Despite allegations of numerous irregularities against most of the private universities, the government gives approval to six new universities in the private sector.

The industries minister issues instructions to close down tanneries which will fail to relocate from Hazaribagh to Savar in 72 hours. Allocation of plots in Savar industrial park will also be cancelled in such cases, according to the instructions.

The information ministry urges the state-run media outlets to highlight Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's "eight innovative initiatives" mainly aimed to fight poverty and ensure a better life for under privileged people.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members to be deployed in municipal polls areas to hold the December 30 elections in a free, fair and congenial atmosphere.

Bangladesh signs its biggest ever contract worth $12.65 billion with a Russia’s state-run company to build the Rooppur nuclear power plant that would generate 2,400 megawatts of electricity.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says there is no scope to change the newly announced national pay scale.

The government will soon decide to lift the ongoing ban on Facebook in the country, says Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.

The government is to hold two separate meetings with the Facebook authority tomorrow for signing a deal with the popular social media site to get the information of its Bangladeshi users.

Rafida Ahmed Banya, the widow of Bangladeshi-American blogger Avijit Roy, urges the international community to come forward to help save the voices of Bangladeshi journalists, writers, bloggers, and publishers and help them maintain a healthy secular society.

Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique urges the government to sever all diplomatic ties with Pakistan for interfering in Bangladesh’s domestic affairs like war crimes trial.

Bangladesh offers transit facility to Nepal through its Chittagong and Mongla seaports for importing petroleum products from third countries to address its acute fuel crisis triggered due to the blockade at the Nepal-India border.

Mobile operator Robi says they need 12 months for completion of the merger with Airtel to become the second largest mobile operator in the country, while the High Court asks the government to explain in four weeks as to why it should not be directed to assess the market impact of the proposed merger.

The government officially requests the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to extend its deadline by two years for issuing Machine Readable Passport (MRP) for Bangladeshi nationals who are still carrying handwritten passports in different countries across the world.

The government will be moving for cellphone or mobile handset registration across the country for what is said “foolproof security” measures.

The mass probe body formed over alleged question leak of medical and dental admission tests reports to have found proof of leak.

In a bid to curb politically and sexually embarrassing posts, Bangladesh government is trying to sign a deal with Facebook authorities soon.

The Press Information Department (PID) starts online newspaper registration process to check yellow journalism and ensure government benefits for the publishers

Teachers and employees of non-MPO educational institutions start fast unto death demanding inclusion of their institutions in the government’s Monthly Pay Order (MPO) facility.

The government is to build a four-lane flyover at Bhulta on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway to ease traffic movement at the busy intersection used by vehicles of four different routes.

BNP alleges that the government has decided to hold the local body polls under party banner in December and January only to avoid the demand of national polls.