Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud is set to begin his stint as a part-time teacher at Dhaka University (DU), starting today.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday said the government has totally failed to tackle the outbreak of dengue, the mosquito-borne disease which has now spread across the country.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday urged the high-ups concerned of the government to not talk too much about the dengue outbreak.

Urban specialists yesterday blamed unplanned urbanisation, waste mismanagement, climate change and negligence of the authorities concerned behind this year’s dengue outbreak.

Majority of tobacco companies, mostly bidi and smokeless variety manufacturers, do not follow tobacco control act properly while providing pictorial health warning on packets, found a study.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday said negligence, irregularities and corruption in hajj management must be dealt with an iron hand.

Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) yesterday announced of using drones to monitor cattle markets in the city ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

The spread of dengue virus continues in many districts of the country, as the number of infected patients are rising day by day.

Today marks the fourth death anniversary of Hena Majumder, wife of Dhaka Reporters Unity founding member Pranab Majumder, said a press release.

A worker was killed and three of his co-workers were injured in an oil tanker blast at a shipyard in Narayanganj yesterday.

Today is the 17th death anniversary of Air Commodore Ghazi Lutfur Rahman.

Two people were killed in road accidents in Chattogram during the last two days.

Police recovered the floating body of an unidentified man, aged around 30, from Brahmaputra river in Kalagachia area of Narayanganj’s Bandar upazila yesterday noon.

Two new intercity trains will ply Dhaka-Rangpur and Kurigram-Dhaka routes to enhance the country’s railway services, said Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan on Friday in Rangpur.

The detective branch (DB) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested three persons and recovered 15,200 yaba pills from their possession during a drive at GEC Intersection in port city on Friday night.

A man was stabbed dead in the capital’s Badda last night.

A truck driver was found dead in Barishal on Friday night, a day after he went missing.

Chattogram city Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin yesterday laid emphasis on introducing metro rail (or mass rapid transit -- MRT) in the Chattogram metropolis, as the city will have to cope with the movement of 15 lakh more people after the implementation of Bangabandhu Silpanagar at Mirsarai and Anowara Economic Zone.

Chattogram City Mayor AJM Nasiruddin yesterday laid emphasis on introducing metro rail (or mass rapid transit -- MRT) in the Chattogram metropolis, as the city will have to cope with the movement of 15 lakh more people after the implementation of Bangabandhu Silpanagar at Mirsarai and Anowara Economic Zone.

The government has taken an initiative to send two hundred fresh graduates from Computer Science, Software Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering background to India and Japan to attend training course on different upcoming technologies.