Two secondary school certificate (SSC) candidates were among four killed in the last two days in three separate accidents across the country.

Mass media can play a role similar to that of the parliament and make powerful people accountable when democracy does not work, said Dr Syed Manzoorul Islam, Ombudsperson of Transparency International Bangladesh.

A circular BRTC bus service will begin operation in Old Dhaka from the last week of this month, said Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday.

Police yesterday pressed charges against 14 activists of the banned militant outfit Neo-JMB in a case filed in connection with the hotel blast in the capital’s Panthapath area on August 15, 2017.

BNP yesterday urged people of the country to initiate a strong resistance against the government -- in the face of “severe social and political bankruptcy”.

BNP Vice Chairman Advocate Khandker Mahbub Hossain yesterday blamed Attorney General Mahbubey Alam for misleading the Supreme Court over hearing a bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a corruption case, and not placing her medical report before the apex court.

Sexual harassment at workplace should be addressed strictly, and along with formal sectors, working women from informal sectors and peri-urban areas must get proper attention regarding incidents of sexual violence, speakers said at a roundtable yesterday.

Today is the 13th death anniversary of Advocate ABM Fazle Rashid Chowdhury Hiru, a distinguished politician, entrepreneur, and social worker.

It was a day of mixed feelings for graduating students of Dhaka University yesterday, as they celebrated successful completion of their studies and bade farewell to the university they called home for the last four years.

Mohammad Jawed Alam, an additional chief engineer of Roads and Highways Department (RHD), has been made the chief engineer (current charge) of RHD.

Primary cancer screening services should be integrated at Upazila Health Complexes, speakers at a conference said yesterday.

The High Court yesterday asked authorities concerned of the government to explain in three months why their failure to stop marine pollution, waste dumping and use of disposable plastic products in Cox’s Bazar should not be declared illegal.

Speakers at a discussion yesterday demanded that the United Nations (UN) officially recognise the mass killings by the Pakistani occupation forces during the Liberation War as genocide.

Airport Armed Police Battalion (AAPBn) detain one person and recover 1,925 pieces of yaba tablets from his possession at the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

BNP Vice Chairman Advocate Khandker Mahbub Hossain blames Attorney General Mahbubey Alam of misleading the Supreme Court over hearing a bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a corruption case and not placing her medical report before the apex court.

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader says he will welcome new leadership if he is not re-elected in the party’s 21st national council to be held on December 20-21.

President M Abdul Hamid comes down heavily on the evening courses in public universities, saying that a section of teachers had turned university into a business institution disrupting its overall academic environment.

The country’s economy has been destroyed due to corruption at all sectors of the country, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.

Police press charges against 14 activists of the banned militant outfit “Neo JMB” in a case filed in connection to the hotel blast in Dhaka's Panthapath area on August 15, 2017.

Renowned Professor Ajoy Roy, father of slain blogger Avijit Roy, has passed away.