A four-day programme marking the 18th founding anniversary of Daffodil International University (DIU) began with great enthusiasm on its permanent campus in Savar’s Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital, yesterday.

A nine-year-old was killed after a pickup van ran him over at Mandari Purbo Bazar area in Laxmipur Sadar upazila around 2pm yesterday noon.

Bangladesh faces a major challenge in providing fair jobs to the two million youths entering job market every year, says Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) Director General Manuel Sager.

`Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday raided a company in Uttara, which was stealing money from job-seekers through a pyramid scheme.

A Dhaka court yesterday directed authorities concerned of the government to publish advertisements in two national dailies asking former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others to appear before it on February 20 in a graft case.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday called upon universities and University Grants Commission (UGC) to take measures to build “Digital Bangladesh”.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said baul singer Shariat Sarkar was arrested for his involvement in crime, and it has nothing to do with baul songs.

Bangladesh yesterday became the first country in South Asia to enter the era of electronic passports.

Environmentalists yesterday termed the demolition of the much-talked-about BGMEA building a symbol of action against illegal structures that were constructed filling waterbodies or open spaces.

Businesspersons now find their representation in local government bodies more “lucrative” than before, as documents show about 67.5 percent of total councillor candidates are involved in business.

Police on Tuesday arrested a youth in connection with the gang-rape of a girl in Dhobaura upazila of Mymensingh.

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrest four people, including the mastermind, in connection with a case filed over the murder attempt on Liberation War Museum Trustee Dr Sarwar Ali.

A forest official, his assistant and a local have been injured after a group of locals allegedly attacked them and torched their motorcycle in Gazipur.

Private vehicles will be restricted on Dhaka streets during the city corporation elections, EC Secretary Md Alamgir says.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested 30 members of a fraud gang in Dhaka’s Uttara on charge of swindling “hundreds of crores of taka” from people.

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda says the electronic voting machines (EVMs) that would be used in the upcoming elections to Dhaka North and South city corporations are of high quality and would not make it possible to cast fake votes using those.

Four students of Dhaka University are beaten up on campus allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists.

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk)—the capital development authority—finally begins demolition of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) building.

Three workers die after they were electrocuted by a high voltage live wire at the Buriganga River dredging works in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area.

The High Court orders the authorities concerned to immediately stop production and display of laminated election posters in order to save environment.