On the first day of the countrywide seven-day lockdown, port city commuters suffered immensely due to acute shortage of public transport.

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday served a legal notice on the government to take necessary steps in 15 days to remove discrimination in public and private sectors regarding maternity leave. The notice also included the demand of enhancing this leave period from six months to one year.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-14) yesterday claimed to have arrested a youth, who was involved in vandalising the mural of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Brahmanbaria, on the day of the strike enforced by Hefajat-e-Islam on March 28.

A significant number of smokeless tobacco (SLT) manufacturers in Bangladesh have managed to slip away from the government’s tax net, anti-tobacco platform Knowledge for Progress said yesterday, referring to a recent study.

At least 21 policemen, including two police inspectors and two drivers of vehicles carrying police were injured when a passenger bus collided with two pickup vans in Brahmanbaria yesterday morning.

About Tk 146 crore has been disbursed so far from the government’s Tk 700-crore special reintegration loan fund for pandemic-affected returnee migrants, Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad said yesterday.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s speech has uncovered the faces of “those who exploit religion”.

Two convicted prisoners died at Dhaka hospitals this morning.

The High Court yesterday directed Grameen Telecom authorities to immediately reinstate its 28 employees who were terminated from their jobs earlier.

The nor’wester that swept over Rajshahi city yesterday uprooted at least 30 poles of the recently installed butterfly-shaped street lights of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC).

At least 11 people were killed and seven injured in road accidents across the country in the last two days, report our correspondent and a news agency.

Leaders and activists of Hefajat-e-Islam unleashed mayhem at different places across the country following confinement of a top leader of the organisation by ruling Awami League men at a resort in Narayanganj along with a woman on Saturday evening.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police claimed to have arrested four members of an inter-district robber gang who robbed the houses of two expatriates after throwing crude bombs in Akhaura area of Brahmanbaria.

The Hajj and Umrah Management Bill-2021 was placed in parliament yesterday, in principle, to deal with irregularities and mismanagement in the sector.

While the government has shut shopping malls and restricted movement of public transport fearing further surge in coronavirus cases, the decision of keeping Ekushey Book Fair open for visitors has caught flak.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed all authorities concerned to perform their duties properly to ensure that the government directives are implemented appropriately to battle the second wave of Covid-19 in the country.

Baldha Garden no longer bustles with life, as it used to in the past with a delightful array of exotic plants and trees.

Former principal information officer Harun-ar-Rashid passed away at a city hospital on Saturday, aged 75.

Shonge Achi Foundation has launched education stipends for poor and brilliant female students of schools and colleges at Nalchhity upazila of

Police arrested a youth for stabbing a madrasa student and looting cash and mobile phone in the hilly parts of port city’s Akbarshah area early