What started as an initiative to instill the spirit of Liberation War among youths around 30 years ago in Chattogram, has transcended the boundaries of the city and become a compulsory event throughout the country during the month of victory.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Abul Asad, editor of Bangla daily Sangram, on a three-day remand in a case.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in India’s Assam is a threat to Bangladesh’s independence and sovereignty.

Improving the integration of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) into HIV-related programmes can better tackle the sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs), speakers at a roundtable said yesterday.

Many teachers and students still do not have adequate freedom on campuses, though protecting their freedom is the spirit of the country’s independence, speakers at a citizens’ rally said yesterday.

Police seek a five-day remand for Editor Abul Asad of the Bangla Daily Sangram in a case filed under Digital Security Act, a day after he was taken to police’s safe custody following an attack on his office.

The autopsy found no sign of rape on the body of Stamford University student Rubaiyat Sharmin Rumpa, a doctor of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital says.

Expressing concern over the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in India’s Assam, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says NRC is a threat to Bangladesh's independence and sovereignty.

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says that legal action should be taken against ‘Daily Sangram’ for describing executed war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Molla as "martyr".

Workers of nine state-run jute mills in Khulna industrial belt postpone their indefinite hunger strike for three days following a meeting with State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Munnujan Sufian last night.

Another victim, who was severely burnt in Wednesday’s factory fire in Keraniganj, dies at Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute in Dhaka, raising the death toll to 14.

Martyred Intellectuals Day is being observed to commemorate the intellectuals killed by Pakistan occupation forces and their local collaborators just before the end of the Liberation War.

An earthen road illegally built by miscreants in a reserve forest in Hathazari Range was destroyed by upazila administration along with the forest department, who feared it would facilitate the stealing of forest resources from the rich reserve forest of Chattogram.

Maruf Hossain Nayan, a physician at Hemayet Uddin Ahmed Diabetic and General Hospital, was suffering from asthma and getting treatment at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital’s (SBMCH) ICU. Then, at one point on Tuesday, staffers found the last functioning ventilator of the unit not working anymore.

The nation will pay homage to Birsreshtha Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir, one of the seven greatest heroes of the Liberation War, today to mark his 48th death anniversary.

During the tumultuous months of the Liberation War, the Pakistan occupation army had turned the then Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) compound in Barishal into a mini cantonment, which included torture cells and bunkers. Situated near the river Kirtonkhola, the Wapda compound was used as a hub for the army.

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The nation is observing Martyred Intellectuals’ Day today, marking one of the most tragic days in the country’s history when the Pakistan army and its local collaborators brutally killed the intellectuals just before their defeat in 1971.

Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) will construct a monument in memory of the seven Japanese citizens killed in the militant attack at Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1, 2016, as they were involved with a metro rail project.

The government must take proper steps to punish those responsible for the deadly fire at a plastic factory in Keraniganj on December 12 that has so far claimed 13 lives, demanded members of Bangladesh Trade Union Centre (BTUC) yesterday.