Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested a machine operator of Directorate General of Health Education (DGHE) on charges of leaking medical and dental admission test question papers.

Two years after forming the high-powered committee, the new DSCC mayor yesterday found almost no progress in bringing the city buses under six companies and the traffic system under discipline.

Promoting local NGOs was a necessity to uphold dignity of the country’s marginalised population, said speakers at a virtual conference yesterday.

Three Bangladeshi schools, all run by Brac, have been selected among 100 schools from across the globe to showcase their best practices and promote a higher and better standard of education during the ongoing World Education Week.

As possible ways out of a shutdown-induced session jam, the authorities of Dhaka University are mulling over various measures, including merging two semesters into one, taking extra classes, and cutting public holidays.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said members of law enforcement agency are acting quickly to arrest the accused in the Noakhali gang rape incident case.

Jatiya Party Chairman and Deputy Leader of the Opposition GM Quader yesterday said the existing law on rape cases should be amended with the provision of maximum death penalty.

Regional connectivity through the Bay of Bengal can change the fate of South Asian people through trade and economy, especially of the landlocked Nepal, Bhutan and India’s Northeast, said economists and foreign relations experts yesterday.

A Dhaka court today placed a machine operator of the Directorate General of Health Education (DGHE) on five-day remand on charges of leaking medical and dental admission test question papers.

Police bar a procession against incidents of rape brought out by members of Bangladesh Chhatra Union in Dhaka.

A Dhaka court yesterday took cognisance of the charges against GK Shamim, a top contractor of government projects, and his seven bodyguards in a money laundering case.

Monir Uddin Firoz, circulation manager of The Daily Sun, passed away on Sunday. He was 50.

The slope of Choupasha Bridge over a branch of the river Kalijira is yet to be repaired even one year after it got damaged following an accident in Barishal.

The High Court yesterday granted anticipatory bail for four weeks to former member of parliament from Pirojpur AKMA Awal and his wife Laila Parveen in two separate corruption cases.

The trial of Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case began at a Dhaka tribunal yesterday, with deposition of the complainant.

Teachers across the globe celebrated World Teacher’s Day yesterday with the theme “Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future”.

Bangladesh along with Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) will host the virtual Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) leaders’ event tomorrow.

The government cannot avoid the liability for various incidents of violence against women, including rape, said Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday.

Around 93.4 percent of the generated medical and healthcare waste every day from households and healthcare units across the country is left unmanaged due to lack of a proper management system, causing severe environmental pollution as well as health problems, a study has found.

On Saturday afternoon, thousands of villagers gathered around the banks of the Arial Kha river with a resolve. Over the past few years, erosion caused by the river has intensified, submerging two mosques, a primary school, at least 50 houses, and hundreds of acres of agricultural land.