Two accused youths yesterday confessed to a court of killing a woman and a teenager, following altercation over money.

With a much-needed playground, walkway and a rooftop garden, “Outfall Staff Quarter Park” was inaugurated yesterday in the city’s Dhalpur area to provide a new green space to residents.

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A Dhaka court yesterday set January 2 for the hearing on a 10-day remand prayer sought for quizzing ward Councillor Tarequzzaman Rajib on a case filed over amassing wealth illegally.

A review committee -- for further investigating an allegation against a student of Jagannath University (JnU) for causing an untoward situation in class in April this year -- submitted the probe report to the authorities yesterday.

Police recovered bodies of two children from a pond in the port city’s Agrabad Debar Par area yesterday morning. The girls had been missing since Wednesday evening.

Involvement of local government resolves a significant amount of conflict through dialogue while the success rate of doing so by the police is low, says a study on dynamics of micro-conflicts and in rural areas of the country.

The last two days have seen road accidents claim another five lives across the country, reports our correspondents and a news agency.

The girl, who was found dead on Wednesday night in a lane on Circular Road in Malibagh area of Dhaka, was a student of Stamford University.

Indian Border Security Force allegedly picked up two Bangladeshi fishermen from Forhadpur Nirmal Char area of the Padma river in Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila.

Fire breaks out at two separate garment factories in Gazipur and Dhaka’s Savar upazila.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says a befitting reply will be given if BNP carries out anarchy centering the verdict of cases against the party’s chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.

The High Court (HC) has ruled that voluntary donors beyond certain relatives can donate kidneys. The court also said the voluntary donors will have to be selected after their physical and mental health condition check-up, and the drug addicted persons cannot be kidney donor.

Law Minister Anisul Huq warns of taking legal action against those who created chaos in the courtroom of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.

Hajj operations and its management will be improved further in next year, State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah has said.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain terms the chaos at courtroom by the pro-BNP Lawyers “unprecedented”. “Everything has a limit…. I have not seen such a situation in the courtroom," the chief justice said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says support and services centre will be set up in every upazila across the country for the specially-abled people.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has pressed the need to bring down bank loan interest rate to single digit in order to boost businesses.

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) authorities have suspended eight students from the university for different terms for their involvement in previous incidents of ragging at the university’s Titumir Hall.

Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) Vice President Nurul Haque Nur alleges that a portion of an audio clip containing his conversation has been circulated with ill intention.