Centring alleged “seat allocation business”, a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist of Eden Mohila College allegedly attacked another activist of the college with a sharp weapon yesterday.

Speakers at a seminar yesterday called upon all to forge communal harmony, irrespective of their religious identity, to ensure peaceful coexistence and to take the country forward.

Shaheed Noor Hossain Day, a red-letter day in restoration of democracy in Bangladesh, is being observed today with due solemnity.

Valiant freedom fighter and lawmaker Mayeen Uddin Khan Badal was laid to rest with state honours at his village home Sarowatali under Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram last night.

Customs officials yesterday arrested a man along with a “pistol” and 100 rounds of “bullets” at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital.

Ten days after the Rupnagar gas cylinder blast in Mirpur, 13-year old Bishwajit can barely see in his left eye.

A taskforce of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered four black stone idols of Hindu god Vishnu, worth Tk 1.25 crore, from Naogaon on Wednesday night.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 271.84 million euros ($300 million equivalent) loan for a project to expand transmission lines in greater Dhaka and the western zone of Bangladesh.

Fazlul Haque Montu and KM Azam Khasru have been elected as president and general secretary of Bangladesh Jatiya Sramik League, the labour wing of Bangladesh Awami League, respectively.

Customs officials arrest a man with a “pistol” at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in capital Dhaka.

The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations scheduled for Monday (November 11) have been postponed across the country due to the approaching “Cyclone Bulbul”.

Nagarik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna yesterday said the government should resign as “the country has become unsafe for the common people including students”.

Three people were sent to jail in connection with the death of a madrasa student, as the victim’s father filed a murder case against them in Madaripur yesterday.

Three people were injured in a road accident near Chandrima Udyan at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar yesterday, after the vehicle they were in hit a lamp post.

Expatriate Bangladeshis sent $6,154.22 million in remittance in the first four months of the current fiscal 2019-20, which is 20.48 percent higher than the amount of corresponding period of the preceding year, according to Bangladesh Bank data.

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said BNP leaders are leaving the party because of its negative politics.

Green activists at a protest rally yesterday urged the government to take tough measures against those who use playgrounds for commercial purposes, like arranging fairs and bazaars.

Along with his wife and son, on a motorbike, Asadul Haque Ipu (40) was going to see his ailing mother yesterday in Keraniganj. Their journey was brutally cut short. A head-on collision with a truck left Asadul and his son, Sohan (7), dead.

Teachers of government primary schools yesterday withdrew their programme to boycott Primary Education Completion Examination (PECE) and equivalent exams.

On September 23, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received the “Vaccine Hero 2019” award in recognition of Bangladesh’s outstanding success in immunising children. To mark this achievement, Health Service Department of the Health and Family Welfare Ministry arranged a celebration event on Wednesday at the capital’s Krishibid Institution Bangladesh.