LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam yesterday asked the project directors to maintain timeline and quality while implementing various projects.

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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.

Proper skills training of female migrant workers can be a way to reduce their abuse in the hands of employers, speakers said at a views-exchange meeting yesterday.

A free health camp, organised by Transcom Distribution Company Ltd, was held on the premises of Hemayet Uddin Diabetic Hospital in Barishal yesterday.

A special tribunal in Dhaka yesterday sentenced five JMB members to 12 years’ rigorous imprisonment in connection with a blast in Dhaka’s Khilkhet area as part of the series bomb blast in 63 districts of the country on August 17, 2005.

A lawyer of Rangpur sued BNP Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu yesterday for giving death threat to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during a live talk show on a private television channel on September 17.

Noted security analyst Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain yesterday urged the government to establish democratic control over defence forces to develop relationship between the military and civilians.

A garment worker sustained bullet injuries allegedly during a drive of law enforcers in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj on Saturday night.

Tamara Hasan Abed, member of the board of trustees of Brac University and managing director of Brac Enterprises, has been elected the new chairperson of the board with effect from July 25, 2019. She succeeds Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founding chairperson of Brac University, said a press release.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday fined two businesses Tk 8,00,000 on charges of various irregularities, in Bakalia area of the port city.

Slogans and counter slogans sparked an aggressive face-off between activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) yesterday, as JCD activists went to Dhaka University campus for the first time with their newly-elected leadership.

Hindu community of Rangpur Sadar upazila observed a daylong token hunger strike yesterday, demanding that the Election Commission defer the date of Rangpur-3 by-election, as the announced date of polls falls on the day of Maha Saptami.

The orientation programme of 2019 fall semester for new students was held at North South University (NSU) on Saturday, says a press release.

Fifty-six journalists of electronic media outlets yesterday afternoon filed a general diary (GD) with Sylhet Kotwali Police Station, seeking security for their lives.

A large “Innovation Lab” with a focus on research was inaugurated on September 19 on the permanent campus of Daffodil International University (DIU), says a press release.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday arrested two government officers while taking Tk 30,000 bribe from a pensioner.

While walking around many a road in Chowhatta and Kadamtali areas of Sylhet city these days, passers-by are greeted with a rhythmic sound. This melodic and cacophonous sound -- coexisting harmoniously -- is due to the workers making and repairing musical instruments, which are in great demand as part of the celebration of Durga Puja.

Four people were killed and one was injured across three districts in the last two days, our correspondents report.