A civil court in Rajshahi yesterday fined a man Tk 20,000 for attempting to occupy a piece of land through false documents in a false case he filed against another.

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.

A Dhaka court yesterday took cognisance of charges against expelled Dhaka South Jubo League president Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in two cases filed under the arms and narcotics control acts.

Jagannath University (JnU) authorities yesterday unveiled its 16-storey Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall for female students.

North South University has announced that they would waive 20 percent of tuition fees for the upcoming Fall-2020 semester, in the wake of students’ demo.

The Dhaka Medical College authorities today said it is their failure they could not protect a newborn who was declared dead by the authorities of the hospital on Friday but was later found alive right before the burial.

A suspended constable was arrested today in connection with the death of Rayhan Ahmed after allegedly being tortured in police custody.

The committee formed to investigate the incident of a woman’s rape in Sylhet’s Murari Chand College on September 25 has submitted its report to the High Court.

Goods-carrying water transport workers enforced an indefinite strike across the country today to press home their 11-point demand, disrupting the operation of lighterage vessels and oil tankers at Chattogram Port.

A three-year old baby was sexually abused by her neighbour in Dhaka’s Kadamtoli area yesterday.

Police recovered body of a two-year-old from a bin of a building in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area this morning.

Bangladesh National Advisory Committee on Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Chairperson Saima Wazed Hossain on Sunday said mental health services are essential to achieve SDGs, and such ailments should be treated with care.

Article 70 of the constitution has crippled the parliamentary government system, said Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday

A leading rights organisation yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court, praying to it to declare salish (arbitrations) in settling incidents of rape as a criminal offence.

As Covid-19 infections continue across the country, several bookstores in the capital are creatively rebooting.

The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to an engineer, Md Shafiqul Islam, in three cases filed over corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for the officials of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.

For the second consecutive day, a group of North South University students staged a sit-in in front of their campus yesterday, demanding 30 percent waiver of fees for the upcoming fall semester.