The High Court yesterday asked the authorities concerned of the government to take necessary steps to make people aware so that they do not purchase or intake expired medicines.

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A rights organisation yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court, seeking its directives on the government to give Tk 1 crore as compensation to each family of 11 victims who died in an accident at a Sirajganj level crossing four days ago.

The capital’s slum dwellers with access to official water supply consume 3.5 times less water than that of the affluent people though they all pay the same price, found a study of Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD).

Amid a concerning rise in dengue cases in Dhaka, both its city corporations have decided to monitor the effectiveness of its insecticide, as the current stock was found to be ineffective in killing mosquitoes.

More than a month has gone by since Mishuk Khan, a student from Narayanganj, went traceless, said family members.

During his recent visit to Bangladesh, former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon invited Brac University President and Vice-Chancellor Prof Vincent Chang to a breakfast meeting on July 10, says a press release.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the government officials to continue drives against corruption and drugs as well as design development projects in a planned way.

The High Court issued an injunction restraining two officials of the drug administration from continuing jobs for their negligence in dealing with a case filed for manufacturing toxic paracetamol that killed 28 children in 2009.

Former state minister for home affairs Sohel Taj announces that he will be hosting a health-related lifestyle reality television show "Hotline Commando" from this September.

A group of Dhaka University (DU) students blocks the key Shahbagh intersection for the second consecutive day today demanding an end to the university's affiliation with seven colleges.

Police claim to have arrested 10 people, including a councilor of Narayanganj City Corporation, for their alleged involvement in attacking and vandalizing the car of a ruling-party lawmaker in Naraynganj’s Sidhdhirganj area last night.

Firefighters recover the bodies of two men from the rubble of a partially collapsed two-storey building in the Old Dhaka’s Patuatuli area.

Madrasa students performed better than the previous year, as the madrasa board saw rise in the success rate and the number of GPA 5 achievers, according to results published yesterday.

Prof ABM Faroque, director of Biomedical Research Centre, Dhaka University, yesterday called upon Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute (BSTI), Bangladesh Food Safety Authority and Institute of Public Health to carry out regular tests on pasteurised milk from now on.

A chamber judge of the Supreme Court judge yesterday upheld a High Court verdict that asked authorities concerned to conduct dope and vision tests of driving license seekers, frame rules of Road Transport Act 2018 and put them into effect in order to reduce road accidents.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government does not want any children to remain unschooled, as an educated nation is urgently needed to ensure a “Sonar Bangla” dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Bangladesh has made such remarkable progress in fish production in recent years, that the country is now one of the biggest fish producers in the world, State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru said yesterday.

Police recovered the hanging body of a madrasa student from Mirsharai upazila in Chattogram yesterday.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday urged Awami League activists to identify infiltrators that joined the party for personal gain.