A Swiss delegation is set to arrive in Dhaka today on a three-day visit to hold bilateral talks on migration, the first of its kind between the two countries.

Taking a swipe at the Prime Minister for accusing Khaleda Zia of creating the scope for HM Ershad to grab power in 1982, BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said it is the Awami League-led government that has destroyed democracy together with Jatiya Party.

Throughout his life, Oikya Nap President Pankaj Bhattacharya has been striving to fulfill his mission to protect democracy and eradicate communalism from society, said National Professor Dr Anisuzzaman yesterday.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will get its forth factory-fresh Boeing 787-8 on September 12. With the latest brand new Dreamliner, the total number of aircrafts in Biman’s fleet will rise to 16.

A Narayanganj court yesterday issued arrest warrants against BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and two other leaders in a defamation case filed for terming Ziaur Rahman “father of Bangladeshi Jatiyatabad”.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday told the parliament that construction cost of roads in Bangladesh is higher than that of India and China, due to difference in soil conditions.

Medical college students demonstrated in the capital yesterday, demanding cancellation of a proposal to extend their internship duration to two years from one year.

Police have arrested two men in connection with the murder of Sheikh Farid Alom, a 32-year-old microbus driver in Dhamrai upazila outside Dhaka.

Several climate change adaptation projects, such as construction of embankments, did not generate expected outcome as those initiatives were taken without consulting locals and public representatives in the country’s coastal areas, speakers observed yesterday.

Doctors of public and private hospitals of Khulna observed work abstention yesterday, protesting assault on a fellow doctor by relatives of a patient.

Applications for Chevening Scholarships to study in the UK are open until November 5 2019, with those to be submitted via www.chevening.org/apply.

At least five people were killed and 38 injured in road accidents across the country yesterday, our correspondents report.

A long-awaited footbridge -- promised by Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam himself following the tragic death of a youth under a bus on the road -- has been abruptly closed down within a week of opening it to public.

The Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (Noab) yesterday filed a petition with the Supreme Court, praying to it to vacate its earlier order that cleared the way for the government to publish the gazette notification on implementing the recommendation of ninth wage board for journalists.

Police have recovered a pistol which they believe was used in the murder of prime mover-trailer driver Shahjahan Saju, from a forest in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram early yesterday.

Jatiya Party MP Pir Fazlur Rahman yesterday demanded formation of a parliamentary committee, comprising senior lawmakers, to look into widespread corruption allegations in different sectors.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will get its fourth Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, last in the row of 10 new aircrafts, on September 12.

Students of different government and non-government medical colleges in Dhaka city stage demonstration demanding cancellation of a proposal to increase tenure of their internship.

Holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), will be observed in the country tomorrow with due religious fervour and solemnity.

HerStory Foundation has launched the first edition of the year-long program “HerStory Reading Fellowship”.