Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday warned that those who are engaged in circulating propaganda and rumours on Facebook will be brought to book.

US Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells, who is arriving in Dhaka tomorrow on a three-day visit, will seek stronger measures to prevent human trafficking, promote free media and trade between US and Bangladesh.

Prof Dr Md Sadequl Arefin has been appointed the new vice-chancellor of Barishal University (BU), five months after the tenure of his predecessor Prof Dr SM Imamul Haq expired.

Gonoshasthaya Dialysis Centre, one of country’s largest kidney dialysis service providers, received a financial grant of Tk 50 lakh from Rahim Steel Mills Ltd, a private steel manufacturing company.

In the face of climate change challenges around the world, architects are well-situated to ensure sustainable living conditions for people, Speaker of the House Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said yesterday at the inauguration of the five-day annual forum of Asian architects, otherwise known as Architects Regional Council Asia, (ARCASIA) at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Mohammedan Sporting Club director (in-charge) M Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan on a seven-day remand, in case filed for amassing wealth of Tk 4.34 crore illegally.

A parliamentary body yesterday formed a five-member sub-committee to monitor whether ministries follow suggestions of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) regarding different development projects of the government.

Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed will leave for China today on a five-day official visit.

A court in Gazipur yesterday sent two persons to jail on charge of attempting to rape a ninth grader.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday rejected resignations of four party leaders. They tried to resign from different posts of the central committee over Jubo Dal’s Sylhet unit convenor committee formation.

A house help died after falling off the rooftop of a seven-storey building in port city’s Surson Road area yesterday.

A dengue patient, who was undergoing treatment at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) for the last three days, died early yesterday.

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) on Saturday expelled one student and suspended seven others for a semester over disciplinary issues.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday called upon the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to investigate the allegations of corruption and irregularities in development projects at Jahangirnagar University (JU).

Police claim to have arrested key suspect domestic help in connection with the murder of an elderly woman and her house help in Dhanmondi resident on Friday.

Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman has been reappointed while Prof Shireen Akhter and Prof Dr Md Sadequl Arefin (Matin) have been made new VCs of Chittagong University and Barishal University respectively.

A Dhaka court places Mohammedan Sporting Club director (in-charge) M Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan on a seven-day remand in a case filed against him for amassing wealth of Tk 4.34 crore illegally.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) summons a total of 33 engineers of Public Works Department for quizzing them for their involvement in pillow purchasing scam of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plan in Pabna.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) calls upon the Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate the allegations of corruption and irregularities in development projects at Jahangirnagar University.

A schoolboy is killed and another injured after a three-storey building collapses in Narayanganj city.