Fear of contracting dengue fever has gripped Dhaka University students, after several of them were diagnosed with it.

Green Line Paribahan yesterday handed a cheque for Tk 5 lakh to Russel Sarkar, who lost his left leg after a bus of the company ran him over in April last year.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) yesterday began selling advance train tickets for Eid-ul-Azha at five different venues in Dhaka with services being relatively smoother than previous occasions.

The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to Mahmudul Hasan, a sub-inspector of Dhaka’s Kotwali Police Station and nephew of suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) Mizanur Rahman, in a corruption case.

A Khulna court sentenced a police constable to 14 years imprisonment and fined Tk 20,000 for abducting a woman in the city two years ago.

A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), who sustained critical injuries during a drive in Jashore on Saturday, died at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the city yesterday.

A woman was arrested for torturing her 12-year-old domestic help in port city’s Hamjarbag area yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent Partha Gopal Banik, deputy inspector general (prisons) of Sylhet division, to jail after rejecting his bail petition in connection with a case filed over recovery of Tk 80 lakh from his residence in the capital.

On the first day of advance Eid ticket sale yesterday, Chattogram Railway Station was full with hundreds of holidaymakers queuing at the counters since dawn.

The 70th syndicate meeting of North South University (NSU) was held at its Syndicate Hall yesterday.

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Md Rakib Hossain, ndc secretary-in-charge, has joined Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) as rector.

The Supreme Court has cleared way for Anti-Corruption Commission to arrest two officials of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) in a case filed for forgery over the design of FR Tower in Dhaka’s Banani.

The government had to make a difficult decision regarding the construction of Rampal coal power plant, because the country needs more power to meet the national demand, said Planning Minister MA Mannan yesterday.

Law Minister Anisul Huq categorically says the government has enacted the Digital Security Act 2018 in a bid to curb cybercrimes, not to gag voices of the mass media.

Supriyo Chakravarty, freedom fighter and prominent income tax lawyer of Sylhet, husband of Advocate Sultana Kamal passed away this evening in BIRDEM hospital, Dhaka.

Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in Dhaka is struggling to attend the patients with dengue infection due to its limited capacity.

The High Court refuses to grant bail to Mahmudul Hasan, a sub-inspector of Dhaka’s Kotwali Police Station and nephew of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman, in a corruption case.

The Directorate of National Consumer Right Protection (DNCRP) fines two diagnostic centres in Dhaka for charging extra fees for the medical tests to diagnose dengue, violating the rate fixed by the government.

Police claim to have arrested the son and daughter of slain Mohibullah from Konapara Mominbag area in Dhaka’s Jatrabari for allegedly killing their father.