A two-day conference on “Literature, History and Culture” began at Rajshahi University yesterday.

A man was killed mere hours after his mother’s demise in a motorcycle accident in Pirganj upazila of Rangpur on Thursday.

The Yidan Prize 2019 (for education) is the latest of many global awards and recognitions earned by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of Brac, for his lifelong contribution to education and development in Bangladesh and 10 other countries, from Afghanistan to Uganda. It is the most prestigious and the largest in value, sometimes described as the Education Nobel Prize. The announcement was made on September 19, in Hong Kong, by Koichiro Matsuura, former Unesco Director-General and the chair of the judging committee for the prize.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims arrest of a drug peddler from Dhaka’s Bhatara area and seized some 11,600 yaba tablets from his possession.

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina describes her party as the country’s “biggest and strongest” political organisation and calls upon its leaders and workers to come forward with principle and ideology of Bangabandhu.

To ensure economic empowerment of rural women, a safe and women-friendly market system is a must. At the same time, women also need to directly participate in the key market system, said speakers yesterday at the inauguration of a national colloquium organised by ActionAid Bangladesh on “Market System for Women Agro-Entrepreneurs” at Gulshan in Dhaka.

Criticising some physicians’ tendency of trying to make extra money by asking patients to undergo unnecessary medical tests, President Abdul Hamid yesterday urged doctors to refrain from such practice.

Tea workers continue to face difficulties due to low wages and lack of available facilities, said tea worker leaders and rights activists at a dialogue session yesterday.

Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a construction firm in port city for dust pollution.

After a short-lived respite from mosquitoes and dengue, residents of different parts of Dhaka are now again enduring the menace as the number of culex mosquitoes has been on the rise over last few weeks.

The High Court has rejected four bail petitions of a clearing and forwarding (C&F) agent in Chattogram in four cases filed over smuggling.

Leaders of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Kalyan Front yesterday expressed concern over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of India.

A third-grader was killed after a truck ran him over in Digholpara area of Rajoir upazila of Madaripur yesterday.

Local authorities demolished at least 30 illegal shops beside Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Nimshar vegetable market in Cumilla yesterday.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has appreciated the government’s declaration of producing eco-friendly blocks and its use in public projects.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has sought information from the Australian government on the corrupt Bangladeshi persons who have fled to and invested in the island continent.

Counter Terrorism (CT) unit of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) is getting a clear picture of the tricks and techniques used by banned militant outfit Hizb-ut Tahrir to carry out its activities in the port city, officials of the force told this newspaper.

Role of University Education in Economic Diversification of Bangladesh

The government is firmly committed to fully implement the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord at the earliest, prime minister’s international affairs adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi said yesterday.

Another worker injured in the December 11 fire at a Keraniganj plastic factory died during the early hours of yesterday, raising the death toll to 21.