They have been waiting for several years to change the ownership of their vehicles. Some of them are told by BRTA officials that their “documents are missing” while others are caught up in red tape.

Amid escalating diplomatic tension between Dhaka and Islamabad, Bangladesh foreign ministry yesterday summoned the Pakistan

Security in and around the Dhaka Central Jail, where death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami has been kept, was strengthened this afternoon.

A fire that broke out at a power house in Kamrangirchar area of Dhaka this evening has been doused after an hour.

Foreign ministry hands ‘strongly-worded’ protest letter to Pakistan envoy in protest against the country’s statement on Supreme Court verdict dismissing the review plea of condemned war criminal and Jamaat leader Nizami. Bangladesh terms the May 6 Pakistan statement "unacceptable".

A Dhaka court orders a judicial enquiry into an extortion case filed against a sergeant of Motijheel traffic (East Zone).

In the highest scoring match of the day, Victoria Sporting Club pile up 270 for 3 on the back of Mominul Haque’s maiden ton in the ongoing DPL after Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club captain Farhad Reza elected to field first at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah.

A tribunal in Dhaka frames six charges against two persons of Kishoreganj for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

India's Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar will arrive in Dhaka on Wednesday on a two-day official visit to meet the government high officials to discuss Bangladesh’s security and other bilateral issues.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina lays the foundation stone of Chittagong Hill Tracts Complex in Dhaka’s Bailey Road area, aimed at promoting the national cultural diversity and social customs and individual characteristics of the ethnic communities.

An alleged activist of Jamaat-e-Islami was detained while trying to bring out a procession in Dhaka during the party-enforced 24-hour countrywide hartal.

Ajoy Roy, father of slain blogger and writer Avijit Roy, demands resignation of the inspector general of police as “he failed to protect people”.

An on-duty policeman was stabbed by unknown miscreants at Nawabpur in old part of Dhaka.

We have started repair of 300 roads. Reinforced concrete is being used to repair three-fourth of the roads so they will last for decades.

Annisul Huq and Sayeed Khokon took oath as mayors respectively of Dhaka North and South City Corporations on May 6 last year. They took over offices with serious pledges and commitments to bring about qualitative changes in delivering civic services.

The government is going to more than double the area of the two Dhaka city corporations through inclusion of 16 nearby unions, said

Law Minister Anisul Huq leaves an award giving ceremony in Dhaka after finding that it is sponsored by a coaching centre.

BNP terms the yesterday’s High Court verdict that scrapped the 16th constitutional amendment as “historical”.

Bangladesh Press Council Chairman Justice Md Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed yesterday categorically said no changes would be brought to the Press Council Act if journalists opposed.

The Jatiya Sangsad has again lost the power to remove Supreme Court judges on grounds of incapacity or misconduct as the High Court yesterday scrapped the 16th constitutional amendment that restored the parliament's authority. The HC declared that the amendment is illegal, unconstitutional and against the principles of the separation of state powers and the independence of the judiciary.