A three-day international model United Nations conference will begin at Asian University for Women (AUW) in Chattogram city on February 13, says a press release.

The 63rd anniversary of historic Kagmari Conference Day was observed at Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University in Tangail yesterday.

Eight people were killed in separate road and train accidents across the country over the last two days, report our correspondents and a news agency.

February is an eventful month, with Pahela Falgun, Valentines’ Day, and International Mother Language Day lined up. Each occasion is unique, but flowers are an integral part of all three events.

There’s a biscuit for every hour of the day. We start the morning dipping toast biscuits in tea, we go into midday on savory biscuits, and munch on low-cal crackers when on diet.

Senior government officials at a discussion yesterday urged all public servants to be transparent when it comes to sharing information with people. This, the speakers said, will help to ensure an open flow of information.

Rab arrested four youths in the capital’s Mohammadpur on Friday night in connection with an attack on journalist Mostafizur Rahman Sumon during February 1 city elections.

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Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday reiterated that there is no way of freeing BNP chief Khaleda Zia through movements or street campaigns. The only way to get her released from jail would be the legal way, he added.

Members of Dhaka University Central Students Union (Ducsu) yesterday opposed unified admission tests at all public universities, saying that it would hamper “distinctiveness and tradition” of DU entry test.

Four men were arrested from the city’s Mohammadpur area yesterday, in connection with an attack on Mostafizur Rahman Sumon, a crime reporter at online news portal Agami News, on the day of Dhaka City Corporation elections (February 1).

At least 200 shanties have been damaged when a fire tore through two slums in the capital's Banani T&T area.

Plans to set up a national judicial academy at Shibchar upazila in Madaripur is underway, Law Minister Anisul Huq said yesterday.

Finding errors in everything has turned into a bad habit of BNP, said Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday.

Rab in separate drives early yesterday arrested five alleged drug peddlers in possession of Phensedyl and locally brewed alcohol in Kishoreganj and Mymensingh.

Asha Akhtar Akhi, a resident of Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur, burned her esophagus after drinking a toilet bowl cleaner a year ago. After rushing her from one hospital to another, Akhi’s family got her admitted to Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Memorial KPJ Specialized Hospital in Gazipur.

A student of Dhaka University (DU) died of cardiac arrest at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday morning.

Newly-appointed Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla plans to visit Dhaka to prepare grounds for India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh in March.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has urged European policymakers to ensure fair prices for apparel sourced from Bangladesh, to incentivise the ongoing reform initiatives in the country’s RMG industry.

As the newly-elected mayors of both Dhaka city corporations will have to wait for more than three months to take over duties, seniormost panel mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will perform duties as mayor of the DNCC in the interim.