Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday emphasised the need for industrialisation that does not result in reduced food production.

Teachers and students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) yesterday resumed their protest for the removal of JU Vice Chancellor over the allegation of corruption after a two-day interval due to bad weather.

World Kindness Day is observed internationally today, in order to encourage individuals to be kind and humane to everyone regardless of nationality, race, or religion.

With a view to improving quality of treatment, the country’s first government recognised diabetes treatment guideline was launched yesterday.

Bangladesh-India relations for development cooperation shined as an instance on the second day of the Dhaka Global Dialogue yesterday, while tensions between regional powers -- Japan versus China and India versus China -- surfaced prominently.

The High Court yesterday directed presidents and general secretaries of all bar associations across the country to provide legal assistance to justice seekers if they fail to engage any other lawyer to defend them.

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmed came under fire yesterday as three opposition lawmakers in parliament criticised him for his ministry’s failure to stop torture and sexual harassment of Bangladeshi female workers in Saudi Arabia.

Culture of impunity and non-cooperation of the administration in getting justice are major reasons behind violence against ethnic minority communities, particularly women, speakers said at a discussion yesterday.

Opposition Chief Whip and Jatiya Party Secretary General Mashiur Rahman Ranga yesterday faced scathing criticism, including from two senior MPs of his own party, alongside lawmakers of the ruling Awami League and opposition parties in the Jatiya Sangsad, for his recent derogatory remarks over Shaheed Noor Hossain.

A Chattogram court yesterday sent Awami League leader Didarul Alam Masum to jail in a case filed over murder of Chhatra League leader Sudipto Biswas.

The High Court yesterday wanted to know why the government has not formed the Land Survey Appellate Tribunal in 15 years, even after forming a law to this effect.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) presses charges against Kalabagan Krira Chakra President Shafiqul Alam Feroz in a case filed in connection with possessing an illegal firearm.

Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmed has been criticised by three opposition lawmakers in parliament for the ministry’s failure to stop torture and sexual harassment of Bangladeshi female workers in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed grave shock at the fatal train accident that left at least 16 people dead at Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria and said it is an outcome of the government’s failure in governing the country properly.

A woman is run over by a bus while she was getting down from the same bus in Dhaka’s Shantinagar area.

Families of 10 fishermen who died reportedly during the cyclone Bulbul are given compensation from the district administration.

Sixteen people, who were killed in a collision between two trains in Brahmanbaria’s Kasba upazila, have been identified.

High Court forms a two-member judicial probe committee to find out the persons who are responsible for failure to prevent mosquito-borne disease dengue.

A Dhaka court yesterday again rejected a bail petition by suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police, Mizanur Rahman, in a case filed for transaction of Tk 40 lakh as bribe.

Mentioning that politics is not a profession to make money and buy cars, President Abdul Hamid yesterday said it is the responsibility of politicians to create a suitable and progressive political environment in the country.