A High Court bench yesterday dropped from its hearing list a petition filed by Tanvir Rahman, seeking cancellation of trial proceeding against him in journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi murder case.

A parliamentary body recommends that only government officials who have at least four years left before retirement be sent abroad for training.

Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain dissolves the party’s central committee amid expulsion and counter-expulsions by a section of party leaders.

The High Court questions the legality of a government decision to stand release Prirojpur’s District and Sessions Judge Md Abdul Mannan, who had ordered the authorities to send a former Awami League lawmaker and his wife to jail in three corruption cases.

An activist of ruling Awami League (AL) has been stabbed to death in Sharsha upazila of Jashore.

The “8th National SME Product Fair 2020” has kicked-off in the capital with a view to promote SME products and bring local small and medium entrepreneurs under one roof.

Two police officers and a loco master have been injured when a Chittagong University (CU) shuttle train and a goods-laden train collided at Forest Gate point in Chattogram’s Sholoshohor area.

Engr MA Wahab has been elected district governor of Rotary International District 3281 Bangladesh for 2022-23, says a press release.

Parveen Akther (45), a resident of Joistopura village under Boalkhali upazila in Chattogram, used to hardly experience elephant attacks. The fear of elephant attack has never been a part of daily life for her. But in the last five or six years, a herd of elephants have regularly scoured their village in search of food, in the process attacking people and damaging crops.

Participated by underprivileged and street children, Fashion for Life-2020 was held in Chattogram city’s CRB Shirish Tola area on February 28, participated by distinguished personalities.

Sylhet city was highly praised recently for ridding one of its roads from cobwebs of overhead cables, but expanding the project to other areas of the city is like traversing a room full of wire-traps.

A Dhaka court yesterday directed court authorities to publish advertisements in two national dailies, asking former DIG Mizanur Rahman’s wife, Sohelia Anar Ratna, and his brother Mahbubur Rahman, to appear before it on April 2 centring a graft case.

The parliament, for the first time in its history, is going to hold a special session on March 22 and 23 to mark the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

In Gopalganj, an army personnel was killed and two were injured in a road accident at Tetulia area under Sadar upazila around yesterday afternoon.

At least 10 persons were injured in a clash among students of three departments at Rajshahi University, following a cricket match yesterday.

Ishraque Hossain, who contested the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) polls for the post of mayor from BNP, filed a lawsuit with an election tribunal in Dhaka yesterday, demanding cancellation of the February 1 election.

The mayor of Washington, DC has declared March 17, 2020 to March 17, 2021 as “Mujib Year”, which will celebrate the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The High Court yesterday wanted to know how the bodyguards of GK Shamim, a top government-listed contractor, got licences for arms and how many firearms they have.

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad yesterday said there were 337 reports of torture and sexual violence against women and girls in February.

The government will face dire consequences, if they do not backtrack from the move to increase power and water prices, warned BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday.