The primary schools across the country are being turned into recreation centres to check dropout rate of children, State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossen tells parliament.

Awami League lawmaker Mohammed Nasim in the parliament calls upon the government to take action against the loan defaulters and those who looted money from banks.

The Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) (Amendment) Bill, 2019 is placed in parliament today for extending its validity until 2024.

The production cost of MS rod will go up by TK 10,350 per tonne due to proposed value added tax (VAT) and tax system in FY 2019-20, steel millers say.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered a countrywide structural survey of rail and road bridges and culverts to find if they need to be repaired.

Ebne Alam Hasan, chief engineer of Roads and Highways Department (RHD), has been given “Integrity Award” for 2018-19 fiscal year for his performance in the outgoing fiscal.

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal’s expelled leaders and their supporters engage in a scuffle at BNP’s central office in Nayapaltan.

An imprisoned convict has died from "illness" at a hospital in Natore.

The mild heat wave sweeping over some parts of the country may abate at some places as rain or thundershowers is likely to occur at several places today.

United Nations Security Council was not able to take any bold decision, or adapt a resolution on the Rohingya issue due to lack of consensus among permanent members, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen informed the parliament yesterday.

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The High Court yesterday wanted to know the actions taken against travel agencies and human traffickers responsible for the death of 37 Bangladeshis in the Mediterranean Sea.

Agitated leaders of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) staged a demonstration for two hours in front of BNP’s central office yesterday, demanding withdrawal of age limit and expulsion order against 12 leaders.

The hospital is seven-storied, well-furnished and is the only government facility in a 10-kilometre radius. It does not have the problem most hospitals do -- space shortage. Yet, it has failed to serve residents of Dhaka in 18 years since inauguration.

Lawmakers from treasury and opposition benches yesterday expressed dissatisfaction over slow implementation rate of development programmes, disorder in the banking sector, and keeping scope for legitimising undisclosed money.

Police arrested a person for posing as an official of National Security Intelligence (NSI) from Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) yesterday morning.

A man was stabbed to death by his son-in-law, allegedly over a family feud in Hathazari of Chattogram yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced three drug peddlers to life imprisonment for possessing 2,300 bottles of Phensedyl in February 2005.

A schoolboy lost his life under a truck reportedly driven by a helper in Sirajganj yesterday, reports our Pabna correspondent.

Although Bangladesh has made significant economic progress in recent times, a large number of children are working due to poverty, rights activists said yesterday.