The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict any day on the appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam against the death penalty given to him by a war crimes tribunal.

Former United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon says Bangladesh is the best teacher in climate change adaptation.

India’s Supreme Court says it would give a final hearing in August on petitions challenging the federal government’s decision to deport illegal Rohingya immigrants back to Myanmar.

The bodies of six people have been found at Cox’s Bazar sea beach after a trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal.

Noted media personality Muhammad Jahangir, executive director of Centre for Development Communication, passes away at a hospital in Dhaka.

Parliament reconstitutes five parliamentary standing committees incorporating BNP and Gonoforum MPs as members in those parliamentary watchdogs.

Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar tells parliament that the government will take tougher measures to realise outstanding money from different private mobile phone operators after completing audit to calculate the government’s dues.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on July 9, 2019

The parliament has passed the Speedy Trial Bill, 2019 for extending its validity till 2024.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir slams the prime minister for her explanation on gas price hike and said the price has been increased to ensure the interest of some people within the ruling quarter in the name of development.

UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development and Dutch Queen Máxima arrives in Dhaka.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members claim to have arrested two activists of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from Dhaka and Barishal.

Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Kalyan Parishad issues an ultimatum to the government asking it to extend the age limit for all public and private jobs to 35 years by tomorrow.

Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrives on a two-day visit to attend the “Dhaka Meeting of the Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA)”.

The government has provided legal aid to 4.3 lakh poor and destitute people in the last 10 years through the National Legal Aid and Services Organization (NLASO), says Law Minister Anisul Huq.

The High Court observes that some deputy commissioners (DCs) and officers-in-charge (OCs) feel themselves landlord as if they are all in all.

The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock threatens to take legal action against a group of researchers of the Dhaka University (DU) if they fail to appear before the ministry with their study report published in the international peer-reviewed journal.

The ongoing month-long Brikkho Mela (Tree Fair) in Dhaka is receiving a good response from gardening enthusiasts in the capital.

Awami League Parliamentary Party (ALPP) will hold a meeting at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on July 11.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon says the infection rate of dengue fever is comparatively higher than the previous years.