Two people were burnt to death and one sustained injuries after a fire engulfed a living space in port city’s Halishahar area yesterday.

Another person died in the fire that broke out at a building in Eskaton on Thursday, taking the death toll to five.

The United Nations and NGOs, in support of Bangladesh government, will launch the 2020 Joint Humanitarian Response Plan in Geneva today, seeking $877 million from the international community for the Rohingya refugee crisis.

The cabinet yesterday approved the draft of the National Agricultural Extension Policy 2020 aiming to ensure production of safe, nutritious and profitable crops through providing demand-based technology and information services to farmers and entrepreneurs.

Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed inaugurated the Army Aviation School base at Lalmonirhat Cantonment yesterday.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the Election Commission must remain cautious so that Rohingya people cannot become voters of Bangladesh in any manner.

A total of 534 people were killed and 1,169 were injured in 504 road accidents last month, Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity said in a report yesterday.

Twenty-four leading editors and media executives from 20 countries yesterday called on the Philippine authorities to end their “campaign of harassment and intimidation” of Maria A Ressa, the chief executive officer and executive editor of Philippines-based online news site Rappler.

Protesting the recent violence in Delhi

The two Dhaka city mayors should establish adequate public toilets in each ward in a bid to avert environmental pollution and health risk, said activists at a discussion yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed brothers Enamul Haque Enu and Rupon Bhuiyan on six-day remand each in a case filed under the Special Powers Act.

A High Court bench yesterday refused to hold hearing on a writ petition that challenged the legality of Bangladesh Bank’s decision which instructed the scheduled banks to set a maximum nine percent interest rate on all loans except credit cards.

Tabith Awal, who contested Dhaka North City Corporation polls for mayor post from BNP, filed a lawsuit with an election tribunal in the capital yesterday, demanding cancellation of the February 1 election.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has recently assigned a High Court bench for hearing and disposing of the death reference and appeals in the sensational Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case.

A Dhaka court places brothers Enamul Haque Enu and Rupon Bhuiyan on six-day remand in a case filed under Special Power Act.

A High Court bench refuses to hold hearing on a writ petition that challenged the legality of Bangladesh Bank's decision which instructed the scheduled banks to set a maximum nine percent interest rate on all loans except credit cards.

Two persons were arrested on charges of torching a garment factory in Dhaka’s Mirpur area, after stealing apparel products worth over Tk 43 lakh on February 15, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) says.

A total of 534 people were killed and 1,169 injured in 504 incidents of road accidents last month, Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity said in a report today.

Two persons have been killed and another injured as a fire broke out at a tin-shed structure in Halishahar of Chattogram.

Tabith Awal files a suit with an election tribunal in Dhaka, demanding cancellation of the Dhaka North City Corporation polls held on February 1.