Child Rights Advocacy Coalition in Bangladesh yesterday demanded that the government promptly complete the procedure to form a child directorate and a national child rights commission that will work on child protection and prevention of child rights violation.

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.

Like any other day, Tanvir Hossain Tuhin, a student of Sylhet Technical Training Institute, went to class on Wednesday morning.

Chattogram Custom House and Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) officials recovered 64 gold bars weighing 7.5kg worth around Tk 2.88 crore from Shah Amanat International Airport yesterday.

Consumers will be able to buy edible oil, lentil and sugar by up to 23 percent lower than average market prices from mobile retailing vans of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) unit of Chittagong University allegedly beat up a student on the campus yesterday, suspecting him to be a Chhatra Shibir activist.

Creating widespread opportunities for the youth to show their potentials could eliminate extremism from society, speakers at a festival celebrating communal harmony said yesterday.

After demonstrating for six consecutive days, agitating students of Dhaka University yesterday declared to resume classes and examinations, following assurance from the university authorities.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said a cabinet committee on Ninth Wage Board Award for newspaper and news agency journalists and employees has finalised its report for cabinet endorsement after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s return home.

Police yesterday filed a case with Boalia Police Station against six businesspersons of Sona Mosque land port for possessing illegal foreign currency.

Three students of Rajshahi Government College were injured after a ceiling fan fell on them as they sat for an exam.

The 52nd convocation of Dhaka University (DU) will be held on December 9 this year.

Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin yesterday said he has been working to develop Chattogram as a planned and beautiful city.

Stern action will be taken against those who film incidents of a mob beating someone based on suspicion of being child kidnappers, warned Noor-E-Alam Mina, superintendent of police in Chattogram, yesterday.

Admitting that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lacks capability to some extent, its Chairman Iqbal Mahmood has said it is not possible to fully expose all the corruption allegations for this.

A Dhaka court has accepted the charges brought against four accused in connection with the case filed over death of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury in a road accident on March 19.

A Supreme Court lawyer files a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to transfer Barguna’s Rifat Sharif murder case to the Criminal Investigation Dpartment (CID) or Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) from the local police for its proper investigation.