Students of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) in Dinajpur formed a human chain yesterday, demanding justice for a fellow student who was found dead in Mymensingh on November 17.

Delwar Hossain, managing director of Tazreen Fashions and the main accused of the case related to the 2012 deadly factory fire, has applied to the lower court for his passport.

There is lack of accountability in recruitment and promotion in primary and secondary education system, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood said yesterday.

Against the backdrop of recent protests over alleged abuse and torture of female migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, a government delegation is going to hold meeting with Saudi authorities in Riyadh on Wednesday.

The High Court yesterday observed that only god knows what type of chemicals are being mixed with fruits, as people’s kidneys and livers are getting damaged and they are being affected with complicated diseases including cancer after eating such fruits.

If Asian universities collaborate among each other, it would open up opportunities for innovation and connect startups and entrepreneurs with global investment markets, said Baybars Altuntas, chairperson of World Business Angel Investment Forum.

Mentioning that barbed-wire fences will be erected around Kutupalong and Nayapara Rohingya camps, Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed yesterday said initial work on installing the boundary pillars has started.

For most of the last seven years, Shobita Rani has been unemployed.

President Abdul Hamid has appointed Prof AFM Mafizul Islam as the new vice chancellor of Southeast University, said a press release.

Curtains fell on the 18th Asian University Presidents Forum (AUPF) 2019 yesterday, with a vision to have stronger collaborations among Asian universities in mutual cooperation and technology transfers.

Manipal Hospitals India has inaugurated its information and care office on the capital’s Gulshan Link Road yesterday, said a press release.

On one side of a road that goes to Bawnia through Dolipara in Uttara, there’s a runway for planes to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. This restricted area is demarcated with a tall-wire fence, from which people often look through to see airplanes come and go.

A teenager was killed and three were injured after the truck carrying them fell into a roadside ditch at Gajohorpur in Tarakanda of Mymensingh around 11:30am yesterday.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir categorically announces that his party men would never wait for permission from the concerned authority to hold their programmes.

The High Court asks the government to explain in four weeks why it should not be ordered to build examination halls at all districts and upazila level headquarters across the country for public and recruitment examinations.

The High Court expresses grave concern over mixing chemical with fruits as people’s kidneys and livers are being damaged after having such fruits.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her government will implement the 20-year-long second perspective plan to transform Bangladesh into a developed and prosperous country in South Asia by 2041.

Trustee of Centre for Research and Information (CRI) and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s grandson Radwan Mujib Siddiq stressed more open spaces here for children to increase their scope of games and keep them healthy.

Investigators of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) have found evidence against three Awami League men over their alleged involvement in crimes committed during the country’s Liberation War.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader hands over nine new buses to eight educational institutions as promised by the prime minister.