Ferdause Samad, wife of late Dr Kazi Abdus Samad, passed away on Monday in Dhaka.

Dhaka stood as the world’s fifth least safe city on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) safe cities index this year, as “the city fared poorly on digital security, health security, infrastructure security and personal security indicators.”

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.

Three more people, including two children, die of dengue in Dhaka, Rangpur and Faridpur.

The High Court refuses to grant bail to Mahbubul Haque Chisty, former chairman of Farmers Bank audit committee, in a corruption case filed on charge of misappropriating Tk 160 crore of the bank.

A female job seeker has been gang-raped at an office of a private company in Dhaka’s Shyamoli area when she went there for a job interview, police say.

Rajuk Assistant Director Shah Md Sadrul Alam, who was arrested in a case filed over design manipulation of Banani’s FR Tower, has secured bail from a Dhaka court.

Trashing the report of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on the 10th parliament, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud says the report is totally one-sided and ill-motivated.

Two members of a family drowned in the Karatoa river of Bogura’s Sherpur upazila, police say.

Expressing solidarity with the ongoing student protest, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) urges Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities to probe into the “irregularities” centering its development work.

Dhaka stands as the fifth least safe city on the latest edition of the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Safe Cities Index (SCI) as “the city fared poorly on digital security, health security, infrastructure security and personal security indicators”.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina receives treatment like a general patient from the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital at Agargaon in Dhaka.

At least six people were killed and five injured in road accidents in two districts in the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.

President M Abdul Hamid yesterday sought the Chinese government’s continuous support to ensure safe and dignified repatriation of Rohingyas to their homeland in Myanmar, when Li Jiming, new Chinese Ambassador to Dhaka, presented his credentials to the President at Bangabhaban.

Bangladesh will brief diplomats stationed in Dhaka about the latest situation on the Rohingya issue today, as two consecutive efforts to begin the repatriation of the displaced people failed amid their unwillingness and distrust in the Myanmar government.