Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has constituted 11 High Court (HC) benches with its 17 judges for disposing of cases during the ongoing annual vacation.

High Court (HC) has termed a charge sheet as “defective” in a case filed over recovery of 49,000 yaba tablets in Narayanganj last year.

Rights organisation Mother’s Call holds a discussion on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances at the National Press Club in Dhaka.

Two police officials have been sued for allegedly committing cheque forgery in Dhaka.

A police constable is beaten up by local people for allegedly sexually harassing a woman at Laxmipur in Rajshahi city.

Eminent gynaecologist and former principal of Chattogram Medical College (CMC) Prof Syeda Nurjahan Bhuiyan passed away yesterday at a hospital in port city due to old age complications. She was 80.

Expressions Limited with support from US Embassy hosted a seminar for the project “Student Leadership Development Workshops” at the capital’s Cirdap auditorium yesterday, says a press release.

Field-level government officers and employees have been directed to remain present at their offices from 9am to 9:40am on a mandatory basis, aiming to bring dynamism into government activities.

Most of the social accountability institutions in the country are non-functional because of political influence, financial constraints and incapacity of citizens, but they need to be effective to ensure people’s meaningful participation in the development process, according to a study.

Bangladesh Road Transport Owners and Workers Oikya Parishad has called an indefinite strike in Sylhet division and Brahmanbaria from September 2.

The Dhaka University syndicate at a meeting last night approved its disciplinary board’s recommendation of suspending 69 students over their involvement in question paper leak during admission tests.

An imam of a mosque in Narayanganj -- whose decapitated body was found inside his room last week -- was murdered by a friend over repayment of a loan, police said yesterday.

A 10-member delegation of NRB-CIP Association, leading organisation of Bangladeshi expatriates, will join the 33rd conference of Bangladeshi Association in North America (FOBANA) in New York, USA.

At least three people were killed and two injured in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

In its final investigation report, Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has confirmed death of two attackers and the key planner of the twin grenade blast on a crowd at Atia Mahal of Shibbari area in Sylhet city on March 25, 2017.

Twelve-year-old Nupur returned home yesterday, after a successful minimally invasive cardiac surgery at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), the first of its kind at any government hospital.

Shah Md Sadrul Alam, an assistant director of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) who was arrested on charges of design manipulation of FR Tower in Banani, was granted bail yesterday.

Three more prosecution witnesses yesterday gave their statements before a Dhaka tribunal in the Holey Artisan Café attack case.

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A Bangladeshi architectural project was chosen as one of the winners of 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, announced yesterday in Kazan, Russia.