Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on January 7, 2020

A Dhaka court has rejected a bail petition filed by Abdur Rakib Khan Bappi, a sub-inspector (SI) of Mirpur Police Station, in connection with a rape case.

Bangladesh Hindu-Bouddha-Christian Oikya Parishad urges the Election Commission (EC) to hold Dhaka north and south city corporations’ elections on another date instead of January 30 as Saraswati Puja will be held on that day.

High Court (HC) has granted an eight-week anticipatory bail to former Awami League lawmaker of Pirojpur AKMA Awal and his wife in three corruption cases filed for misappropriating khas (government) land.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina once again expresses her firm determination to continue drive against corruption, calling upon the Anti-Corruption Commission to bring the people involved in making money through illegal means to book. The premier was addressing the nation marking the first anniversary of her government.

Election Commission says the candidates of Dhaka north and south city corporations election and their supporters could not be arrested without any previous warrant.

The High Court clears the way for a lower court concerned to continue the trial proceedings of a money laundering case against former BNP lawmaker Hafiz Ibrahim.

At least 56 people are killed in a stampede in Iran as tens of thousands of mourners pack streets for the funeral of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani whose killing has plunged the Middle East into a new crisis and sparked fears of a wider war.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on January 7, 2020

Dhaka University Central Students Union (Ducsu) President Nurul Haque Nur threatens to continue their movement until justice is ensured over the rape of a Dhaka University student in Kurmitola on Airport Road Sunday night.

Rape, murder, torture, road crashes and other acts of violence claimed the lives of 986 children in the country last year.

World leaders and eminent personalities will visit Bangladesh to attend various programmes to be held marking Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centennial throughout this year.

Singapore Airlines, one of the leading airlines in the world, has introduced brand new Airbus A350-900 aircraft on Dhaka-Singapore route to give passengers a more comfortable and inflight entertainment journey.

Rail Minister Nurul Islam Sujan says 39 people have been killed and 155 others injured in 129 train accident across the country last year.

The cost of living in Dhaka went up by 6.5 per cent in 2019 due to hike in prices of commodities and services, says Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB).

Samsung Electronics outlines a vision for a future of human-centered technology during a CES 2020 kickoff keynote – starring Ballie, a small, yellow rolling robot reminiscent of BB-8, the spherical Star Wars droid that made its first appearance in The Force Awakens.

Dhaka University Teachers’ Association (Duta) will form a human chain programme on the campus tomorrow protesting the rape of their student in the capital’s Kurmitola area on Airport Road Sunday night.

Chief of National Human Rights Commission Nasima Begum says the Dhaka University student who was raped in Kurmitola on Sunday night can recognise the rapist if she sees him.

A total of 605 policemen receives 'IGP’s Exemplary Good Service Badge' award in recognition of their performances with honesty and devotion in the last one year.

Every Bangladeshi living overseas is used to having their motherland associated with natural disasters, namely floods and cyclones. This can feel humiliating at times. It is the expatriates’ burden to perpetually challenge the sometimes negative, international image of Bangladesh.