BNP yesterday urged the government to take effective steps to stop killings at the borders.

Probashi Kallyan Bank has so far disbursed about Tk 9 crore from the Tk 200-crore special loan for coronavirus-affected returnee migrants’ reintegration, the bank’s acting managing director Abnus Jahan said yesterday.

A fire broke out at a slum in Dhaka’s Kalshi area yesterday noon, gutting many shanties and valuables.

No DJ parties will be allowed on New Year’s Eve to usher in 2021, and all bars must be shut down in the capital before the evening on the day.

In the wake of Dhaka University’s birth centenary in 2021, the decision to bulldoze its historical Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) and replace it with a multi-storied structure shocked students, alumni, and residents of Dhaka.

Three passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed and two critically injured in a road accident in Mymensingh’s Gouripur upazila on Friday night.

All he had to show was a Secondary School Certificate; no degrees on dental surgery or even professional training.

The High Court today cleared the way for the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka to continue the trial proceedings of Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case.

Samsuddin Ahmed, former lawmaker from Manikganj-2 constituency, died at a Dhaka hospital early yesterday, at the age of 75.

Barrister M Shafiqul Islam and GM Akhtar Hossain have been elected president and general secretary of Dhaka University Friends Alliance (DUFA), a registered friend organisation of the 1995-96 batch under the institution.

Speakers at a virtual ceremony on Saturday emphasised the need to show young people how they can be part of a sustainable change-making process.

Orthopaedic surgeon Prof Dr Amjad Hossain has been elected to a global non-profit organisation of professionals of the field.

Four people were killed and another was injured in road accidents in three districts in the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday urged the lower courts’ law officers across the country to abstain from any corruption and to give up all kinds of dishonest practices while dealing with cases in courts.

Twenty-two accused of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad murder case have filed a petition with the High Court for transferring the case from the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka, apprehending that they “will not get justice” from the tribunal.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced two persons to death for killing six-year-old Khandaker Samiul Azim Wafi in June 2010.

Fatiha Maskura, now 45, has been in the condemned cell of a jail since June 6, 2016, after a Sylhet court sentenced her to death for killing her husband Ibrahim Abu Khalil Al Hafiz. Ibharhim was killed on May 18, 2015, following a family dispute, according to the case statement.

The number of border killings would be reduced if people living in bordering areas were made aware and financially self-sufficient, Maj Gen Shafeenul Islam, director general (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said yesterday.

The iconic raised index finger during his historic March 7, 1971 speech has become somewhat of a template for artistic depictions of Bangabandhu

Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram has fined Modern Steel Mill Limited Tk nine lakh for polluting air.