Road Transport and Highways Division (RTHD) yesterday released Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) chairman Moshiar Rahman from his post. Dr Kamrul Ahsan, a joint secretary of the division, was given the additional charge of BRTA chairman.

Police arrested 20 local leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, a pro-Jamaat student front, from Bakolia area of Chattogram city yesterday, on charge of “planning subversive activities against government establishments and employees”.

A dengue patient died at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) yesterday.

Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh has threatened to repeat the Shapla Chattar incident, if needed 100 times, if any defamatory remark is made against Islam or the Prophet (PBUH).

A schoolboy was killed on the spot after a truck ran his bicycle over at Natun Khayertala area in Jashore Sadar upazila around 10:30am yesterday.

The Saudi-returnee child specialist who was found murdered on Dhaka-Chattogram highway on Friday, was the victim of a mugging gang inside a moving human haulier, said Rapid Action Battalion yesterday.

At least four persons have been sent to jail across the country in the last 24 hours for allegedly spreading rumour on social media over the police-protesters clash in Bhola on Sunday.

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Children who cannot develop reading habits and skills at a primary stage often struggle to grasp lessons at secondary level, forcing them to drop out, educationists said at a consultation meeting yesterday.

Today is the 18th death anniversary Azimur Rahman, founder chairman of Mediaworld Ltd, the owning company of The Daily Star.

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday said democracy of the country will be restored only through the release of party chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.

Today is the 4th death anniversary of Alhaj Syed Ahmed Kamal.

In a sudden move, National Housing Authority (NHA) has decided to restrict free access to journalists from Monday.

Workers Party former general secretary and politburo member Bimol Bishwas has resigned from the party, saying that the left-leaning organisation is being run in an undemocratic manner.

Plan International Bangladesh has facilitated 11 #GirlsTakeOver events in international, national and local level.

A teenage girl in Laxmipur and a garment worker in Narayanganj were gang-raped last night.

The government is planning to provide landline connection and re-connection of the state-run operator Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) free of cost to boost its users in the country.

A tribunal in Joypurhat sentenced seven people to death for killing a woman after rape in Akkelpur upazila in 2016.

Hefazat-e-Islam is holding a rally in front of national mosque Baitul Mukarram protesting Sunday’s clash in Bhola that left four people dead and around hundred injured.

The High Court fixes Thursday for passing an order on an appeal filed by Robi Axiata ltd seeking an injunction on Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission’s (BTRC) move to realise Tk 867.23 crore from the telecom operator.