Angarir Khal, a city corporation-owned canal in Savar, was finally freed from grabbers yesterday, after six long years.

A Mymensingh court yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing his nephew over land dispute at the district’s Sadar upazila in 2016.

Chattogram city unit of BNP yesterday organised a reception programme for the party-nominated mayoral candidate Shahadat Hossain for the upcoming city corporation polls.

A 70-year-old man died during a scuffle with his “rivals”, over a land dispute in port city’s Halishahar area yesterday morning.

A two-day information fair began in Savar yesterday, with an objective to inform people about the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

The newly elected mayors and councillors of Dhaka south and north city corporations will take oath tomorrow.

A farewell programme has been organised recently for IUB’s outgoing Vice Chancellor Professor M Omar Rahman.

The High Court has stayed the trial proceedings of a corruption case filed against former textiles and jute minister Abdul Latif Siddique for six months.

The University Grants Commission has decided to introduce a "cluster system" to enrol students to public universities after five leading universities opted out of the "centralised admission test" proposed by the commission last December.

A Dhaka Court frames charges against expelled Jubo League leader Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan in connection with a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act.

The High Court bans two books – “Dia Arefin” and “Nanir Bani” -- both written by Diarsi Arag, for hurting religious sentiments.

Two women riding a scooter are killed when an unidentified bus rams into them in Dhaka’s Banani area.

Eleven people were killed and 41 injured in road accidents across the country during the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.

How long does it take to complete a two-year project for constructing a medical facility? For a government hospital struggling to cope with patient flow, the answer is more than a decade.

Although spring sky took a shade of uncharacteristic gloom yesterday, it was no match for last-minute shoppers, who turned out in droves at Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela.

Prime Minister Gold Medal-2018 award ceremony under the auspices of University Grants Commission will be held today at Prime Minister’s Office, says a press release.

A court in Chattogram yesterday sentenced three drug peddlers to 15 years in jail in a case filed over recovering 28 lakh yaba pills from a trawler in Chattogram’s outer anchorage and Dhaka in January 2016.

The Right to Information Act is for people, and awareness on the act’s benefits can maximise its use, said speakers at the inaugural programme of a camp in Jashore yesterday.

Five students of Barishal University (BU) yesterday suffered stab injuries in a clash between two rival groups following a reported feud over occupying seats in a residential hall.

Two more victims, who suffered burn injuries in a gas explosion at a house in Shiddhirganj of Narayanganj on February 17, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday.