A Supreme Court (SC) circular yesterday directed lower court judges not to invite outsiders, including politicians, to any occasion of the judiciary. It also asked trial court judges not to organise any ceremony during judicial functioning or court’s time. The circular said trial courts were not…

Experts at a seminar in the capital yesterday urged the government to take steps for proper implementation of the Bangladesh National Building code to reduce earthquake disasterrisk by 90 per cent, reports UNB. They also warned that if the policymakers fail to come up with suitable plans and preparedness…

A court here yetsreday sent seven officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to jail on completion of their 8-day remand in a case filed over the glitch in a VVIP flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports UNB. Metropolitan Magistrate Amirul Haider Chowdhury passed the order when Inspector of…

Ferry services on Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in the Padma River resumed after four hours of disruption caused by dense fog yesterday morning, reports UNB from Munshiganj. Giasuddin Patwari, manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC), said the ferry services and plying of water vessels…

Home Minister Asaduzza­man Khan yesterday said necessary security measures have been taken for peaceful holding of Biswa Ijtema scheduled to begin on January 13, reports UNB from Gazipur. We don't have any threat from any group and we think that everything is under control and we are always…

A British man has put his gender transition on hold to have a baby after finding a sperm donor on social media and is expected to become the first UK male to give birth, reports PTI from London. Hayden Cross has been living legally as a man for three years and is already part-way through hormone treatment…

Iran's ex-President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a dominant figure in the country's politics since the 1980s, has died at the age of 82, reports BBC quoting various media. Mr Rafsanjani had suffered a heart attack, the reports said. He served as president from 1989 to 1997 but lost to Mahmoud…