Safayet Ullah alias Sagor (19), a small trader at Chattogram’s Sandweep area has been suffering in jail for five and a half months without trial in a case filed under the Digital Security Act for making a derogatory comment about the prime minister on a Facebook post, although the post was circulated from the Facebook ID of Safayet Hossain Ayan.

The barbed wire fencing around the camps greatly hindered Rohingya refugees’ attempts to escape the massive fire that occurred in Cox’s Bazar on March 22, stated a Human Rights Watch statement yesterday.

The nation celebrates the golden jubilee of independence today to pay tributes to the martyrs and valiant sons of the land who laid down their lives for the country’s independence.

Members of the Bomb Disposal Unit of the Counter-Terrorism Unit of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) today destroyed an old mortar shell at Hathazari upazila of Chattogram.

Traffic on various important and main roads of the capital will be controlled from 10:00am tomorrow and will continue for the next day, with some roads also set to be temporarily closed on March 26 and 27.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday urged shopkeepers and owners of businesses to close down their establishments by 8pm to prevent the transmission of Covid-19.

Unable to bring the mosquito menace under control in the port city through drives, repellents and other action, Chattogram City Corporation seems to have “surrendered” the matter to natural phenomena like rain and storm.

United States is funding the restoration of Old Dhaka’s Lalbagh Fort under a project of Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP).

Muktijuddho Olympiad, an online competition based on the Liberation War, concluded yesterday, after the winners were handed prizes.

Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation has carried out various activities, marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of independence.

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad yesterday said they have set a target to establish branch of Probashi Kalyan Bank in the country’s each upazila.

Japan has provided a grant of Tk 70 lakh to Kumudini Welfare Trust of Bengal Ltd and Tk 20 lakh to Jaago Foundation Trust.

Founder of Association for Social Advancement (ASA), Shafiqual Haque Choudhury dedicated his life to improving the lives of underprivileged people. Through his organisation, he has played a great role in alleviating poverty in Bangladesh, speakers at a memorial event said yesterday .

A man was shot dead in broad daylight allegedly by his neighbour, following a quarrel in the capital’s Dakshinkhan area yesterday morning.

BNP has postponed till March 30 all its activities to celebrate the golden jubilee of the independence, considering the present coronavirus situation.

The state has filed a petition with the Supreme Court challenging the High Court verdict that granted bail to Erfan Salim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Md Salim, in a case filed over attacking a navy officer in the capital’s Dhanmondi in October last year.

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for holding admission tests for MBBS enrolment on April 2.

Traffic on various important and main roads of the capital will be controlled or will be closed for some time on March 26 and 27, the Traffic Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said today.

Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today urged businesses and shop owners under Dhaka South City Corporation to bring down their shutters by 8pm every day from now on -- to curb the transmission of coronavirus.

Security forces at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday recovered 1,415 pieces of yaba from a Saudi-bound passenger.