The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) are not just India’s “internal issue” any more, and Bangladesh government should take a clear stance regarding them, speakers at a discussion said yesterday.

Two people died in an accident on the rail tracks of Dhaka’s Tejgaon area yesterday morning.

Nearly 5.5 lakh Bangladeshi migrant workers were deported from different countries in the last 10 years, Shariful Hasan, head of Brac Migration Programme, said at a workshop yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent a computer operator of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and his wife to jail after rejecting a bail petition in connection with a graft case.

With overloading causing huge damages to roads and bridges, Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is not sure when it will be able to control axle load following approved guideline and international standards.

The High Court yesterday rejected bail petitions of wife and daughter of former chairman of Farmers Bank Audit Committee Mahabubul Haque Chisty, better known as Babul Chisty, in two separate corruption cases.

Authorities of a homeopathic college are gradually demolishing the ancestral home of internationally renowned filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak in Rajshahi city’s Miapara area, sparking protests from social and cultural activists across the country.

Killing, injuring or opening fire on innocent Bangladeshi citizens in the border area will dominate the five-day director general (DG) level conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF), scheduled to begin in New Delhi today, said a BGB press release yesterday.

Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) yesterday demanded an amendment to the Children Act, 2013, incorporating a provision to protect children from physical and mental torture they face -- especially in educational institutions -- in the name of punishment.

Two people were crushed under the wheels of a train at Kursha in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia early yesterday.

Nine people were killed in separate road accidents across five districts in the last two days, report our correspondents and a news agency.

The results of Primary Education Completion (PEC), Ebtedayee, Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will be published on December 31.

Many schools and colleges in Chattogram don’t have female friendly toilets and sanitation facilities. This forces female students to miss classes during their menstruation period, as they don’t want to use unhygienic toilets, speakers said at a programme yesterday.

All pending cases cannot be disposed of amid the current rush of filing unless those are settled outside courts, said Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday.

Dr Md Sabur Khan -- chairman of Daffodil International University and Daffodil Family, and high commissioner of World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF), Bangladesh -- has been appointed as one of the global board members of WBAF’s Science, Technology and Innovation Commission.

A man is arrested with 10,800 pieces of yaba pills at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram city.

The High Court questions the legality of holding the office of Jatiya Party chairman by GM Quader as he was allegedly appointed to the post without any council.

Civil society members and concerned guardians of students criticise the Dhaka University vice chancellor for allegedly supporting the controversial activities of Chhatra League men on the campus.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines’s brand new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner “Achin Pakhi” reached Dhaka this evening.

A Dhaka court has placed three leaders of Muktijuddho Moncho including Al Mamun and Yeasir Arafat Turjo on a three-day remand each in connection with a case filed over attack on Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur.