Jute traders from all over the country started a three-day sit-in in front of Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) yesterday, demanding payment of their dues.

Speakers at a webinar yesterday highlighted the charismatic leadership of Bangabandhu that led the war-torn nation to emancipation.

The High Court yesteray directed the government to preserve and display the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the parliament session room in Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.

The capital, that saw a sharp decline in crime incidents during two-month lockdown has once again started to see a spike in crimes.

The government will take an initiative for early hearing and disposal of the death reference and appeals of sensational Holey Artisan Bakery Attack case before the High Court.

Despite being in the works for five years, the construction of Barishal’s divisional and district Shilpakala Academy has not been completed. This is drawing dissatisfaction from the area’s cultural activists as this delay is hampering the area’s progress in the arts.

Agencies of United Nations, international non-government organisations and the government should redouble efforts on political mobilisation for dignified return of Rohingya refugees, said civilians, NGO leaders and officials at a webinar yesterday.

Staff of Public Works Department (PWD) formed a human chain and held a rally at their Rajshahi office premises yesterday, demanding justice for the attack on their peer.

A Dhaka court today ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to attach two flats of expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, one of the casino kingpins, in connection with a graft case.

Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad on Monday said Bangladeshi workers who returned from UAE’s Abu Dhabi will be sent back after necessary examinations.

ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury, the Awami League lawmaker from Chattogram-6 (Raozan) constituency, tested Covid-19 positive last night.

The High Court today issued a contempt of court rule against the health secretary and director general (DG) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) for not complying with its judgment to ensure emergency medical services for road crash victims.

Two active members of a Neo JMB “sleeper cell” have been arrested during a raid in the capital’s Sadarghat area, said a press release.

The government will take an initiative for early hearing and disposal of death reference and appeals in the sensational Holey Artisan Bakery attack case.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has busted two shops on the ground floor of a 10-storey residential building in Old Dhaka’s Tikatuli area for illegally storing a huge stash of explosive chemicals.

Unemployed Bangladeshi migrants in Greece are going to have an opportunity of institutional skills training facilitated by the Bangladesh embassy there that will benefit them getting jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Child Rights Advocacy Coalition in Bangladesh -- a group of right activists’ organisations -- yesterday demanded judicial investigation into the killing of three boys at Jashore Juvenile Development Centre.

Incidents of violence against children in the workplace shot up in July after people gradually started to return to work since June.

The High Court yesterday upheld a government decision that cancelled an agreement with the company of Golam Kibria Shamim known as GK Shamim, now in jail, for constructing a 20-storey building at Azimpur government colony in Dhaka.

District administration in Chattogram has opened 19 shelter homes for people living at slope of hills, in the wake of heavy downpour in the port city.