A Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) student was killed in a road crash in Sylhet yesterday.

The deans’ committee of Dhaka University yesterday recommended holding final examinations of all academic years via online.

Permission from the local authorities should be mandatory to stop unplanned development in rural areas, said Local Government, Rural Development

Several thousand citizens gathered to form a human chain at Kandirpar of Cumilla yesterday noon to protest death of a college girl at her flat in Dhaka’s Gulshan area.

Today is the 10th death anniversary of Lt Col (retd) Quazi Nooruzzaman, Bir Uttam, commander of sector-7 during the 1971 Liberation War.

Counterterrorism officials claimed to have arrested two members of banned militant group “Neo-JMB” from Dhaka’s Jatrabari area on Tuesday.

The pro-BNP faction of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) yesterday protested the declaration of Attorney General AM Amin Uddin, a pro-Awami League lawyer, as the new SCBA president without election.

Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday conducted a drive in the capital’s Basila area in Mohammadpur and arrested five youths of a drug racket with 77,000 yaba pills on Tuesday, who they said were taking an innovative disguise to peddle the contraband.

A woman died after she fell from a rickshaw as muggers from a private car pulled her bag in Dhaka’s Kamalapur area early yesterday morning.

Dhaka city produces 646 tonnes of plastic waste every single day, which is 468 tonnes more than 15 years back in the capital, World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh and Bhutan Mercy Tembon said at a programme yesterday.

Inclusive budget allocations for persons with disabilities are required to ensure accessibility for them in the society, said speakers at a virtual discussion yesterday.

Holding a placard inscribed with “I am a volunteer. How can I help you?” Sagarika was waiting at the entrance of Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s Covid-19 unit. As soon as an ambulance arrived, she rushed towards it, helping the patient get off from the vehicle.

China Town shopping mall in Dhaka’s Paltan area was shut down for around four hours after its authorities failed to follow health safety rules yesterday morning.

Rajshahi University (RU) administration suspended a syndicate meeting yesterday, after a hostile incident involving the university’s teachers and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) took place. During the incident, a number of teachers said they were harassed.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday said government aid is available for all destitute journalists, even those who criticise the government.

Speakers at a webinar yesterday demanded special technologies and methods to make websites of different organisations more accessible to people with visual impairment.

Since the countrywide “lockdown” started from April 5 to curb the spread of Covid-19, construction worker Md Sumon has been unable to find any work.

Beyond2020, a UAE-driven humanitarian initiative has announced deployment of solar energy lighting solutions at Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. This is expected to benefit at least 4,500 residents.

Police arrested a man on charge of gang-rape in Rajshahi’s Bagha upazila early Tuesday.

By the time April of 1971 was coming to an end, the Pakistan army started to form an idea of Barishal as a bastion of freedom fighters. The onslaught first began on the 18th of that month. They attacked Barishal city with a barrage of bombs.