Speakers at a roundtable yesterday demanded separate lane for rickshaws instead of the government move to ban the human-powered vehicle on Dhaka streets.

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) will hold a rally in the capital today, marking International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

Badiuzzaman became landless nearly 15 years ago, when all his 20 bighas of arable land in Bogura’s Dhunat upazila eroded into mighty Jamuna.

Climate activists yesterday demanded that the government speak up at the upcoming UN conference for the most vulnerable group of people who are facing loss and damages due to natural disasters caused by climate change.

Labour rights activists at a roundtable yesterday called for a social movement against sexual harassment and assault on women, and urged men to be at its frontline.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said cooperation from the International Labour Organization (ILO) is needed in order to fully establish the labour rights in the country.

Rapid Action Battalion arrested seven members of a carjacking gang from Mymensingh and Gazipur early yesterday.

Treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) was badly hampered yesterday, as nurses and intern doctors declared work abstention in the morning, following an altercation between two members of the groups on Monday evening.

Seven people were killed and at least 28 others injured in road accidents across four districts in the last two days, our correspondents report.

Two Khulna courts sentenced eight people to life imprisonment in two murder cases yesterday.

A team of Roads and Highways Department (RHD) have evicted some 1,000 illegal structures on both sides of the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar.

In a rare move, the High Court yesterday ordered the government to arrange supply of potable and household water for four villages -- Charkanai, Hulaine, Panchuria and Habilashdweep -- in Patiya upazila of Chattogram.

Uber, the world’s largest on-demand ridesharing company, yesterday launched a new service -- UberPOOL-- in Dhaka to mark three years of its operation in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association yesterday informed a parliamentary body that they will provide appointment letters to transport workers from now on, as part of the effort to restore order on the roads.

Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque yesterday said connecting with lower-skilled migrant workers living in different countries is important to resolve many of their problems.

Shaheed Dr Milon Day will be observed across the country today, commemorating the 29th martyrdom anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, who was joint secretary general of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA).

North South University (NSU) in collaboration with the university’s Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) student chapter, organised the closing ceremony of the four-day long national technology fest titled Technovation 2.0 on Monday.

The country has imported over 1,67,806 tonnes of onion since August at a cost of Tk 660 crore.

The High Court questions the government’s inaction to initiate proceedings against Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission’s (BERC) member Md Abdul Aziz Khan as he is a charge-sheeted accused of a case filed for misappropriation of 1.43 lakh tonnes of coal from Barapukuria Coal Mine.

BNP leaders and activists lock into a clash with police in High Court area to press home their demand for immediate release of the party’s Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.