Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman has been reappointed while Prof Shireen Akhter and Prof Dr Md Sadequl Arefin (Matin) have been made new VCs of Chittagong University and Barishal University respectively.

A Dhaka court places Mohammedan Sporting Club director (in-charge) M Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan on a seven-day remand in a case filed against him for amassing wealth of Tk 4.34 crore illegally.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologises for not taking Britain out of the European Union by October 31, while Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage says he will not stand in next month's general election.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) summons a total of 33 engineers of Public Works Department for quizzing them for their involvement in pillow purchasing scam of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plan in Pabna.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) calls upon the Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate the allegations of corruption and irregularities in development projects at Jahangirnagar University.

A schoolboy is killed and another injured after a three-storey building collapses in Narayanganj city.

The High Court (HC) has ordered Bangladesh Bank to form a nine-member committee with experts of the banking sector to find out loopholes in lending and recovery of loans.

The death toll in two powerful quakes that struck the southern Philippines in the past week has risen to 21, authorities say, as survivors struggled to access food and water.

The Election Commission (EC) wants to hold elections to the Dhaka north and south city corporations in January next year, Md Alamgir, senior secretary of the constitutional body, says.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) says the economy of Bangladesh is now under pressure as its four major segments have been facing several types of problems.

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Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has reiterated that India is supportive of Bangladesh’s efforts to resolve the Rohingya problem.

If the family of former mayor of Dhaka City Corporation Sadeque Hossain Khoka applies for a ‘travel permit’ in New York, the Bangladesh mission will take necessary measures in that regard, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam MP says.

Claiming that the hike in the onion price is a planned one by a syndicate, a consumer rights body urges the government to take immediate steps to arrest the skyrocketing price of the cooking ingredient.

BNP seeks assistance from the government to bring back its vice chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka from USA where he is undergoing treatment at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan of New York.

Saudi regulators have approved state energy giant Aramco's request to make its stock market debut, firing the starting gun on the highly anticipated offering which could be the world's largest.

A labour court in Dhaka grants bail to Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus in connection with five cases filed over sacking of five employees of Grameen Communications.

The High Court (HC) has questioned legality of the government decision of hiking the entry fees of launch terminals across the country.

The High Court refuses to grant bail to former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain in a case filed on charges of recording a statement of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi and circulating the video on social media.

The government will further strengthen its diplomatic efforts to bring back the fugitive killers of the Father of the Nation and four national leaders, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday.