Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday stressed the need for bringing discipline in the media as the country saw an exponential growth in the sector in last 10 years.

Releasing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on parole is a matter of the court, said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday.

There’s a book for almost everything, whether it be showing affection to a special someone, or celebrating one’s tradition. But what happens if you need a book that can express both? Yesterday was such an occasion, because it welcomed the first day of spring while love was in the air, and there’s no book on that as of yet.

Dhaka is known for its festivities. Be it Eid, Puja, or Pahela Baishakh celebrations, there’s at least a few occasions that are celebrated en masse every month.

Hannah Kern, a 25-year-old woman from England, is on a solo charity bike ride from Hanoi to London to raise awareness and funds for four charities.

Convicted war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan dies of old age complications at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

High Court orders, death of workers -- many of them minors, environmentalists and rights activists going up in arms, drives by authorities -- nothing seems to deter the greed of stone traders, as parts of Sylhet are steadily transforming into a grotesque mound of dirt.

It was not the first day of spring -- according to the revised Bangla calendar, but Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela still adorned the colours of the season yesterday. Visitors showed up in shades of yellow, and the fair took on a festive mood as evening fell.

Free Rohingya Coalition, a global platform of Rohingyas worldwide, has urged Saudi Arabia not to deport any Rohingyas until the genocide against Myanmar is over.

Former home secretary M Lutfullahil Majid passed away early yesterday, at the age of 80.

Airport Armed Police Battalion (AAPBn) yesterday arrested a cleaning staffer with 32 gold bars weighing 3.7kgs and valued at Tk 1.85 crore, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

Supreme Court lawyer Syed Sayedul Haque Suman, popularly known as “Barrister Suman”, has resigned from his post as prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal.

Police busted a gambling syndicate at the city’s Riazuddin Bazar Pakhir Goli area and arrested 16 gamblers -- including three “ringleaders” -- on charge of online gambling yesterday morning.

Five people were killed and at least 34 were injured in separate road accidents across the country over the last two days, report our correspondents.

In order to build a sustainable northern region, reviving dead rivers, protecting and improving quality of water bodies, and maintaining “good and well-planned practices” in implementing agricultural, fisheries and industrial projects is essential, speakers stressed at a discussion in Rajshahi yesterday.

Consumer rights activists at a discussion yesterday urged the government to limit the use of trans fat in all foods to maximum of two percent, and maintain the standard strictly as the substance is injurious for health.

BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid yesterday in parliament demanded that the government amends the University Ordinance 1973 to “force” four leading public universities to follow the uniform admission tests from this year.

Bangla Academy, Swadhinata and Ekushey Padak winning poet Nirmalendu Goon was hospitalised last night with pneumonia and respiratory complications.

Some 470 Bangladeshi migrant workers are set to return home this week from crisis-hit Lebanon, following applications for repatriation under a special programme announced by authorities. Many of them are desperate to return home, said officials and migrant workers living in the Arab country.

Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon in the parliament criticises the government for “playing a silent role over Middle East Peace Plan by US President Donald Trump”.