A Chinese worker died after falling from an under-construction building at the Payra Thermal Power Plant in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali around 10:30 am yesterday.

With the aim to make students aware of contemporary global issues, English medium school Scholastica yesterday launched a three-day conference simulating the structure of the United Nations.

Lamenting that there is no sign of democracy in the country and claiming that there is no alternative to the release of Khaleda Zia when it comes to freeing people from the current state of misery, BNP’s Khulna city and district unit leaders and activists yesterday staged a protest rally.

Three-way cooperation among the government, workers and employers’ organisations is required to properly implement the High Court guidelines to prevent sexual harassment of women at workplaces and educational institutions, speakers said at a discussion yesterday.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader once again underscores the need for dedicated and genuine leaders and activists to save the party as well as the country from setback.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stresses the need for proper use of talents, particularly in youths, to produce quality films aimed at taking Bangladesh to a dignified position in the international arena.

A section of leaders of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) demands resignation of its Vice President Nurul Haque Nur over the corruption allegation brought against him.

A drug addict man killed his pregnant wife and two children in Kamalkasna area of Rangpur city, police say.

The High Court upholds a trial court verdict that sentenced a man to death and three others for different terms of imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of NTV journalist Atiqul Islam Atiq in 2009.

A Jagannath University (JnU) student, Mahmudul Hasan Mishu, who was forced out of the examination hall on November 17, can take part in the university’s all academic activities on condition.

Abdur Rahman Saikat, a friend of Stamford University student Rubaiyat Sharmin Rumpa whose body was found in Dhaka on Wednesday night, is placed on a four-day remand in the murder case.

Thousands of workers of the nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna-Jashore industrial belt begin demonstration as part of their pre-scheduled agitation programme demanding implementation of wage commission.

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court order that stayed the trial proceedings against actor Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed -- in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act -- for allegedly spreading rumours on social media during last year’s student protests for safe roads.

With an effort to develop reading habit particularly among youths, Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq Bidyapeeth organised a three-day book fair on its premises in Dhanmondi, that ended yesterday.

Around 31 years ago, Jobeda Khatun suffered an accident at home and became permanently disabled.

It is not often that residents of the city have the chance to buy fresh vegetables directly from growers, but that is all set to change.

It’s built quite strategically -- on a hilltop -- so that someone approaching could be identified clearly from the structure’s two towers.

Today is the seventh death anniversary of prominent educationist and intellectual Prof Khan Sarwar Murshid.

Dhaka University will confer the honorary Doctor of Laws degree [posthumous] on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, as part of the yearlong celebration of “Mujib Borsho” in 2020.

Canada yesterday said they are using all tools at their disposal, including sanctions, against Myanmar leaders and companies as well as diplomatic efforts to help find a solution to Rohingya crisis.