Masudur Rahman Rubel, an apprentice assistant commissioner and executive magistrate of Chattogram district, was accused in a case under the Dowry Prohibition Act yesterday.

Guardian Life Insurance Limited and The Daily Star signed an MoU on newspaper circulation campaign yesterday.

Prosecution witness Abdul Malek yesterday told a Dhaka court he saw two injured people lying on the ground near the Teacher-Student Centre of Dhaka University at around 8:30-9pm on February 26, 2015.

Four death-row convicts, including sacked madrasa principal Siraj Ud Doula, in the sensational Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case yesterday filed separate appeals with the High Court, seeking acquittal of the charges.

Two people, including a madrasa student, were killed and 16 students injured when a truck collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw in Bir Pratik Taramon Bibi intersection of Kurigram on Kurigram-Bhurungamari highway yesterday noon.

Police recovered the body of a woman from her rented house at port city’s Jhaotola area yesterday morning.

A Rangpur court has ordered that a rescued newborn be sent to Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) for treatment, and ordered police to take necessary steps to find a viable solution for his care.

Workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna-Jashore industrial belt yesterday organised demonstrations and processions to press home their 11-point demand, which includes payment of arrears and implementation of a wage commission.

A student of Eden Mohila College, who sustained injuries after falling off a motorbike in the city’s Bijoy Sarani area on Saturday, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) early yesterday.

Human trafficking and labour exploitation are the key challenges faced by the migration sector of the country, analysts said yesterday, calling for greater awareness through film and other media to ensure safety and protection of migrants.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that issued a ban on inspection and training activities of Nirapon, an alliance of North American readymade garments buyers in Bangladesh.

Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, commonly known as Santu Larma, yesterday alleged the government “is not sincere” about fully implementing the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord, which was signed in 1997 to bring peace in the hills.

A member of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) was detained yesterday near Benapole check post, for trespassing into Bangladesh, said Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).

Student politics in the country must be kept away from influence of national politics in order to establish students’ rights, said speakers at a roundtable yesterday.

Four eminent personalities have been selected for Kazi Mahbubullah Award 2019.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government will continue its drives against corruption, terrorism, militancy and drugs to eliminate these social menaces from the country as those are the results of years of Zia, Ershad and Khaleda’s misrule.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the authorities to explain under what authority Prof M Abdus Sobhan is holding the office of vice chancellor of Rajshahi University.

A court in Chattogram yesterday placed two data entry operators of Election Commission (EC) on seven days remand each, in a case filed over fake national identity (NID) cards for Rohingyas.

Armed Police Battalion detains a man and recovers around 2,905 yaba tablets from inside his stomach at the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Rapid Action Battalion detains a member of medical certificates forgery gang from Dhaka Nursing College.