Despite the growing popularity of cycling as means of commuting, exercise and a recreational activity, even the most optimistic would not rank Dhaka as a cyclist-friendly city.

Victim families of a tragic 2003 launch accident in Meghna river are yet to get any compensation, nearly 28 months after the High Court directed authorities concerned for doing so.

The first-year honours admission test of “Cha” unit (drawing part) under the Fine Arts faculty of Dhaka University for 2019-20 academic sessions was held yesterday.

A general diary was filed yesterday as Sylhet city Mayor Ariful Haque Choudhury received death threats over phone call in the morning.

Speakers at a discussion yesterday noted that right to information is required for maintaining continuity of development in the country, and there is no alternative to ensuring right to information to improve the quality of life.

Terming the prevailing trend of robbing the state wealth as horrible, Jatiya Oikyafront says that the country and its sovereignty will plunge into a severe internal crisis if it is continued.

Police claim to have arrested a youth for allegedly raping a female worker and capturing the rape scene through his mobile phone in Araihahazar upazila of Narayanganj.

There has been speculation about the arrest of Dhaka South Jubo League President Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, the alleged kingpins of “casino” business in the capital.

Amid the ongoing drive against casino and other illegal business, BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed calls upon the government to disclose the wealth statements of cabinet members and lawmakers before the nation.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says it will be known soon whether Dhaka South Jubo League President Ismail Hossain Samrat has been arrested or not.

Two labourers suffer burn injuries in an explosion when they are working in a flat in Naryanganj city.

Jahangirnagar University students form a human chain on the campus demanding punishment of the teacher who allegedly sexually harassed a student.

Police arrest the driver of a bus in connection with a road accident which claimed the life of a pedestrian near Mohakhali flyover in Dhaka around a month back.

Ride-sharing motorbike services are surging in popularity in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, where nightmare traffic often means that walking is faster than travelling by car or bus.

An alleged mugger was bullet-hit in a shootout with police in port city’s Tigerpass area early yesterday.

The authorities of Rajshahi University (RU) have removed the provost of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Hall, Dr Bithika Banik, said an office order signed by Registrar Prof MA Bari yesterday evening.

Demanding removal of projects responsible for destroying the Sundarbans

Michel Zia Shamim, son of Dr Choudhury Mohammad Shamim and Daisy Shamim, passed away at University of Riverside, Urvine Medical Center in USA yesterday. He was 35, says a press release.

Vice-chancellors at public universities are preferred for their political loyalty rather than their quality as teachers, said economist Prof Anu Muhammad yesterday.

International Right to Know Day will be observed today in the country as elsewhere across the world.