Lucy Helen Frances Holt, 88, has been suffering from illness due to old age in Barishal’s Oxford Mission Church residential compound.

Dhaka University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) yesterday condemned the offensive speech of different groups -- including a government official -- against professor and researcher of the university ABM Faroque.

Organiser: Samajtantrik Chatra Front, Dhaka University Unit

Bangladesh Railway will start sale of advance train tickets for Eid-ul-Azha from five different places in Dhaka from July 29, Railways Minister Nurul Islam announced yesterday.

Four more prosecution witnesses yesterday gave their statements before a tribunal in connection with the Holey Artisan attack case.

A fire broke out in a storeroom of Chattogram Medical College Hospital yesterday morning.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent Khandaker Enamul Basir, suspended director of the Anti-Corruption Commission, to jail after rejecting his bail prayer in a case filed over the transaction of Tk 40 lakh as bribe.

Bangladesh will be participating in the 2nd International Economics Olympiad, IEO 2019, which will take place from July 24 to 31 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Father of Golam Kibria, a traffic police sergeant who was killed in a road accident in Barishal earlier this month, yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directives on the authorities concerned to give his family Tk 10 crore as compensation.

Fishermen in Khulna and other coastal districts are ready to begin fishing after the 65-day fishing ban in the Bay of Bengal ended yesterday. The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock imposed the ban from May 20.

The 700th Urs (death anniversary) of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA), one of the most prominent Muslim sufi saints, began at his shrine in Sylhet yesterday morning.

Nayma Iftakhar, an alumnus of International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT), has participated in an international programme titled “Doha OIC Youth Forum 2019”.

Academic and administrative activities virtually came to a standstill at Dhaka University for the third day yesterday, following students’ demonstrations demanding cancellation of affiliation of seven colleges under the university.

Three people were killed in road accidents in two districts during the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.

Five people died in different upazilas of Narayanganj yesterday.

Police arrested a man in Fatullah of Narayanganj on Monday night, on charge of raping a 13-year-old domestic help.

Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) announced its 2019-20 budget on Monday at Bongo Taj Auditorium. Mayor Md Jahangir Alam announced the budget, with estimated income of Tk 6,138.65 crore and total estimated expenditure of Tk 4,762.82 crore.

A three-member team of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday quizzed 13 staff members of Chattogram Central Jail (CCJ) and recorded statements over corruption and other irregularities inside the jail, which came to light after arrest of a former jailer last year.

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of a Bangladesh Bank circular that allowed loan defaulters to reschedule their repayment of loans upon a down payment of just two percent of the loan amount, and to get fresh loans.

The prime accused in a case filed over beating a woman to death in Badda is arrested from Narayanganj.