A woman dies and seven other members of a family suffer burn injuries in a gas explosion in Siddhirganj of Narayanganj.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood yesterday asked officials of National Board of Revenue (NBR) to ‘catch’ identified tax-dodging foreign nationals working in Bangladesh.

The dedication and sacrifice that Kazi Aref Ahmed made for his country and its political arena are exemplary, speakers said at a memorial discussion yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday emphasised allocating more funds for technical and vocational training from the Prime Minister’s Education Assistance Trust to develop a skilled and efficient generation.

With a huge number of people thronging the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela every day, the MA Aziz stadium in Chattogram continues to wear a festive look.

Dr Kazi Ali Toufique, research director at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, passed away on February 11, said a press release.

Savar’s Bamni Khal has almost gone out of sight as people living nearby gradually filled the canal with earth and has been using it as farmland over the years, with the authorities concerned being nonchalant to save the waterbody.

Salma Ali and Zubaida Parvin were elected president and general secretary, respectively of Bangladesh National Women Lawyers’ Association for two years, said a press release.

With poetry leading the tally of new arrivals, a total of 2,340 new titles hit the stalls in the first 15 days of the monthlong Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela this year, the highest at the halfway mark in last five years.

A scholarship programme for meritorious students of Faridpur district was unveiled at Times Media Building in Tejgaon yesterday, aiming to provide stipends to the district’s highest scorers in SSC exams, said a press release.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday said Bashan Char, an island in Noakhali district that was recently readied to relocate Rohingyas, could either be a resort or a “good place for homeless people” instead of relocating the refugees there.

Seven Language Movement veterans from Sylhet were honoured for their contributions to the 1952 demonstration, in the city yesterday.

Five students of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University (JKKNIU) were expelled recently over ragging two freshmen.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified man, aged around 35, from a drain at Tetlabo of Rupganj upazila yesterday noon.

Eleven people were killed in separate road accidents across the country in one day yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

Ramzan Ali, assistant professor of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) in Dinajpur, has been terminated from his position permanently for sexually harassing a student of his department in 2017.

Although coronavirus has not been reported in Bangladesh yet, the Police Headquarters (PHQ) in a precautionary move to prevent spread of the virus has issued a letter instructing all police units in the country to ensure hand-washing or sanitising facilities on their premises.

Air quality of Dhaka city worsened between 2016 and 2019 as construction of various large infrastructure increased within that period, Environment Minister Shahab Uddin told parliament yesterday.

Detectives claimed to have busted a fake Indian currency manufacturing factory and arrested eight suspected gang members from the city Sabujbagh area yesterday afternoon.

The Election Commission announces the schedule of the upcoming the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) elections slated for March 29.