Bangladesh Hindu Bouddha Christian Oikya Parishad yesterday demanded that the government form a “National Minority Commission” to ensure justice over incidents of violence against and persecution of the country’s minorities.

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) yesterday submitted a report to the High Court, saying it has recently tested seasonal fruits and found no hazardous chemicals in them.

Prof Serajul Islam Choudhury could have died during the Liberation War, but fortune and a little “trickery” saved life of the eminent writer and academician.

Opposition lawmakers yesterday censured the proposed budget, especially for keeping scope for whitening undisclosed money, while members of the treasury bench hailed it.

Zahir Sumon, a former student of Jahangirnagar University’s drama and dramatics department, is fighting for his life at Dhaka’s Square Hospitals, says a press release.

Five people including four of a family were hit by bullets on Saturday, when a person opened fire indiscriminately centring a feud in Jatrabari’s Gabindapur.

A High Court bench refuses to hear a writ petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging legality of a government notification that said Niko corruption case trial against her will be held at a special court in Keraniganj Central Jail.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police presses charges against 125 people including 87 students of Dhaka University in a case filed over their alleged involvement in question paper leak of the university’s Gha unit admission test in 2017.

Liakat Ali Khan alias Mukul, chairman of Rupayan Group, has secured bail in a case filed over a deadly fire that ripped through 22-storey FR Tower in the capital's Banani on March 28.

At least five million people in Bangladesh are currently affected by extreme poverty, says Planning Minister MA Mannan.

Two construction workers die of electrocution when they were working at an under-construction building in Dhaka’s Rayerbazar area.

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) submits a report to the High Court saying that it has recently tested seasonal fruits and found no health hazardous chemicals in them.

A Supreme Court full bench upholds a High Court verdict that declared illegal the government circulars and gazette notifications fixing the minimum age of freedom fighters at 12 and a half years in 1971.

Despite outstanding contributions in different spheres of society, many of the country’s women are deprived of proper recognition, said speakers at a conference yesterday.

As the Unesco proposal to put Sundarbans on the list of “World Heritage in Danger” is around the corner, Bangladesh government’s inadequacy to protect the forest is about to bring “great shame” for the country, said economist Prof Anu Muhammad yesterday.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday challenged BNP to prove its ability to wage movements.

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said their party is taking preparations for holding its seventh national council.

Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) yesterday returned to classes after a week of demonstrations, following written assurance from authorities that their 16-point demand including removal of newly-appointed Director of Students’ Welfare (DSW) will be met.

The judicial process and the policing system of the country need a “massive reform” to reduce the scale of repression against women, Dr Akbar Ali Khan, former adviser to a caretaker government said yesterday.

A chase and counter-chase took place between activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League and Shibir on Chattogram College premises yesterday afternoon when the latter came to the campus to attend a namaz-e-janaza of a central Jamaat leader.