Two youths today threw a “suspicious black bag” aiming at a security guard of the US Embassy in Dhaka, following an altercation. Police later called the bomb disposal unit of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit to check the contents of the bag and found a match box, a cup wrapped with black tape, some wire and a knife inside.

The Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed a case against registrar of Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) Dr Md Zahedul Haque Basunia and one other for allowing 12 fake doctors carrying out physicians’ job.

Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram region has fined 13 businesses Tk 13.89 lakh for damaging the environment and not renewing their licenses.

Valiant freedom fighter Shahzaman Mozumder Bir Protik breathed his last this afternoon at a city clinic after suffering from dengue fever. With his death, the country has lost a war hero, and the ICT industry has lost an entrepreneur.

A court in Chattogram today sentenced a man to life term imprisonment on charge of raping a girl in 2008.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan has inaugurated a railway sleeper manufacturing factory at Bhanga in Faridpur, set up by China Railway Group Limited (CREC), which will supply slippers for Padma Bridge Rail Link Project.

Five Bangladeshi sailors, who were being held by Houthi rebels in Yemen capital Sana’a since February this year, will return home through India soon.

A parliamentary body today strongly recommended that the defense ministry complete the work for establishment of 99 composite brigade for the overall safety of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project as soon as possible.

A special tribunal in Dhaka today issued warrant to arrest three persons including Baul Rita Dewan in a case lodged under Digital Security Act for “hurting religious sentiments”.

The US Ambassador to Bangladesh has said that the US has reiterated its support to Bangladesh through humanitarian assistance and political engagement for a solution to the Rohingya crisis.

Second phase of elections to 61 municipalities will be held on January 16, the Election Commission announced today.

A court in Tangail today rejected bail of Shahidur Rahman Khan Mukti, former mayor of Tangail municipality and an accused, in freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case.

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, under pressure from months of street protests, survived a legal challenge Wednesday over his living arrangements that could have seen him thrown out of office.

Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF)’s Thematic Ambassador for Vulnerability Saima Wazed Hossain called for CVF-COP26 resilience action plan to address climate change and mental health challenges at a high-level dialogue titled 'CVF-COP 26 Dialogue: Meeting the Survival Deadline towards Maximal Resilience', organised by Bangladesh High Commission in London on November 30.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved in principle a proposal of the Health Services Division to procure Covid-19 vaccine directly from any organisation through negotiations without following any bidding process.

The government is going to import 50,000 tonnes of rice after three years.

Thirty-eight people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The High Court today observed that all the corrupt and money launderers including Proshanta Kumar Halder must be brought to the book and they cannot be spared.

Bangladesh Coast Guard members detained seven Myanmar nationals with over two lakh yaba tablets in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar early today.

Singapore has given US start-up Eat Just the greenlight to sell its lab-grown chicken meat, in what the firm says is the world’s first regulatory approval for so-called clean meat that does not come from slaughtered animals.