A man was found dead in Rangpur yesterday, eight days after he had gone missing.

A total of 3,13,848 posts are currently vacant under different ministries of the government, State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain told parliament yesterday.

A school student was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Khulna Highway in front of his school in Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur around 10am yesterday.

“Accountability is very important. There is a severe lack of accountability in society and state. So, accountability has to be exercised,” said Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury at a programme at Dhaka University yesterday.

Leaders of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee yesterday said the government has been “avoiding” them lately.

A man was found dead in police custody yesterday, hours after Tejgaon Industrial Police arrested him under the Digital Security Act, allegedly for harassing a woman.

The month-long Amar Ekushey Granthamala has been deferred by a day as the Election Commission shifted the date of Dhaka north and south city corporation elections to February 1.

The Parliament yesterday unanimously adopted a condolence motion, expressing deep shock at the death of ruling Awami League lawmaker Abdul Mannan from Bogura-1.

Rooftop gardens and urban green-blue space can mitigate the warming of a megacity like Dhaka, according to experts.

Prime Bank Foundation organised a programme on Saturday at LGED Bhaban in the capital’s Agargaon to hand over stipends to underprivileged meritorious students who want to continue their education but cannot due to financial constraints.

Awami League’s mayor candidates for Dhaka city polls will meet election campaign expenditures from their pocket, while BNP and other parties’ candidates said their families will bear a significant portion of the costs.

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed a High Court (HC) verdict that declared illegal keeping government employees as “officer on special duty” (OSD) for more than 150 days.

Udichi Shilpi Goshthi in Mymensingh yesterday organised a musical soiree protesting arrest of Shariat Sarkar and demanding his immediate release.

Hot or cold, sweet or savoury, sticky or crunchy -- there’s a pitha in every flavour and texture for every mood. Pitha has been a winter-essential for centuries in this region, but urban life rarely has room for this treat. After all, making pitha can be labour-intensive.

Over six million people in the country are visually impaired, as they barely have access to quality eye care, speakers at a programme said yesterday.

Police yesterday rescued a newborn girl from a bag inside a dustbin in port city’s Bayezid Bostami area.

A two-day international conference titled “Revisiting International Relations” began yesterday at the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Building on the DU campus. DU’s International Relations (IR) department organised the programme commemorating 100 years of IR as an academic discipline.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday submitted charge sheet before a Dhaka court against suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman and the commission’s suspended director Khandaker Enamul Basir in a bribery case.

The parliament unanimously adopts a condolence motion expressing deep shock at the death of ruling Awami League lawmaker Abdul Mannan from Bogura-1 constituency.

The revised routine for Secondary School Certificate (SSC) has been published. As per the new schedule, the first examination -- Bangla 1st paper -- will begin at 10:00am on February 3.