No electricity, no air-conditioning at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for seven hours!

A Chhatra League leader of Dhaka University unit has been shot in his leg in front of Surja Sen Hall on the campus.

Demonstrating students of Dhaka University (DU) threatens to continue their movement demanding cancellation of affiliation of the capital’s seven collages with the institution.

Four people were killed and nine injured in road accidents in three districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

Police recovered the body of a woman from a cabin of a launch at Barishal Launch Terminal yesterday morning.

A political reform is necessary as the country’s present political practices fell victim to criminalisation and are failing to establish democracy and good governance, said speakers at a roundtable in Rajshahi yesterday.

Amid concerns about the quality of packaged and non-packaged milk available in the market, the authorities of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) yesterday formed a taskforce to check adulteration of milk.

Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) Chairman Rear Admiral Zulfiquer Aziz yesterday denied that activities in the port was in any way responsible for the recent week-long acute traffic congestion on the port city’s important thoroughfare, that links the city with the port and the airport.

A youth was stabbed to death by a group allegedly over a trivial matter in the capital’s Lalbagh on Friday night.

Ruling Awami League (AL) has formed six teams to distribute relief goods in flood affected districts.

Speakers at a press conference yesterday urged the government to formulate a law to prevent sexual harassment at workplace, as per the 2009 directives of the High Court.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent two traffic helpers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to jail in a case filed over seizing 38 gold bars, weighing around four kilogrammes, from their possession at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on July 13.

A wood trader has been missing from the capital’s Mirpur area for a month, his family alleged yesterday, blaming a Rab official’s involvement over prior enmity behind the abduction.

Expressing concerns over delay in trial of rape cases, speakers at a discussion yesterday demanded proper government monitoring -- to ensure speedy trial in rape cases and maximum punishment for rapists.

Today is the 13th death anniversary of Rebeka Walie, wife of late ATM Walie Ashraf MP (Brahmanbaria 6), parliamentarian and founding editor of Janomot Newsweekly in London.

Shipping and Communication Reporters Forum (SCRF) yesterday placed a 10-point recommendation to make waterways journeys safe ahead of the Eid-Ul-Azha.

Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury returned home from the USA yesterday, after joining a parliamentary forum in New York.

Students of Gonoshasthaya Samaj Vittik Medical College in Savar yesterday boycotted all classes and examinations with a 10-point demand including registration under Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) and educational activities under Dhaka University.

Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin yesterday directed authorities concerned to take action against those destroying environment by cutting hills and filling rivers and canals.

Speakers in a public rally organised by Chattogram division unit of BNP yesterday demanded cancellation of the present Election Commission (EC), and formation of a new one.