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At least 10 leaders and activists of Narayanganj city unit BNP are injured as police disperse the party's Victory Day rally for what the law enforcers said the rallying people blocked a road and tried to create chaos in the area.

A three-day global gathering aimed at transforming the way the world responds to refugee situations starts in Geneva.

The fire that broke out at a slum in Dhaka’s Rampura area has been brought under control.

A woman was found murdered at her residence in Chattogram city yesterday, 15 days after she had got married.

Bangladesh Railway has suspended four of its staff members allegedly for deceiving passengers in Dinajpur Railway Station for three consecutive days.

Leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League’s Rajshahi University (RU) unit allegedly halted construction work of Sheikh Russel School at the university campus yesterday, as the contractor did not pay extortion to them.

To support the fight against cancer, Bangladesh Cancer Aid Trust (BANCAT) started its operations through an official launch event on Saturday. With emphasis on the values of care, strength and hope, the nationwide community-based voluntary organisation aims to promote cancer prevention through research, education, and advocacy, said a press release.

ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury dedicated his life to the development of Chattogram, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.

Every day at the break of dawn, Albert Mrong sets out from home on his bicycle with a bag full of medicines. He rides over the uneven terrain of Madhupur -- surrounded by banana orchards -- stopping at homes of worried villagers and giving them necessary vaccines and antidote for their cattle.

The government needs to increase allocations to improve sanitary facilities for women across the country, speakers said at a discussion yesterday.

Bengali art and culture can flourish further if experts of Bangladesh and India’s West Bengal work together, State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid said yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday accepted the charges against Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, a former Jubo League leader and an alleged kingpin of the illegal casino business, in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act.

The international community must not avoid its responsibility to the education of Rohingya children in Cox’s Bazar camps, Amnesty International said ahead of the first Global Refugee Forum.

The High Court yesterday granted anticipatory bail to 23 BNP leaders including its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for eight weeks in two separate arson cases.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has requested the cabinet to take necessary steps to blacklist all medical equipment suppliers who are accused in corruption cases for misappropriation of about Tk 108 crore public money from different projects in the health sector.

By June of 1971, Pakistani forces had occupied most of Rajshahi district’s key installations and were expanding their control to remote areas through mass killings, rape and burning villages.

To tackle heart disease, there is no alternative to stopping the use of trans-fat -- a type of unsaturated fat produced from vegetable oils -- in food, speakers at the inauguration ceremony of an advocacy campaign said yesterday.

A cargo vessel transporting cement clinker from Chattogram capsized in the Kirtonkhola river after colliding with a passenger launch near Barishal River Port around 10:30pm yesterday.

Improving lifestyle can prevent over 60 percent of skin diseases, speakers said at a seminar in Chattogram yesterday.