The High Court yesterday directed authorities concerned not to destroy bird nests at a mango orchard in Khordo Bausha village of Bagha upazila in Rajshahi.

A joint team of disaster management division, telecom regulator and arm forces division has successfully tested a system where mobile phone users can call to the emergency number ‘999’ if their own mobile network destroyed.

The government has signed a $100 million agreement with the World Bank to ensure improved water supply, sanitation, and drainage system in 30 municipalities, benefitting around 600,000 people.

A packet containing 12 sharp weapons have been recovered from the roof of Dhaka University’s Haji Muhammad Mohsin Hall.

At least five children are killed and seven others injured critically as a gas cylinder, used for inflating balloons, exploded near a school in Rupnagar Residential area of Dhaka.

The Supreme Court fines two private universities Tk 10 lakh each for admitting extra students beyond approval of Bangladesh Bar Council and University Grants Commission (UGC).

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said Qatar government is keen to invest in Bangladesh for setting up land-based Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in Patuakhali.

The High Court scraps the trial proceeding of a arms case against 84-year-old Rabeya Khatun.

Bangladesh has sought a stronger pressure to be put on Myanmar by the international community to make sure that Myanmar takes the Rohingyas back in a “safe, dignified and sustainable” manner on an urgent basis.

Today is the 20th death anniversary of freedom fighter and eminent social worker Iqbal Ansari Khan.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the High Court order that granted bail to BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid in a corruption case in which he was jailed for five years.

Police yesterday arrested a member of a human-trafficking syndicate and rescued three teenage sisters from Narayanganj.

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has formally invited his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina to visit Italy to further strengthen the existing friendly relations between the two countries.

Protesting teachers and students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) continued all-out strike programme for the second day demanding Vice Chancellor Farzana Islam’s removal from her post.

A Khulna court yesterday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife on August 13, 2014, at a rented house in Boyra Cross area of Khulna city.

At least 10 students of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) of Dinajpur were injured during Bangladesh Chhatra league (BCL) infighting at the campus on Monday night.

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The documents of the sensational Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case reached the High Court yesterday, as a death reference to examine the trial court verdict that sentenced 16 accused to death.

The result of Dhaka University’s “Gha” unit was published yesterday with a pass rate of 13.26 percent.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to enquire into corruption in distributing books among primary schools -- through National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) -- in the last few years.