City planners of Dhaka yesterday demanded that the authorities concerned revise its decision of using land of Dhaka city in an indiscriminate way, as mixed use of land will harm the city.

Legal experts and rights activists yesterday expressed concerns over the effectiveness of the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2010, a decade after it was promulgated.

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), which had earlier shown reservation about joining centralised admission test, is now interested.

Bengal Foundation launched their very first virtual tour of an ongoing exhibition titled ‘Baseer: An Eloquent Mind’ for the online audience. The online platform for the full-fledged gallery tour has been designed by Artcon, a specialised agency that covers all modes of services in the art field.

Wahida Khanom Chowdhury, mother of Md Abdul Halim Chowdhury, managing director and CEO of Pubali Bank Ltd, passed away in Dhaka yesterday, says a press release.

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday sentenced seven people to death for killing and burning the body of freedom fighter Atik Ullah Chowdhury in December 2013.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against four accused in connection with the killing of Sagira Morshed in the capital 30 years ago.

A parliamentary body yesterday strongly recommended that the defence ministry completes work of the project for establishment of 99 Composite Brigade for overall safety of Padma Multipurpose Bridge project as soon as possible.

After 12 years, a Chattogram court yesterday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a girl after making false promises of marriage in 2008.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a ban on organising any assembly, rally, mass gathering, and using loudspeaker for events like these in Dhaka city without prior permission.

Two youths today threw a “suspicious black bag” aiming at a security guard of the US Embassy in Dhaka, following an altercation. Police later called the bomb disposal unit of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit to check the contents of the bag and found a match box, a cup wrapped with black tape, some wire and a knife inside.

Valiant freedom fighter Shahzaman Mozumder Bir Protik breathed his last this afternoon at a city clinic after suffering from dengue fever. With his death, the country has lost a war hero, and the ICT industry has lost an entrepreneur.

A court in Chattogram today sentenced a man to life term imprisonment on charge of raping a girl in 2008.

A Dhaka court today framed charges against four accused in connection with the murder of Sagira Morshed in Dhaka 30 years ago.

State minister for Religious Affairs Md Faridul Haque Khan yesterday called upon all to exercise restraint from using provocative statements.

Eminent philosopher and Dhaka University (DU) teacher Prof Hasna Begum died from Covid-19 yesterday at Bangladesh Specialised Hospital, at 85.

The High Court yesterday questioned a lower court order that granted bail to four accused in a Tk 4 crore money laundering case against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.

Bangladesh will organise a world peace conference next year, marking the 50th year of the country’s Liberation War and birth centenary of

Despite having a clear guideline issued from the Local Government Division, entrepreneurs under the government’s a2i programme are not getting proper support due to lack of coordination with ward councillors, they alleged.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday said they will recover all the canals from encroachers and clean those properly before the next monsoon.