The law ministry has removed special public prosecutor of Dhaka Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal Jahangir Alam Chowdhury for his negligence and irresponsibility in discharging duties.

Counter-terrorism officials claimed to have arrested three alleged operatives of “Neo JMB” in the city’s Gabtoli area on Wednesday night.

The 56th birthday of Sheikh Russel, youngest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be observed today.

The admission test of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) for academic session 2019-20 will be held today.

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said that local or foreign illegal direct-to-home (DTH) downlink services must be stopped by December 15.

Police arrested eight Rohingyas from Goalanda Bus Terminal area in the upazila yesterday.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver verdict any day in a case filed against a Rajshahi man for allegedly committing crimes during the Liberation War.

Protesting the death of a schoolboy who was brutally knifed, locals blocked Mymensingh-Kishoreganj road in Ishwarganj upazila of Mymensingh, demanding immediate arrest of the culprits.

Eight-year-old Morium Aktar Mim used to remain dispirited most of the time because she could not walk like her friends.

Protesting the death of a schoolboy who was brutally knifed, locals blocked Mymensingh-Kishoreganj road in Ishwarganj upazila of Mymensingh, demanding immediate arrest of the culprits.

Doctors and health experts at a roundtable yesterday urged the government to stop unnecessary caesarean deliveries (c-section), which have been growing in an alarming rate in recent years.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said those creating trouble in the hill areas will be uprooted to establish lasting peace.

Despite the record spread of dengue fever this year, Bangladesh is yet to form a vector control centre and integrated vector guideline, both of which are essential to control vector-borne diseases.

A seven-year-old girl died yesterday after being run over by a battery-run auto-rickshaw, in Nandipara bank colony of the capital. The deceased was identified as Ujma Islam Jannat, a third-grader of a local madrasa.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) authorities to strictly follow concerned rules in overseeing public and private universities in the country.

An on-duty traffic sergeant of Chattogram Metropolitan Police was killed in a road accident in port city’s Halishahar Toll Road area yesterday evening.

Law enforcers conducted a drive at FM Nur-Ur-Rafi Doctors’ Hostel of Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) yesterday afternoon and arrested an outsider in possession of drugs.

A truck driver allegedly killed another trucker by running him over in Panchagarh on Wednesday.

Railway authorities in Narayanganj yesterday evicted around 500 shops, which were built illegally occupying Railway’s land in the town, although a restaurant and 10 shops owned by a local Awami League leader remained untouched.

The High Court yesterday cancelled the bail of businessman Syed Mozaffar Hossain in a case filed for misappropriating Tk 141 crore from BASIC Bank, and ordered him to surrender to the trial court immediately.