At least 421 people, including 46 children, were killed and 366 were injured in 393 railway accidents between January 1 and December 31 last year, Shipping and Communication Reporters Forum (SCRF) said in a press release.

The High Court yesterday summoned the Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) chairman to appear before it on January 26 and to explain for not complying with an HC order to remove all illegal structures along the Karnaphuli river in the port area.

The High Court directs the government to form an action plan in 90 days in order to stop the use of Glyphosate containing hazardous pesticides including Roundup and to introduce safe alternative to Glyphosate containing pesticides.

A delegation of a parliamentary body is going to ASEAN country Cambodia on a three-day visit for a discussion on repatriation of Rohingyas.

Returning Officer of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Abul Kashem warns that stern action will be taken if irregularities are found against anyone including the candidates during the upcoming city corporation elections.

The government will not tolerate any irregularities in the overseas employment sector, says Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Imran Ahmad.

High Court issues a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to appoint counsellors or clinical psychologists at all educational institutions across the country in order to develop students’ morality.

Three crude bombs have blasted near Kalabhaban (Arts buildings) at Dhaka University (DU).

A Dhaka court orders police to publish an advertisement in two national dailies asking four fugitives in Abrar Fahad murder case to appear before it on January 13.

A total of 118 members of police and Rapid Action Battalion have received prestigious police medals for their outstanding performance in the last one year.

Remember when loud music blaring from store-side speakers used to be a staple in the city? Almost none does it anymore. One can’t help but miss it, even if it was a great nuisance to the public.

Six-day “Police Week-2020” begins today in Dhaka. This year’s theme is “Mujib barsher angikar police hobe janatar”.

A man pours oil in a bottle after extracting it from mustard seeds. The vendor from Thakurgaon has been running this small business in the city for over a year.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday asked doctors and others concerned to discharge their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty for the welfare of people.

Robbers beat an elderly woman to death while looting her house at Navy-gate area in Khulna city yesterday morning.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the countdown to Mujib Borsho -- celebrating the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- on January 10.

Police arrested three persons including two footballers from Ghana with 7,500 yaba pills in Chattogram’sBakalia and Dhaka’s Basundhara yesterday. The arrestees are Masud(24),Frank (27), and Richard (28), said police. BakaliaPolice Station Officer-in-Charge Nezam Uddin said Frank and Richard are playing in local premier league in Bangladesh. Bakalia police detained themwith a bagin Shah Amanat Bridge area around 3:30am while they were returning from Cox’s Bazar by a bus, said the OC, adding that they found 7,500 yaba pills in it. During primary interrogation, the duo told investigators that a man named Masudasked them to carry the bag, full of yaba, from Cox’s Bazar to him in Dhaka. “Based on the confession, police later arrested Masudin the capital’s Basundhara and took him to Chattogram,” said the OC. Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) (South) Shah Md Abdur Rauf said police are verifying their visas. A case was lodged in this connection.

Speakers at a roundtable yesterday urged the government to include transgender people into the mainstream to ensure their rights, as this community lags far behind others.

Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) yesterday arrested three cleaners of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with 20 gold bars weighing around 2.32 kilogrammes.

Wetlands in the capital city declined to 4.38 percent from 14.25 percent in the last 20 years due to unplanned urbanisation, a new study finds.