The condition of Willes Little Flower School and College teacher Syeda Fahima Begum, whose left arm was reattached after being severed in an accident in Gopalganj on Tuesday, improved considerably yesterday.

A labour court in Dhaka has acquitted Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus and three other top officials of Grameen Communications from charges of a case filed over violating labour laws, after fining them Tk 7,500 each.

A group of nephrologists yesterday warned renal disease patients against stem cell therapy, as such treatments have not yet been established as safe and effective.

Local-level women leaders and party workers from Awami League and BNP yesterday asked their respective party high-ups to ensure one-third representation of women in committees, as granted in the constitution.

After a year-long renovation work, the historic Bahadur Shah Park opened to public yesterday.

Rahim Uddin Bharsa, former lawmaker and ex-president of Rangpur district BNP, passed away yesterday due to old age complications.

The High Court yesterday scrapped the convictions and jail sentences handed down by the executive magistrate-run-mobile courts to juveniles across the country.

Rajshahi University (RU) yesterday decided to suspend all public events on campus following the first reported cases of coronavirus in the country.

What began as an exciting experience ended in tragedy when Mohammad Nayeem (15), a 10th grader of Tangail’s Momtaz Ali High School, died after crashing the motorbike he was learning to ride.

Independence Day celebrations will be held on a smaller scale this year in wake of the recently confirmed coronavirus cases in the country, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said yesterday.

Pirojpur District and Sessions Judge Md Abdul Mannan, who was stand released from his duties and attached to the law ministry on March 3, has been transferred to Kurigram.

Jubo Mohila League’s suspended leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon were each freshly remanded for 15 days in three cases yesterday.

Workers of Asian Apparel Limited in Chattogram began a fast-unto-death movement over the alleged sacking of their fellows without giving notice. The workers staged their protest at Chattogram Press Club yesterday.

A woman died after a brick fell on her from a building in Kamrangirchar yesterday.

Eleven students of the physics department of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) started a hunger strike from 11am yesterday, protesting a March 4 circular that declared all classes and examinations of the department suspended.

A woman died after a brick fell on her from a building in Kamrangirchar yesterday.

Come election time, one thing remains common among all candidates -- using posters for publicity.

A labour court in Dhaka has acquitted Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus and three other top officials of Grameen Communications from charges of violating labour laws.

Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Ahmad Kaikaus has instructed the health ministry to increase the number of health staff to 30 in each shift for screening passengers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Private inland container depots (ICDs) stopped transporting export goods through containers of three foreign companies, demanding additional charges -- disrupting timely shipment -- this morning.