Five eminent personalities from Bangladesh and India’s West Bengal were awarded with “Bishwa Bangali Puraskar 2019” yesterday, for their extraordinary contributions in their respective fields.

A group of Khulna University scientists yesterday said the government should properly identify the peak breeding season of mud crabs based on scientific evidence, to protect mother crabs and halt the industry’s decline.

In this era of connectivity, digital technology has a deep impact on book publishing and the way people read.

Vendors encroaching footpaths, garbage lying around, self-promoting posters on the wall and haphazard parking -- residents of Dhaka are all too used to these sights, and to a large extent have accepted these nuisances and eyesores.

Awami League leaders gave a warm reception to mayoral candidate Rezaul Karim Chowdhury at Chattogram railway station yesterday, as he reached there from Dhaka after receiving the party’s nomination for the mayoral election to Chattogram City Corporation.

The operator of a payloader lost control of the equipment yesterday in Cumilla and rammed it into two battery-run auto-rickshaws, and two stationary rickshaw vans. One person was killed in the accident while four were injured.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former transport minister Nazmul Huda for bringing false allegation against former chief justice SK Sinha.

Prosecution concludes arguments for a case over the custodial death of trader Ishtiaque Ahmed Jonny in February 2014.

Writer and blogger Rasel Pervez dies of cancer at a city hospital. He was 49.

The two-day annual election of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for its 14 executive posts, including that of its president and secretary, will be held on March 11 and 12.

The Supreme Court has fined City University Tk 10 lakh for enrolling more than 50 students to the law department each semester, in violation of the University Grants Commission’s decision.

Two youths suffered burn injuries in a fire yesterday evening, supposedly caused by the explosion of a kitchen gas cylinder in Shyampur area of the capital.

One more victim of Monday’s fire in Narayanganj succumbed to his injuries yesterday at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

Economists have held the lax market forecasting system of the government responsible for the hike of daily commodity price. Farzeen Ferdous Alam, chairman of OGGRO Ventures, said though prices of commodities are rising, farmers are not getting its benefit, and as a result, are losing motivation for cultivation.

An elderly woman was murdered allegedly by her husband at their own flat in Arambagh area of the capital’s Motijheel yesterday.

Terming Dhaka Wasa’s recent proposal of raising tariff for water “unjust and unacceptable”, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday demanded to set the tariff through public hearing with experts of the concerned sector.

While thousands of people visit the Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela every year and buy books of their choice, there are still many who have just the same hunger for reading, but cannot afford to do so.

BNP yesterday said party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s family will decide about her release on parole.

Amid growing safety concerns -- especially for female passengers, Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has started a drive against transport owners who are covering windows of their buses with advertisement, blocking inside and outside views.

Demolition of the much-talked-about BGMEA Bhaban -- constructed illegally over a decade ago -- began in full swing yesterday, after power connection was restored to the building.