Three days into an attempt to grab land belonging to Catholic diocese in Sylhet, miscreants attacked again on Thursday.

Rights organisation Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has expressed deep concern over the recent spate of rapes and sexual assaults in different parts of the country.

Although the paper books of sensational August 21 grenade attack, Holey Artisan Bakery attack and Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder cases have already been prepared, the High Court is yet to start hearing on their death references and appeals for different reasons, delaying justice.

Dhaka University Teachers’ Association yesterday protested the decision of giving Sher-e-Bangla Agriculture University (SAU) registrar the charge of vice-chancellor of the university.

A seven-year-old child was scorched as a maktab (centre for elementary Arabic learning) teacher allegedly threw hot water from a flask at him.

The government has appointed Md Nazrul Islam, currently serving as the director general of Multilateral Economic Affairs Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the new ambassador to Ethiopia.

Fifteen media personalities have expressed grave concern over the ongoing relocation of stray dogs from Dhaka South City Corporation. In a statement yesterday, they said the animals are being driven out cruelly and unfairly.

Some local influential are allegedly trying to grab a land belonging to the Catholic diocese in Sylhet.

Four days after the murder of Savar schoolgirl Nila Roy, information about the dubious past of prime accused Mizanur Rahman (20) has started to surface. Mizan, who allegedly stabbed Nila in an abandoned house owned by his father on Sunday night, has turned out to be a member of “Shakil and Sakib” gang.

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has begun distributing cash assistance to some 23,000 Covid-19 affected marginalised households in 38 districts through a three-month emergency cash transfer initiative, under the Excluded People’s Rights in Bangladesh (EPR) Programme, supported by the UK government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

To change his and his family’s fortune, Zia Mollah flew to Brunei on October 30 last year after collecting Tk 3.20 lakh expense by selling land and sister-in-law’s gold ornaments.

Four-year old Nusrat Jahan Mim, whose body was found in a bathroom at Karail slum in Dhaka on Wednesday, was killed by her elder brother, said Rab.

Some 292 protests were held across Bangladesh for different reasons since Covid-19 hit the country in March, said a report of Dhaka University’s Centre for Genocide Studies (CGS).

With the cabinet division having already directed Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP) authority to redesign viaducts due to the poor vertical and horizontal clearance, the railways minister, who visited the site along with planning minister yesterday, tried to down play the problem.

Smartphones seem to be stuck after achieving an evolutionary height. Every device is a large rectangular slab usually black. Some argue that the form has achieved the ultimate mix of perfection and functionality.

The prosecution yesterday sought highest punishment -- life term imprisonment -- for expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon in an arms case.

The Dhaka University student, who had earlier sued former Ducsu VP Nur, yesterday filed a case against eight other persons, a Facebook group, and over a hundred unidentified people on the charge of sexually harassing her on the social media platform.

Fifteen eminent artistes today expressed concern over Dhaka South City Corporation’s decision to relocate stray dogs from DSCC areas.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has provided a total of Tk 1.75 crore as financial assistance for 35 families of the victims of Narayanganj mosque explosion.

A journalist and the sixth prosecution witness, today gave her deposition before a Dhaka tribunal in a case filed in January over the rape of a Dhaka University student.