Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on June 24, 2019

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) MP Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan demands the unconditional release of the party’s imprisoned chairperson Khaleda Zia for the sake of her treatment.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says no one can destroy Bangladesh Awami League as it is a well-organised political party having numerous achievements during its 70-year history of struggle.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan informs the parliament that law enforcement agencies lodged 1,19,878 cases against 1,61,323 drug peddlers in 2018.

United Nation Security Council could not take any strong decision specially on adaptation of a resolution on Rohingya issue due to lack of consensus among permanent members, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen informs parliament.

A tribunal in Dhaka orders the jail authorities to provide former Sonagazi Police Station OC Moazzem Hossain with division in jail as per the jail code.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have detained two siblings over their alleged involvement in contraband yaba dealing in Gazipur.

A Dhaka court sentences three drug peddlers to life in jail for possessing 2,300 bottles of phensidyl in 2005.

Bangladesh Bank submits a report to the High Court saying that the amount of total defaulted bank loans is Tk 2.2 lakh crore in the last 20 years.

One who has love for the strays never bothers any risk or danger to do something for them.

Iran denies it was hit by a US cyber-attack as Washington was due to tighten sanctions on Tehran in a standoff sparked by the US withdrawal from a nuclear deal.

The High Court wants to know the actions taken against the travel agencies and human traffickers responsible for the death of 37 Bangladeshis in the Mediterranean Sea.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against DIG Mizanur Rahman allegedly for amassing over Tk 3 crore beyond known source of income.

A suspected robber is killed in what Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) described as a gunfight in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali.

Bangladesh has received Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) worth $3.61billion in last year, registering 67.94 percent year-on-year growth, mainly because of major investment by Japan Tobacco Inc.

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activists agitate near BNP’s central office in Dhaka in protest against expulsion of their leaders from the student front.

BNP nominated candidate Golam Mohammad Siraj wins in the Bogura-6 by-election by a big margin of votes.

The High Court asks why corruption and bribery are taking place even after the government has doubled the salary and other facilities of its officials.

The High Court has asked Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to submit a detailed report before it on registered but unfit vehicles and names of the vehicle owners.

People in Thailand will no longer be allowed to smoke at home if their habit has a negative effect on other family members due to exposure to second-hand smoke, says the Act on Promotion of the Family Institute Development and Protection, which will go into effect from August 20.