Bangladesh is keen to collaborate and build connectivity with the Commonwealth and the country-led Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) Presidency, especially in building climate resiliency post-Covid-19 strategies for the climate vulnerable countries, said Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed a case against a businessman on charge of filing a “false case” against six police personnel including the then officer-in-charge of Patenga Police Station in Chattogram last year.

No prior permissions for flying drones for state, military and entertainment purposes will be required soon, as the cabinet today approved “The Drone Registration and Flying Guideline, 2020”.

Lebanon’s factional rivalries have put the brakes on moves to form a new government on the eve of a deadline agreed with France, stalling efforts to drag the nation out of a dire economic crisis.

Although Biman Bangladesh Airlines has been transformed into a public limited company, the cabinet approves a draft law keeping a provision for government control over the flag carrier.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh is keen to boost its relationship with Turkey as it is deeply rooted in shared history, faith and traditions based on trust and confidence.

On August 12, 2020, the Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh declared that he will remove some 30,000 dogs from Dhaka city. There have been massive protests in response to his statement from both local and international communities.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started investigating illegal grabbing of the Bakkhali River, around seven months after The Daily Star ran a special report on encroachment of the river.

Two Indian officials have said Chinese troops were laying a network of optical fibre cables at a western Himalayan flashpoint with India, suggesting they were digging in for the long haul despite high-level talks aimed at resolving a standoff there.

A Dhaka court again rejected a bail petition of photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

Bangladeshi band Aurthohin’s frontman Saidus Salehin Khaled, popularly known as ‘Bassbaba’ Sumon, and his son Ahnaf Salehin Khaled, have tested positive for Covid-19.

Election to any city corporation will have to be held within three months -- instead of six months -- before the tenure expires, according to the draft of the Local Government (City Corporation) (Amendment) Bill, 2020.

The High Court today observed that the managing director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) is voluntarily not implementing a 2011 directive asking it to seal off drains and sewerage lines linked to Buriganga River.

A court in Chattogram today ordered to show former Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das -- an accused in Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan killing case -- arrested in a graft case.

A Dhaka tribunal today asked two witnesses, including a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate, to appear before it tomorrow for their statements in an arms case filed against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested a police constable for his alleged involvement in Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case.

The High Court today issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to give Tk 50 lakh as compensation to each of the families of the three teenage boys who were killed at Jashore Juvenile Correction Centre on August 13.

Anti Corruption Commission has filed three separate revision petitions with the High Court, seeking cancellation of a Pirojpur court order that granted bail to former Awami League lawmaker AKMA Awal and his wife Laila Parvin in three corruption cases.

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

Samar Krishna Chowdhury, assistant to a lawyer in Chattogram city, has filed a case accusing eight policemen -- including former Boalkhali Police Station officer-in-charge Himangshu Das Rana -- and three others on charge of implicating him in two “false” cases and threatening to kill him in “shootout” in 2018.