Incorporating general people’s understanding while setting definition of “victim” and “witness” in relevant law is essential to ensure their protections, former chairman of National Human Rights Commission Prof Mizanur Rahman said yesterday.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday convened the special session of parliament on November 8, marking Mujib Borsho.

Sidco Group, a garment manufacturing company which had suspended 165 workers last week and shut its Ashulia factory following workers’ unrest, has reached an agreement with the workers.

Most of the trash that washed ashore on Cox’s Bazar beach in July, causing uproar among environment activists and conservationists, came from the fishing community. A probe body formed the same month came up with the findings recently after analysing the waste, visiting the spots, and talking to fishermen, locals and experts.

Four people were sent to jail on allegation of punishing 50 madrasa students on Tuesday.

The High Court yesterday granted permanent bail to contractor Asif Hossain in a case filed over corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.

Almost a week has passed since the brutal murder of Swechchasebak League leader Masudur Rahman Shuvra. His wife, Tahrima Akter Chumki, is still in shock and cannot stop wailing for her late husband.

At least 37,170 people were killed and 82,758 injured in 26,902 road accidents in last five years since 2015, according to Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity.

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit yesterday claimed to have arrested a close aide of a Bangladeshi expat in Saudi Arabia, Mustaq Mohammad Arman Khan, who had been spreading provocative messages on social media through misinterpreting religion.

A sub-inspector has been suspended for helping the then in-charge of Sylhet city’s Bandarbazar police outpost Akbar Hossain Bhuiyan flee after the death and alleged torture of Rayhan Ahmed while in police custody on October 11.

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) today organised a virtual conference as part of preparation for a draft law on victims and witnesses’ protection.

Men in plainclothes allegedly picked up a leader of Bangladesh Juba Odhikar Parishad from the capital’s Roy Shaheb Bazar intersection area in a microbus this afternoon.

Four more prosecution witnesses, including a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate, today gave their depositions before a Dhaka tribunal in connection with the case filed over the rape of a DU student in Dhaka's Kurmitola earlier this year.

The High Court today refused to grant anticipatory bail to four accused in a case filed on charges of killing Supreme Court lawyer Asif Imtiaz Khan Jisad.

Anti-rape protesters today blocked Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka for two hours demanding implementation of their nine-point demand and protesting the attack on Dhaka to Noakhali anti-rape long-march on October 17.

A traffic sergeant was killed after a pick-up van hit his motorcycle in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area last night.

Though the government has been implementing Building Construction Rules-2008 for managing the capital’s structures properly since 2008, urban planners at a programme yesterday said a provision in the rules is actually doing quite the opposite and turning Dhaka into an unliveable city.

Md Khorshed Alam, a renowned teacher at Hizla, Muladi and Mehendiganj in Barishal, passed away on October 11 at his Maultala village residence, aged 77.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate a special flight from Dhaka to Rome on October 28. Mokabbir Hossain, managing director and CEO of the national flag carrier, said this through a WhatsApp message yesterday.

SOS Children’s Villages Bangladesh yesterday at a virtual event launched the global initiative “YouthCan!” in Bangladesh, to support young people who have lost or are at risk of losing parental care.