The current government is instigating fundamentalism, claimed BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir while talking to reporters at his Thakurgaon residence yesterday morning.

Marine White Fish Trawler Owners Association has demanded amendments to the new “Marine Fisheries Act-2020”. They claimed the law is creating obstacles for fishing in the Bay of Bengal.

Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh’s permanent represen-tative to the United Nations, has been elected vice president of the UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS executive board at the elections held in New York yesterday.

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned of the government to remove all illegal structures along the Karnaphuli river at Lal Dariarchar area in Chattogram in the next two months.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday approved the charge-sheet of a graft case against online casino “kingpin” Salim Prodhan, which accused him of amassing about Tk 57.79 crore illegally.

The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to a former employee of Unipay2u Bangladesh Limited in a money laundering case in which he was sentenced to 12 years’ jail.

The Netherlands and Sweden have called for urgent need for a UN assessment on the safety, feasibility and sustainability of Bhasan Char as a place for refugees to live.

Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities yesterday suspended its chief security officer, Sudipta Shaheen, for controversial activities during his four-year service.

Two brick kilns that were built inside the coastal reserve forest at Uttar Kattoli along the Bay of Bengal were knocked down by a joint operation yesterday.

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of a lower court order that granted bail to Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of online news portal bdnews24.com, in a corruption case.

Police claimed to have arrested four drug traders who were trying to smuggle contraband yaba pills to the USA through the parcel service of the post office.

Detective Branch (DB) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) today auctioned off 3,000 kg imported onions which were stolen from the port while unloading.

Assistant High Commissioner of India at Rajshahi has gifted two buses to Rajshahi University.

The officials of Dhaka South City Corporation faced obstruction when they went to evict illegal parts of Fulbaria Supermarket-2 in Dhaka's Gulistan area today.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday summoned the then director general of the directorate of primary education Dr Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal, now defence secretary, and four other government officials to appear before this court on December 14 for not complying with its 2017 directive over appointing a qualified candidate to the post of primary school teacher.

The High Court yesterday acquitted three people who were sentenced to death by a trial court in a case filed for abducting and killing a six-year-old in Cox’s Bazar in 2013.

A young woman, sitting with a man, was smoking near Rajshahi’s Circuit House Road -- a public space -- on Sunday afternoon when a man appeared and started shouting at her, asking to leave immediately. Soon, some other men joined him in rebuking her for “smoking in a public place”.

Covid-19 patients that received a five-day course of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin have shown an early viral clearance and improvements of blood biomarkers compared with other two control groups, researchers found in their study at icddr,b.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said it would take 10 to 12 months to complete other works of the long-cherished Padma bridge after installation of the last span.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) yesterday demolished part of a petrol pump illegally constructed on land surrounding Buriganga River. The land was allegedly occupied by lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim.