More than 100 students of Institute of Business administration of Rajshahi University (RU) staged a demonstration on campus yesterday, protesting an attack on their classmates the previous night.

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed a High Court order that asked the government to reissue the passport of BNP leader Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas.

Twenty-one leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and associate wings were arrested by police from different upazilas in Sylhet on Sunday.

Police recovered a convicted Jubo League leader’s body from a canal in Sunamganj on Sunday evening, nearly a day after he had jumped into the waterbody to avoid arrest.

Abu Taher Mohammad Shoeb has been elected president of the Sylhet Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) for 2019-2021.

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed till October 20 a High Court order that granted bail to Mizanur Rahman Chaklader, an agent of Chattagram’s Clearing and Forwarding Agents’ Association (C&F), in a case filed on charge of dodging duty and smuggling.

Six people were killed and five others were injured in road accidents across four districts in the last two days, our correspondents and agencies report.

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Girls in rural areas will get free sanitary pads to stop skipping school during their periods -- a result of social taboo around menstruation, said state minister Murad Hasan yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday issued an ad-interim injunction on the functions of the newly-elected executive committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the pro-BNP student body, for the next seven days.

The tell-tale signs and impacts of climate change -- such as sea level rise and extreme weather -- increased during 2015-2019, which is set to be the warmest five-year period on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The number of dengue patients hospitalised across the country crossed the 85,000-mark yesterday.

Hailing the ongoing drive against the casino and illegal business, Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon says that he informed the local government ministry about one of his councilors’ casino business but no action was taken against him.

Facebook has denied to set up any office or install its local service in Bangladesh right now as the market size is not sustainable here enough.

A Dhaka court issues an ad-interim injunction on the functions of the newly elected executive committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the pro-BNP student body, for next seven days.

Law enforcers raid the Fu-Wang Club at Tejgaon Industrial area of Dhaka, but find no irregularities there.

Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) decides to give instruction to all banks to provide information on the accounts of SM Golam Kibria Shamim.

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Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday found Aedes mosquito larvae in 17 houses after visiting 9,868 houses.

Ayesha Siddika Minni, an accused of the case filed over the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif in Barguna, met her lawyer Advocate ZI Khan Panna in the capital yesterday morning.