Planning minister MA Mannan today said the government will ensure safe water, hygiene and sanitation for all the countrymen to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030.

Sounding a note of warning against fake news portals, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said legal action will soon be taken against all fake online news portals.

A case was filed in connection with the rape of a sixteen-year-old girl in Jashore’s Monirampur upazila last night.

One person was arrested in connection with the rape of a class five student of a madrasa in Bagerhat’s Mollahat last night.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has called for full implementation of the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) among the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries.

Two teachers of a madrasa in Tangail’s Ghatail upazila have confessed to sexually abusing two students in a case filed in this connection.

Foreign ministers of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries are set to meet together here tomorrow while the Rohingya genocide case with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is expected to come up among top agendas.

Retired public officials would not require government permission to take up jobs at other organisations, change profession or go abroad.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said eight “iconic” mosques with all modern facilities will be built in eight divisions of the country with Saudi assistance.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today reported 20 more dengue cases in 24 hours.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked administration cadre officers to take proper measures against social ills like rape, terrorism, militancy and corruption, without considering the identities and political affiliations of the criminals.

The government has taken the decision, in principle, to hand over the charge of drainage system to Dhaka north and south city corporations. Up until now, drainage system has been under Wasa’s jurisdiction.

Dhaka seeks strong partnership with the UK to address the fallouts of climate change that threaten life and livelihood of millions of people. At a virtual meeting with UK State Minister Lord Ahmed on Wednesday, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam hoped for further engagement of UK both in Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) and Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) South Asia.

A woman and her child were killed and five injured as a bus hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw on Lalmonirhat-Burimari road in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat.

Prof Amit Chakma, the first Bangladeshi to take over as Vice-Chancellor and President of University of Western Australia (UWA), has been accorded a reception.

Six youths have been sued for allegedly raping two girls while they went to visit Tetulia in Panchagarh on Tuesday.

A teenage boy was shot dead as wildlife hunters were checking their firearms at Lohagara in Chattogram yesterday evening.

The High Court has justified the law that empowered the courts of the country to virtually carry out judicial proceedings through videoconferencing and other digital means, and summarily rejected a writ petition that challenged the legality of the Usage of Information Communication Technology by Court Act, 2020.

The Bangladesh Bar Council will hold the written test of candidates for advocateship on December 19.

A polythene factory is running illegally at Bishbari village in Aditmari upazila of the district, polluting the environment there.