The government will spend the fund for the celebration of birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman under direct purchase method (DPM).

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia cannot evade the responsibility for the grisly August 21 grenade attack.

A parliamentary body yesterday recommended making technical courses mandatory at all secondary schools.

Marketing agency Starcom Bangladesh will be providing media solutions to North South University (NSU), said a press release.

BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed yesterday said there is a question in public mind whether Awami League had “involvement” with the blueprint of the August 21 grenade attack.

A youth was indiscriminately hacked by some masked miscreants at Comilla Victoria Government College’s intermediate campus on Tuesday evening.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said they will go to the High Court seeking capital punishment for acting BNP chairman Tarique Rahman, terming him the “mastermind of August 21 grenade attack”.

Two boys were killed in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

Authorities’ indifference, as well as lack of foresight and responsibility have left the Khulna city bypass connectivity road in a sorry state, at the expense of local residents and inter-district buses passing through it.

Md Nurul Abedin, former secretary and chairman of BIWTA, died at United Hospital on August 20 at the age of 78, says a press release.

The Penal Code will be used to hand down punishment to any house owner who obstructs the “combing operation” to kill Aedes mosquitoes, said Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam yesterday.

Today marks the 31st death anniversary of Dr Syed Anwar Ali, a freedom fighter, says a press release.

Rainwater has not receded from Khulna city’s Bastuhara colony even after five days, causing immense suffering to its 10,000 residents.

Chattogram police yesterday busted an organised gang that manufactures adulterated liquor and sold them using fake labels of foreign brands, arresting five people from different parts of port city in possession with liquor-making materials.

The UK government has allocated £102,625 to support those affected by the fire at Chalantika slum in Dhaka’s Mirpur area recently.

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud says BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia cannot evade the responsibility for the grisly August-21 grenade attack.

The High Court (HC) may start hearing on the death references and appeals in August 21 grenade attack cases by this year as paper books of those will be prepared in two-four months, says Law Minister Anisul Huq.

A woman dies of dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

The house owners will have to face punishment, if they create any obstacle during "combing operation" of killing aedes mosquitoes, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam says.

The High Court has wanted to know names and particulars of 11 officials of the Anti-Corruption Commission who were investigating 26 corruption cases in which jute mill worker Jaha Alam was wrongly implicated and suffered in jail for three years.