If any BCL activist is found involved with the murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad, actions will be taken against them, the party’s senior vice-president says.

Buet student Abrar Fahad died of “internal bleeding and excessive pain” as he was badly beaten up by blunt objects like cricket stumps or bamboo sticks, doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital say after autopsy.

In his last Facebook post, Abrar Fahad expressed his critical view about Bangladesh’s agreement with India allowing the country to withdraw water from Feni river.

Three passengers went missing as a boat capsized around 8:30pm last night near Sardarghat terminal in the Buriganga river, following a head-on collision between the boat and a launch.

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Stern action should be taken against some development companies, who violate their commitment of ensuring residential facilities in the various housing projects, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam said yesterday.

Police yesterday arrested three teenagers, on charges of being involved with an abduction in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi. All the arrestees are under 18 years of age, said Iftekhayer Alam, an additional SP of Rajshahi.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday greeted children on the occasion of World Children Day and Children Rights Week-2019 urging them to make themselves as ideal citizens.

While police are waiting for the autopsy report of Rebeka Sultana Poly, 13, whose hanging body was recovered from her residence on Wednesday in port city’s Madhyam Halishahar area, her family is demanding justice saying that she was raped and murdered.

At least three people were killed and four others were injured in road accidents across the country during the last two days, our correspondents and news agencies report.

The Youth Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, organised by Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC), concluded yesterday at the Tea Resort and Museum in Sreemangal.

BNP’s Rita Rahman and independent candidate Shahriar Asif, who is HM Ershad’s nephew, have rejected the results of the by-election to Rangpur-3 constituency, bringing allegations of vote rigging.

A Dhaka court yesterday deferred till October 10 the judgment of the murder of Risha, a class VIII student of Willes Little Flower School, in 2016.

BNP yesterday demanded that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina immediately step down for signing “anti-state” agreements with India “ignoring national interests”.

Although Bangladesh has made significant progress in checking tuberculosis (TB) in recent years, a large number of the country’s people are still affected by the disease, in many cases because of smoking.

Bangladesh and India have emphasised the need for “greater cooperation” to commemorate 2020 and 2021, two historic years in Bangladesh-India relations.

Child rights activists at a press conference yesterday demanded that the government ensure speedy trial of all cases of violence against children so that perpetrators cannot escape punishment.

State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury has said the country’s rivers will be saved from encroachment and pollution, no matter what.

Infrastructures in the country are far below standard in terms of facilities for persons with disabilities, and lack of legal obligations are to blame for it, said speakers at a discussion yesterday. Aside from gaps in laws, existing guidelines are not being followed and there

A huge replica of a silver guitar, associated with rock legend Ayub Bachchu, is drawing crowds at a puja mandap in Rajshahi city.