Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan yesterday said steps will be taken to stop privatisation of railway to ensure good governance.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the number of road accidents would reduce if a greater number of woman drivers are in charge.

With elections to the two Dhaka city corporations just a week away, mayoral candidates from Awami League and BNP are only now gearing up to unveil their electoral manifestos -- elaborating their plans to improve services of city corporations for citizens.

The first general members’ meeting of JCI Dhaka United, a chapter of Junior Chamber International Bangladesh, was held at a hotel in the capital’s Gulshan on Friday.

Young lawyers yesterday at a discussion recommended that people be made more aware of legal remedies available at local and district levels, so that every matter is not brought to the higher courts.

Vivekananda Shiksha o Sangskriti Parishad, Bangladesh yesterday handed over stipends to 31 visually impaired students of Dhaka University, marking the 157th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda and 30th establishment anniversary of the Parishad.

Today is the 11th death anniversary of Md Shahidul Islam Pannu, director of Sara Advertising Ltd, says a press release.

Daffodil International University’s (DIU) 18th founding anniversary celebrations concluded yesterday on its permanent campus in Savar of Dhaka.

Praising the High Court verdict that recognised rivers as living entities, speakers at a conference yesterday said people should come forward to protect the rights of rivers.

Police yesterday claimed to have arrested two operatives of militant group “Neo JMB”, who were allegedly involved in last year’s bomb attacks on a Krishak League office and a garage belonging to the law enforcers in Khulna.

A woman, who was severely burned in Friday’s fire at Chalantika slum in the city’s Mirpur, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday.

Cumilla University has completed all the necessary preparations to hold its first ever convocation tomorrow.

Houses of two death row convicts in Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master murder case was ransacked and set on fire in Gazipur’s Tongi upazila on Friday evening.

Majority of healthcare facilities in Mymensingh city are not following proper medical waste disposal system, due to authorities’ failure to check the malpractice and lack of necessary government arrangement to dispose of those.

To further uphold the legacy of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Brac has joined social entrepreneurs’ global platform Ashoka, and have launched an initiative named after the Brac founder to promote young changemakers.

Police arrested eight kidnappers and rescued two teenagers from Dhaka’s Demra area last evening.

With five days remaining for electioneering, mayoral contestants of Awami League and BNP are in a frantic mood to reach the maxmimum numbers of voters and woo them.

Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) has said they found the increasing participation of businessmen in local government elections alarming.

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) warmly welcomes the newly enrolled undergraduate students of Spring 2020 semester through an orientation ceremony held on January 18, 2019 at IUB campus in Bashundhara, Dhaka.

A woman who was severely burned in the fire at Chalantika slum at Mirpur yesterday, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) this morning.