The High Court issues a rule asking the authorities to explain under what authority Prof M Abdus Sobhan is holding the office of vice chancellor of Rajshahi University.

A Himalayan Griffon Vulture is rescued from Gabtali upazila of Bogura.

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) has arranged USD1.3 billion financing for Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) to set up its Ghorasal Polash Urea Fertilizer Project (GPUFP).

The High Court comes down heavily on Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) for not complying with its 2011 directive over sealing all sewerage lines to Buriganga River and for making an untrue statement about sewerage lines connected to the river.

In a major reshuffle, 18 police officials of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) including officers-in-charge of eight police stations are transferred.

Confronted with a climate crisis threatening civilisation itself, humanity must choose between hope and surrender, UN chief Antonio Guterres tells the opening plenary of a UN climate conference.

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court order that issued a ban on the inspection and training activities of Nirapon, an alliance of North American readymade garments (RMG) buyers in Bangladesh.

The United Nations opens a two-week climate summit in Madrid, where world leaders face growing pressure to prove they can muster the political will to avert the most catastrophic impacts of global warming.

Tens of thousands of people are sheltered in evacuation centres as powerful Typhoon Kammuri barrels towards the Philippines, disrupting plans for the Southeast Asian Games events near the capital Manila.

A student of Eden Mohila College, who was injured after falling off a running motorcycle in Dhaka’s Bijoy Sarani area on Saturday, dies at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on December 2, 2019

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the international community to adopt a time-befitting climate action plan and implement all provisions of Paris Agreement and other relevant global instruments and mechanisms to stop further degradation of environment.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud says process to register online news portals will start from the next week.

Petrol pump owners and workers have postponed their indefinite strike in three divisions till December 15.

The recruiting agencies of Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia will shoulder all responsibilities of female workers as long as they remain in the kingdom.

A section of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Chittagong University postpones their indefinite strike, giving the authorities concerned a three-day ultimatum to meet their demands.

Dhaka city corporation authorities will conduct mobile court drive against the sources of dust pollution, Mayor Sayeed Khokon says.

Workers of the nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna have been staging a day-long demonstration to press home their 11-point demand, including payment of pending salary and implementation of a wage commission.

At least 24 Tunisians were killed after a bus crashed during an excursion in the northern town of Amdoun, the health ministry says.

US President Donald Trump's attorney says that the White House will not participate in congressional hearings set for Wednesday that will consider passing impeachment articles against the president.