Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to write back shortly to her British counterpart David Cameron and request him to withdraw the ban on direct air cargo from Dhaka to London.

Biman will lose business of around Tk 100 crore a year if the ban on direct cargo from Dhaka to the UK continued.

A Dhaka court relieves 26 leaders and activists of BNP-led-20 party alliance including Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir of charges filed under Anti-Terrorism Act in January 2014.

The government has appointed Additional Metropolitan Session’s Judge Jesmin Ara Begum as Dhaka’s first female Chief Judicial Magistrate.

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif says organisational steps will be taken against the lawmakers who will get involved in electoral activities during the upcoming union parishad elections.

The High Court fixes May 5 for delivering judgment on a writ petition that challenged the legality of the 16th constitutional amendment empowering parliament to impeach Supreme Court judges for incapacity or misconduct.

The minister and secretary to the civil aviation and tourism ministry will attend office at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to implement a work plan for fulfilling international standard security at the airport by March 31.

Apparel exporters are concerned over the United Kingdom’s ban on cargo flights from Dhaka and say it might adversely effect the country’s exports.

Former secretary of public administration ministry Iqbal Mahmud has been appointed as the new chairman of the anti-graft body Anti-Corruption Commission.

A Dhaka court sentences four militants of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to life imprisonment August 17 serial blast case filed in Mymensingh 11 years ago.

Demonstrators begin a four-day-long “long march” from Dhaka to Khulna in protest against the Rampal power plant, which they believe is a threat to the world’s largest mangrove forest the Sundarbans.

A head-on collision between a truck and a covered van in Comilla has triggered a 10 kilometre long tailback on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway.

The High Court grants bail to BNP leader Mirza Abbas in a corruption case, clearing the way for his walk out of jail.

A Dhaka court today placed Mahfuza Malek Jasmine on a fresh five-day remand in connection with murder of her two children at Dhaka’s Banasree area.

Citing security concerns, United Kingdom has suspended direct cargo flights from Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

A motorcyclist is crushed under the wheels of a speeding train at Banarupa level crossing in Khilkhet of Dhaka.

Jagannath University authorities suspend four of its students for allegedly harassing a female student on the campus.

A total of 14 platoons Border Guard Bangladesh members have been deployed in Dhaka city to avert any untoward incident ahead of Jamaat enforced tomorrow’s hartal.

Two activists of Jamaat-e-Islami are detained when they tried to vandalise vehicles from a rally in Mouchak area of Dhaka.

The High Court fixes March 13 for passing order on a writ petition filed seeking its directive on the government to stop collecting information about landlords and tenants by Dhaka Metropolitan Police.