavily on the two Dhaka city corporations for their failure to prevent mosquito menace in the capital even after it passed orders for taking necessary steps to this effect.

A total of 22 python eggs have been hatched in a zoo of Sreemangal upazila of Moulviabzar. A python which was rescued in Dinajpur 22 years ago laid 35 eggs at the zoo of Bangladesh Bonyo Prani Sheba Foundation last month and since then the eggs were kept with the mother python, our Moulvibazar correspondent reports.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the government has a plan to introduce electric and high-speed trains in the country to make the railway services better and faster.

A Barguna court places Aysha Siddika Minni on a five-day remand in a case filed over the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on July 17, 2019

The death toll in a building collapse in Mumbai’s congested Dongri locality rises to 13, a disaster management authority spokesman says.

Girls outshine the boys in this year’s result of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations. The girl’s pass rate under the 10 education boards all over the country is 76.44 per cent while the pass rate of boys is 71.67 per cent.

A tribunal in Dhaka indicts former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain in a case filed over recording Nusrat Jahan Rafi’s statement on his phone and circulating the video clip on social media without her consent.

A group of students of Dhaka University blocks the key Shahbagh intersection demanding an end to the university's affiliation with seven colleges.

The High Court wants to know what steps have been taken to ensure security of the judges, lawyers and officials in the courts across the country in light of the incident of an accused being stabbed to death by another in a courtroom in Cumilla on July 15.

Bangladesh Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed says the armed forces are ready to help if the flood situation worsens.