Saying that there is no scope to take the dengue issue lightly, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday advised the health minister and city corporation mayors to talk responsibly on the matter.

Today is the 13th death anniversary of Novera Deepita, a journalist of The Daily Star and a gold medalist student of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism of the University of Dhaka.

With a call to tirelessly work together to eliminate extremism from the country, the two-day long Sampreeti Utshab (harmony festival) at Bangabandhu International Conference Center ended yesterday.

Braving rain, hundreds of people yesterday gathered at various bus counters and terminals in the capital to collect advance tickets for their journey home on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.

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Dubrovnik is a port in south-western Croatia, across the Adriatic Sea from Italy’s eastern coast. Endowed with a spectacular setting, it has become a magnet for tourists who come here to enjoy sailing and water sports in the deep blue Adriatic Sea, hiking in the spectacular mountains, and exploring the remarkable old town - still surrounded by a wall - which dates back to the 10th century.

At least four people were killed and three were injured in road accidents in two districts in the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents and news agencies.

A woman was gang-raped at a rented house in Pabna town on Wednesday night. Police arrested the landlord yesterday following an allegation of assisting the rapists.

Police recovered the body of a teenage boy in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram yesterday afternoon.

With frequent cases of dengue fever being reported in Dhaka, some 44 people have been infected with the mosquito-borne tropical disease outside the capital over the last four days, confirmed local authorities.

The High Court has desired that the lower court judges would refrain from using names of higher degrees like ‘Dr’ and ‘Barrister’ before their names in judgements and orders delivered by them in the cases.

Citizens under Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) would get free dengue test at 52 health complexes under the city corporation,says DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam.

Police claim to have arrested a woman on charges of branding Taslima Begum Renu as a child kidnapper, leading to her death in mob beating in Badda area of Dhaka on July 20.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now on an official visit to the United Kingdom, has given necessary directives to the authorities concerned to save people from the dengue outbreak.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will distribute aerosol sprays among the education institutes in the city area free of cost in a bid to protect the students from mosquito bites and dengue fever.

Private bus operators start selling advance tickets for the home goers ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. The sales begin from 6:00am as per the decision taken at a meeting of Bangladesh Bus Truck Owners’ Association on July 16.

Although the old High Court buildings were declared “risky” more than a year ago, the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) and its Chief Prosecutor’s Office have been operating their daily proceedings there, exposing hundreds of people to serious risk of accident.

Today is the 19th death anniversary of MA Chaklader, founder chairman of Maxwell Group, says a press release.

Amid allegations of rigging and irregularities, Awami League candidate Rafiqul Islam won the election to the Kanchan municipality in Narayanganj yesterday.

The Rohingya influx has caused 14.3 percent wage reduction of all labourers among the host community in Teknaf, says a United Nations Development Programme-commissioned report.