Dr Shah Hassan Imam, a retired general practitioner (GP) in Britain, breathed his last in Chorley, UK, on Sunday. He was 75, says a press release.

The government is trying to hide information on coronavirus cases found in the country, alleged BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines decides to reduce the number of flights on 10 different international routes by more than fifty percent due to low number of passengers, as well as flight bans in some destinations following the global coronavirus outbreak.

Department of Environment (DoE) fines Chittagong University (CU) Tk 9.05 lakh for cutting hills without obtaining clearance from DoE.

Five years after the murder of a child in Narsingdi, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has disclosed that the father had assisted the criminals to kill his daughter in exchange for money.

“Harun murdered my child. If there were a punishment higher than death sentence, that too would not be enough for his crimes.”

A judicial probe committee finds part negligence of Dhaka north and south city corporations over the outbreak of dengue in the capital last year.

A suspected drug smuggler has been held by the police in Noakhali’s Charmatua union.

A Dhaka court has taken cognisance of charges against four accused in connection with the murder of Sagira Morshed, who was shot dead in 1989.

A fire that broke out at a shoe factory in the capital's Shoarighat area has been doused after two and a half hours of frantic efforts.

Police arrest one person in a case filed over sexually harassing a female student of Jagannath University (JnU) near Victoria Park in Old Dhaka on March 6.

The death toll in the Padma boat capsize has raised to nine after the newly-wed bride’s body was recovered.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to prepare a complete list of language heroes and martyrs and submit it before this court in the next six months.

The key to resolving Dhaka’s traffic chaos lies in bringing down the number of cars on the streets, said speakers at a discussion yesterday, citing a study that says the number of cars in Dhaka city would require a staggering 8 crore square feet of parking space.

Railways Ministry yesterday provided financial assistance to the victim family members of a train accident in Brahmanbaria in November last year.

Limon Hossain, who was shot and maimed during a Rab shooting in 2011, started his new journey as a teaching assistant at Gono University’s law department last month.

Shameem Rahman passed away at 5pm on Saturday at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore, says a press release.

Lego, the world’s largest toy brand with annual sales of more than $2 billion, was established by the Kirk Christiansen family in Billund, Denmark in 1932.

A memorial lecture named after Kaniz Fatema Mohsina will be held at Bangla Academy in Dhaka today, says a press release.

Dhaka Credit (The Christian Co-Operative Credit Union Ltd Dhaka) Women Committee celebrated International Women’s Day yesterday.