Two people were killed and two were injured after a lightning bolt struck them at Anforer Danga area of Sylhet’s Gowainghat upazila early yesterday.

Senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed yesterday said their party chairperson Khaleda Zia will never be freed from jail without the “will” of the government, as the judiciary is now not ‘independent’.

Bangladesh Garment Sramik Sanghati yesterday demanded sexual harassment-free and fear-free workplace, where they can do their jobs with dignity.

Holy Cross College and Notre Dame College debate clubs won the USAID International Women’s Day Debate Competition 2020 yesterday.

Speakers at a seminar yesterday said a social change is necessary to stop violence against women and ensure their equal rights.

In yet another case of gang culture in the capital, a youth lost his life while a teenager has been held on charge of the murder.

A Dhaka University student is killed when a passenger bus ran him over in Banani.

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), a non-government organisation, calls upon the young generation to come forward to stop oppression against women and children at a rally in Dhaka.

Two people are sued for sexually harassing a female student of Jagannath University (JnU) near the Victoria Park in Old Dhaka.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and other judges of the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court pay homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, placing wreaths at his grave in Tungipara upazila, Gopalganj, as a part of celebrating the “Mujib Borsho”.

Yaba baron Amin Huda, who was sentenced to 79 years of rigorous imprisonment, dies at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka.

A construction worker of the Metro Rail project dies after an iron frame falls on him while he was working near the High Court area in the city.

Holy Cross College and Notre Dame College debating clubs have won the USAID’s International Women’s Day Debate Competition-2020 Award respectively.

A student of Islamic University (IU), who was visiting Rajshahi University campus, is allegedly beaten up by some Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men.

At least 22 people are killed and nine others injured in separate road accidents in Habiganj, Brahmanbaria, Cumilla, Savar of Dhaka, Feni and Mymensingh.

Nearly a decade after Md Sujon, a grille-shop owner in Sabujbagh, was murdered, the investigation into the case reveals that the crime was orchestrated by his ex-wife’s brothers and her lover for Sujon trying to stay in touch with her after divorce.

Six officials of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi were illegally promoted to different non-existent posts, found Anti-Corruption Commission in a drive yesterday.

Sylhet City Corporation has fallen into a chaotic situation as 22 councillors out of 36 filed a complaint against the mayor on Wednesday, and 10 of them later released a counter-statement, saying they were “misguided” to sign the document.

Education Minister Dipu Moni yesterday said there will be no specific disciplines -- science, humanities and business studies -- for students up to tenth grade when the new curriculum comes into force.

Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) workers, during their routine cleaning efforts, lifted piles of garbage from the drains of a road in the port city.