Interns at Rangpur Medical College Hospital called off their strike tonight.

The workers of a readymade garment factory demonstrated in Gazipur city today demanding payment of their arrears and allowance.

Rapid Action Battalion seized snake venom worth Tk 75 crore and arrested six smugglers from Dhaka’s Dakshinkhan area yesterday afternoon.

North South University (NSU) deeply mourns the passing of MA Hashem, founder trustee member and former trustee board chairperson of the university.

Five police officers, among 12 tested positives in drug tests, were sent to jail in Barishal yesterday, according to Barishal Metropolitan Police (BMP).

Transport leaders yesterday reiterated their demand for changing several sections of the Road Transport Act-2018, which came into force partially from November last year.

Md Nasser Shahrear Zahedee has been elected president of Cadet College Club Limited (CCCL) for the second term. Md Manzur Murshed and Md Jakaria Habib were elected vice-president and secretary general, says a press release.

Anti-tobacco group Knowledge for Progress yesterday condemned the government decision that allowed a tobacco company to set up new manufacturing plant in the country.

Bangladesh Nari Pragati Sangha, Jano Udyog and Human Rights Forum Bangladesh in a joint statement yesterday demanded that the body of 14-year-old deceased Lakingme Chakma be handed over to her family members immediately.

The government has reappointed Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus to his current post on contract for two more years, postponing his post-retirement leave (PRL) and related facilities.

With 10 hours remaining in the clock, the 72-hour transport strike in Sylhet demanding permission to resume stone extraction was called off at around 8pm yesterday.

The government is trying to find ways for expatriate Bangladeshis to invest in the country, said Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad yesterday.

AKM Bahauddin Bahar, lawmaker of Cumilla-6 constituency, has threatened an official of the Department of Environment (DoE) with dire consequences after she inspected a hill-cutting project by Roads and Highways Department (RHD) and prepared a damage assessment report.

Members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) rescued a volunteer of Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society early yesterday, 10 hours after he was abducted from a Cox’s Bazar Rohingya refugee camp.

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki yesterday said his country supports repatriation of Rohingyas and wants to see the process start next year.

Christmas, the biggest religious festival of the Christian community, is back again after a year-long wait, with the same exuberance among the community. Billions across the globe will observe the day, and Bangladeshi Christians will join in on the celebration as well.

One hundred and sixty-five passengers including 5 infants have been cleared from Sylhet Osmani International Airport this afternoon after the authorities concerned verified their Covid-19 negative certificates.

Rab claimed to have arrested six drug peddlers with two kgs of cocaine in their possession in separate drives at Dhaka’s Jatrabari and Gulistan areas on Tuesday.

The government is training workers to send skilled Bangladeshi workforce to the post-Covid global labour market, said Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad yesterday.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday stayed for eight weeks a High Court verdict that acquitted three who were sentenced to death by the trial court in a case filed for abducting and killing a six-year-old schoolboy in Cox’s Bazar in 2013.