CM Shafi Sami, former diplomat, has unanimously been elected chairperson of University of Asia Pacific’s (UAP) Board of Trustees, said a press release of the university yesterday.

Bangladesh Police is making its National Emergency Helpline (999) more robust, while strengthening its services to stand beside people in trouble, according to officials.

State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday in parliament disclosed a statistics of 49,558 river grabbers across the country with the highest 5,906 grabbers in Cumilla district.

The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) yesterday signed a deal with an Indian company for widening 39 kilometers out of 51km road from Ashuganj river port to Akhaura land port to four lanes.

A police investigation report submitted to the returning office of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) election showed that they did not find any attack on Tabith Awal -- BNP’s mayor candidate for DNCC -- and his followers.

Mayors and councilors are indifferent when it comes to carrying out their roles described in the corresponding law, said city planners yesterday.

The civil aviation ministry’s proposal to increase airfare for each hajj pilgrim by Tk 12,000 from last year has drawn much criticism from Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) and the religious affairs ministry.

A case was filed on Wednesday night over the rape of a seven-year-old girl in the capital.

Jahangirnagar University Journalists’ Association (JUJA) elected its new committee for one year yesterday.

A policeman has reportedly killed himself by gunfire in the capital’s Mirpur area early yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Enamul Haque Enu, a director of Wanderer’s Club and vice-president of Gendaria thana unit of Awami League, on a four-day remand in connection with a graft case.

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) reportedly has killed four Bangladeshi nationals, said to be cattle traders, along the Noagaon and Jashore borders.

None of the 900 China-returnees screened at Dhaka and Chattogram airports are infected by coronavirus, Directorate General of Health Services claims.

A policeman reportedly dies by suicide in Dhaka’s Mirpur-14.

Students of the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management at Dhaka University protest the torture of four students on campus by Chhatra League activists.

Two persons -- son of a police officer and a businessman-- who have been missing from the capital for a few days are found.

Awami League lawmaker Ismat Ara Sadique was laid to rest in Bogura yesterday afternoon.

The two persons -- son of a police officer and a businessman -- who remained missing in the city for a few days, were found yesterday.

The national fish is typically not associated with winter, but this year, large hilsa fish are being netted from the rivers of Barishal, and wholesale markets of the district are buzzing.

At least four activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Chittagong University unit were injured in an infighting on the campus yesterday.