A Dhaka court takes cognizance of the charges against five people in a case filed over forgery in the design of FR Tower located in the capital’s Banani area.

Counter-terrorism officials claimed to have arrested five alleged members of the banned militant group Ansar al-Islam from the city’s Sabujbagh area.

The government has taken various measures including installing Internet of Things (IoT) and bringing total area of the country under a Geographic Information System (GIS) software to make the National Emergency Service-999 more effective, and spread the service all over the country.

Gonoforum MP Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed yesterday in parliament demanded that the government ensures all educational expenses for under-19 cricket team players from the national exchequer.

A Dhaka court yesterday took cognizance of charges against SM Golam Kibria Shamim, a top government-listed contractor, and Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan, an expelled leader of Jubo League, in two separate cases filed under the Narcotics Control Act.

Bangladesh has no risk of falling into the debt trap of Chinse loans -- as cautioned by many economists, said Dr Shamsul Alam, a leading economic policymaker of the government.

The next edition of Kolkata book fair, scheduled to be held in the last week of January 2021, will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Prof Kazi Shahidullah yesterday criticised the authorities of public universities that are not interested in holding uniform admission test to enroll students.

The road to Bangla Academy from TSC remains pedestrian-only during Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela every year, but that is failing to ease

Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) seized a luxury car worth Tk 1 crore from port city’s Cheragi Pahar yesterday. It was allegedly brought into the country by dodging tax payments worth Tk 50 lakh.

A Rajshahi court remanded a student of Rajshahi University (RU) for two days in a case filed on charges of raping and blackmailing a female student of the university.

The murder of former sub-inspector AKM Nurul Azam Chowdhury in Chattogram on Saturday was allegedly done over personal vendetta, as Nurul used to frequently misbehave with the murderer, said Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7).

Five people were killed and 12 were injured in separate road accidents across the country over the last two days, report our correspondents.

Refueling stations in nine districts of the country’s northern region are not getting required quantity of diesel as current supply is no match for additional high demand for irrigation.

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq yesterday in parliament said the role of Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain was “mysterious” during the country’s Liberation War in 1971, and his family’s role to accept the rise of Bangladesh was questionable.

Six people suffered burn injuries in two separate incidents in Dhaka and Chattogram yesterday, of whom one succumbed to his injuries late last night.

A Rajshahi court has placed a student of Rajshahi University (RU) on two-day remand in a case filed over the alleged rape and blackmail of a female student of the university.

Police have rescued a boy and arrested four people who abducted him in Dinajpur after responding to a call to emergency helpline 999.

Three persons sustain burns after an air-conditioner compressor exploded and caused a fire in old Dhaka’s Islampur.

Ahead of “Mujib Borsho” celebrations, the Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee (SCLAC) has taken an initiative to provide legal aid to poor and helpless currently who have been in jail for more than five years and are currently under trial across the country.