Altamash Kabir has become a new trustee of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), says a press release.

A faction of teachers and students of Jahangirnagar University yesterday showed “red card” to Vice Chancellor Prof Farzana Islam, demanding her resignation from the post.

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of bail, granted by a lower court, to Liakat Ali Khan alias Mukul, chairman of Rupayan Group (the builder company of FR Tower), and its land owner SMHI Faruque in a corruption case filed for manipulating the design of FR Tower in Dhaka’s Banani.

The Ministry of Industries has slapped a three-month ban on Khaja Ship Breaking Yard at Sitakunda upazila from buying scrapped vessels or securing any locally, after an investigation revealed poor workplace safety at the yard -- a violation of Ship Breaking and Recycling Rules-2011.

Investigators are keeping a close eye on several senior officials of Election Commission (EC) at its Dhaka headquarters and Chattogram regional office, whose names came up in confessional statements of three people, in connection with a case filed with Kotwali Police Station in the port city, over National Identity Card (NID) forgery for Rohingya refugees.

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The government should immediately start implementing the Road Transport Act 2018, without making any amendment, to restore discipline in the transport sector, said Ilias Kanchan, chairman of Nirapad Sarak Chai (Nischa), yesterday.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday submitted a 10-day remand prayer for quizzing GK Shamim, a top government-listed contractor, in connection with a money laundering case.

Identification and proper nurturing of gifted and talented children, outside of academics, is needed for fostering innovation and creativity among them, Bangladeshi and Indian educationists and officials said.

The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to former textiles and jute minister Abdul Latif Siddique in a corruption case, filed on charge of misuse of power in selling a government property.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said they have taken time to collect evidence before launching the ongoing “correction” drive against people involved in gambling and other illegal activities.

Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) member Tanbir Hasan Shaikat yesterday issued a 15-day ultimatum to the university administration to resolve the accommodation crisis on campus.

An audio clip of a conversation between Rajshahi University (RU) Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Choudhury Zakaria and a job seeker's wife goes viral on social media.

Tanbir Hasan Shaikat, a member of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu), has given a 15-day deadline to the university authorities to solve accommodation problems at the dormitories.

Some furniture at Saudi Arabian Airlines’ office is damaged after a fire broke out inside the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have seized Tk 1.05 crore and bottles of liquor during a raid at Banani house and Gulshan office of online casino businessman Salim Prodhan.

A section of workers of metro rail project stages demonstration on Begum Rokeya Sarani in the capital's Mirpur area for what they said forcing them to quit the job.

Son of a police officer died, allegedly after shooting himself with his father’s licensed pistol, in Dhaka’s Azimpur area early yesterday.

Transparency International Bangladesh has urged the government to not enact the Public Service Act-2018 as it contradicts the constitutional provision of “all citizens are equal before law”.

Police belittled her marriage and denied assistance when college student Liza Rahman went to Shah Makhdum Police Station in Rajshahi on Saturday, Liza’s brother alleged yesterday.