University of Asia Pacific (UAP) held its 9th convocation on Wednesday at Bangabandhu International Conference Center, says a press release.

Speakers at a seminar yesterday emphasised raising funds at home and abroad to conduct more research to prevent and control dengue, and create a coordinated research cell.

Scarcity of fresh drinking water is a major challenge for people living in the country’s hilly region, according to a Manusher Jonno Foundation-commissioned report.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to provide safe internet for children and block websites containing objectionable content including pornography, sexually explicit material and graphic games.

While the Right to Information (RTI) Act is a powerful tool for people’s empowerment, some inherent flaws and restrictive mindset of a section of public servants stand as barriers to achieving its fundamental goals, said RTI experts at a seminar yesterday.

Police arrested a man from Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram on charges of spreading rumours about child abduction on social media.

The High Court yesterday directed the government, public and private medical college and hospitals to provide treatment to underprivileged, insolvent and street children infected with dengue fever free of cost.

Two toll collectors were killed as a truck ran them over when they asked to stop the vehicle in Rajshahi early yesterday.

Parimal Mazumder, a journalist from Kurigram who was diagnosed with mitral stenosis (narrowing of a heart’s mitral valve) three months ago, is currently in critical condition.

In coastal areas of Khulna, 90 percent of community clinics do not have safe drinking water, 95 percent shallow tube-wells are inactive and 97 percent pond sand filters (PSF) are not functional, a recent study has found.

Educationists and rights activists at a discussion yesterday urged the government to announce a “decade of education” on the occasion of 100th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman next year.

A Chattogram court yesterday awarded death penalty to three and sentenced another to life-term jail for killing a schoolboy at Mirsarai upazila.

Ending Gender-based Violence

Uber, the world’s largest ride-sharing company, has partnered with Brac to organise educational workshops on road safety for driver partners in Dhaka.

The High Court yesterday directed police not to harass or arrest four journalists of Feni in connection with nine criminal cases filed on charge of vandalism and subversive acts last year.

Detectives of police yesterday claimed to have arrested 61 people from several areas of the capital in 24 hours, for their alleged involvement in different crimes including currency forgery, mugging and robbery.

The High Court directs the police not to harass or arrest four journalists of Feni in connection with nine criminal cases filed on charge of vandalism and subversive acts last year.

Observing that the existing medicine is not effective for eliminating Aedes mosquito, which causes dengue fever, the High Court directs the government to import effective medicine to kill the mosquito.

Road Transport and Highway Division (RTHD) sets up a central control room in Dhaka to ensure smooth traffic for holidaymakers during the journey of Eid-ul-Azha.

A man is stabbed to death by a stalker in Dhaka’s Moghbazar area. The deceased was identified as Dulal Miah Tola, 45, a resident of Dilu Road in Moghbazar.