Canada does not want corrupt and plundered money in the country, said Canada’s Minister of International Development, Ahmed Hussen, during a meeting with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at the latter’s Tejgaon office yesterday.

The Judiciary Reform Commission has recommended amending Article 116 of the constitution to ensure the judiciary’s full independence and the separation of powers. The commission has proposed transferring control and discipline of lower court judges from the president to the Supreme Court and establishing a Supreme Court secretariat.

Today is the 24th death anniversary of Tawfiq Aziz Khan, former executive editor of The Daily Star, sports writer and commentator.

The govern-ment has initiated a working plan to clean the polluted waters of four major rivers -- Buriganga, Turag, Balu and Shitalakkhya -- that surround the capital, said Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan yesterday.

Illegal sand extraction from hilly areas in at least 10 unions under Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj has been causing severe damage to the local environment and infrastructure.

A 73-year-old mother, Saleha Monir, has sought justice for the last 13 years, but it remains a far cry for them.

The Crime Scene Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department collected evidence from Dhanmondi 32 yesterday morning.

Speakers at an event yesterday urged the government to implement legal reforms ensuring six months of paid maternity leave for all women, eliminating disparities across government, private, and labour sectors.

They also demanded that the total monthly earnings should be considered when calculating maternity benefits

During the drive, authorities also destroyed raw bricks produced at the sites

He made these remarks while inspecting an ongoing training session on public order management

Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has announced that the first meeting of the Consensus Commission will be held on February 15

Ninth-grader beaten by teacher in Jashore as his parent couldn't afford school uniform

They will receive care at Vejthani Hospital under the supervision of the Bangladesh health ministry.

Says Election Commissioner Md Anwarul Islam Sarker; 16 lakh dead voters to be removed from voter list.

He added that his party would in no way accept any local government elections before the national election

Students removed the blockade around 7:30pm

Mentioning that some 1.61 lakh people die every year due to tobacco consumption in Bangladesh, speakers at a seminar said the media should play a crucial role in countering the manipulative tactics of the tobacco industry

Ahmed Hussen, Canada's minister of international development, expressed this during a meeting with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the Chief Adviser's Office in Tejgaon, Dhaka, today.

Uprising victims to be recognised as ‘July Martyrs’ and ‘July Fighters’