On June 21, 2019, International Labour Conference (ILC) of International Labour Organisation (ILO), in its 108th session adopted the first-ever standards on the elimination of violence and harassment in the workplace — Violence and Harassment Convention (No. 190), and Recommendation (No. 206).

Former Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur has filed an attempt to murder complaint with Hatirjheel Police Station early today.

A Dhaka court today sentenced a student of Dhaka City College to jail until death and five others to life term imprisonment for killing Ayaz Haq, a student of Government Laboratory High School, in 2014.

A teenager was killed and another injured by muggers last night in Abdullapur area of Dhaka’s Uttara.

Speakers at a webinar yesterday said in order to prevent violence against women and girl children, the issue of mental health of men and boys must be given due attention.

Police yesterday claimed to have arrested members of a gang that used to steal personal information of elderly affluent people and blackmail them to pay anywhere between Tk 5 to 50 lakh.

Rights activists and civil society members have called for including healthcare as a fundamental right in the country’s constitution, making it a legal obligation of the state to protect peoples’ right to healthcare.

Today is the 49th martyrdom anniversary of Bir Shreshtha Ruhul Amin.

United Hospital has unveiled its 2021 calendar at an informal programme held at the hospital’s seminar hall yesterday. As 2021 marks 50 years of Bangladesh’s independence, the hospital has published the calendar as a tribute to the occasion.

Nurul Husain Khan, former chairman of NBR and secretary of Internal Resources Division, passed away yesterday at his Gulshan residence, says a press release.

Poet, writer and one of the top advertising professionals of the country, Aditya Kabir passed away yesterday at the age of 50. According to close sources, Aditya Kabir died of a stroke in his sleep at his in-law’s house in Uttara.

Alongside government-initiated projects, various private initiatives are also in place to serve the needs of the differently-abled members of society. Nevertheless, deficiency in information dissemination and awareness often deprive them of the facilities available for them, speakers said at a webinar yesterday.

Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) is working to diversify people’s choices and come out of poverty, said PKSF Chairman Dr Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad yesterday.

When the first-ever catheterisation laboratory (cath lab) in Mymensingh was set up at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) this year, it brought optimism to the district’s cardiac patients.

The country’s youths have to be mobilised against corruption to eliminate the menace from the society, said speakers during a virtual discussion yesterday.

Pointing out that corruption took place even during the pandemic, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairperson Iqbal Mahmood yesterday called upon people to rein in their limitless greed.

A 250kg bomb was found buried at the construction site of the third terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka today.

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned of the government to immediately block all the online and digital portals of Kanak Sarwar, a Bangladeshi journalist who is now abroad, including his Facebook and YouTube channel for running “anti-state distorted contents” through the platforms.

The Balipara Foundation has recently introduced “Latifur Rahman Naturenomics Award” -- a special award to memorialise the late founder chairman of Transcom Group, one of the leading figureheads behind ethical business in Bangladesh.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said communal forces will not be given any scope to strengthen their footing in the country that attained independence through the Liberation War in 1971.