The average life expectancy of goldsmiths in Bangladesh is 59, in stark contrast with the national life expectancy of 72.3 years, according to a study by the Department of Public Health and Informatics (DPHI) at BSMMU.

Detectives yesterday claimed to have found “important money laundering evidence” against expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and are preparing to file a case against her.

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A Supreme Court (SC) lawyer yesterday appealed to the president and prime minister to release BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail on humanitarian grounds, ahead of the birth centenary celebrations of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

CARE Bangladesh observed National Disaster Preparedness Day in collaboration with the administrations in Cox’s Bazar Sadar, Ramu and Moheshkhali upazilas.

Matiur Rahman Chowdhury, editor-in-chief of Bangla daily Manabzamin, and 31 others have been sued under the Digital Security Act, on the charge of “publishing false news and circulating it on social media”.

The High Court yesterday rejected a bail petition of four bodyguards of GK Shamim in a money laundering case.

The country’s first-ever expressway from Dhaka to Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila will be opened to public tomorrow, aiming to ensure better connectivity between the capital and southern districts through Padma Bridge.

The body of a male newborn is recovered from a dustbin in Old Dhaka’s Kaltabazar area.

The hand of Fahima Begum, a college teacher, has been reattached in a six-hour long surgery after it was severed in a road accident in Gopalganj.

A police inspector in Manikganj has been closed after an allegation of sexually harassing a woman was brought against him.

Mobile courts fine at least 19 stores, including pharmacies, in Dhaka city, Savar, Narayanganj and Manikganj for selling products such as surgical masks, hand sanitisers and different medicines at prices higher than usual.

The High Court again refuses to grant bail to Sohel Rana, owner of the Rana Plaza -- which collapsed leaving at least 1,135 people in April, 2013 -- in a corruption case filed on charge of committing irregularities in constructing the building.

The High Court rejects a bail petition of GK Shamim’s four bodyguards, a top government-listed contractor, in a money laundering case.

The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education has asked all offices and educational institutions under its jurisdiction and people across the country to remain cautious to contain the spread of coronavirus.

A Dhaka court has granted bail to former minister Nazmul Huda’s wife Sigma Huda and their two daughters -- Antara Selima Huda and Srabanti Amina Huda -- in two graft cases.

A teacher’s left hand has been severed and at least 10 students of Dhaka’s Willes Little Flower School and College have been injured when a bus on a study tour collided with a parked truck in Gopalganj.

The High Court rejects the bail of suspended director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Khandaker Enamul Basir in a case filed over a transaction of Tk 40 lakh as bribe.

Banglalink has declared the IEDCR hotline numbers toll-free for its users to facilitate preventive measures against the spread of coronavirus in the country, a press release says.

A knowledge sharing workshop on linking skilled youths with potential employers was held yesterday morning at Aman Ullah Convention Centre in Sylhet city.