It is shameful and puzzling that border killings have increased in recent times, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said yesterday.

Sixty-three students are set to receive gold medals for academic performance at the second convocation of Patuakhali University of Science and Technology (PSTU), to be held on February 5.

At least 15 students were hurt in a clash between students of two departments at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University in Gopalganj yesterday.

Kidney dialysis at the nephrology department of Rangpur Medical College Hospital remained suspended for four days until yesterday as its water treatment plant is not working due to a technical glitch.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday in the parliament said the government is working to increase the number of foreign missions of Bangladesh to 100 from the existing 77 within 2021.

Maleka Begum (22) and her family of four had gone to visit her uncle Kamrul Khan in Ashulia’s Dendabar area four days ago. The family was scheduled to return home yesterday, but their residence at Faridpur’s Alamdanga stands empty after a tragic road accident at Nabinagar left Maleka and her 3-year-old daughter Fatema dead.

Spelling Bee is back this year.

For those who haven’t had the fortune to visit the major landmarks and monuments of Bangladesh, the “Mini Bangladesh” theme park in the port city can serve as something of a snapshot.

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The High Court yesterday directed the public administration secretary to deploy five executive magistrates within a month under the Department of Environment (DoE), to take necessary action against air and environment pollution across the country.

A three-and-half-year-old girl is alleged raped by a teenager in Dhaka’s Bosila area.

After observing a day-long hartal, BNP announces fresh demonstrations in Dhaka city on Tuesday demanding cancellation of the results of elections to Dhaka south and north city corporations.

Abdullah, a nine-month-old, had just learnt to crawl before his life met a tragic end that could have been avoided.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, in the parliament, says the government is working to increase the number of Bangladeshi missions abroad to 100, from existing 77, within 2021.

Eight of the Bangladeshi returnees from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, who are quarantined at different hospitals for having a fever, are doing well.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the month-long Ekushey Book Fair on the Bangla Academy premises in Dhaka.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud says longer public holidays, BNP’s publicity against electronic voting machines (EVMs) and their participation in city polls “as a form of movement” are the main reasons behind the poor voter turnout in the elections to two Dhaka city corporations.

The High Court directs the public administration secretary to deploy five executive magistrates within a month under the Department of Environment (DoE), to take necessary action against air and environment pollution across the country.

“This year the number of border killing has increased. India is assuring repeatedly that it won’t happen. Yet it is happening,” he told reporters at a press conference at the foreign ministry today.

Police press charges against two bus drivers in a case over the death of Rajib Hossain, a third-year student of Titumir College.