The season’s first Kalbaishakhi hit the capital and some other parts of the country last afternoon.

Green activists yesterday urged the government to ensure demarcation of the country’s rivers based on a court verdict.

Left-leaning organisations yesterday remembered Moin Hossain Raju, an activist of Chhatra Union who was gunned down on Dhaka University campus,

Workers Party of Bangladesh, a major part of the ruling alliance, yesterday criticised Awami League’s position on four fundamental principles of

The project cost for dredging work in Karnaphuli River has increased by 19 percent, as workers now have to remove a thick layer of plastic waste from the riverbed.

A move is underway to make the power distribution system in Dhaka city fully automated to better address the complaints of consumers, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said.

Leaders and activists of left leaning organisations remembered Shaheed Moin Hossain Raju, an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra Union, who was gunned down at Dhaka University campus area, where the Anti-Terrorism Raju Memorial Sculpture is situated now, on this day in 1992 while protesting terrorism in the name of student politics.

Police early yesterday claimed to have arrested four members of an abduction gang for kidnapping a bank official and extorting Tk 2 lakh in port city’s Rahattar Pul area.

The government is progressing with preparations for the 10-day programme, to be hosted at the capital’s National Parade Square, to mark the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of the country’s independence.

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has raided three factories in Dhaka’s Keraniganj area and destroyed fake and substandard cosmetics worth Tk 10 lakh.

Women from different strata of life brought out a procession in the capital yesterday, demanding that the government create an environment for democratic practices in the society to uphold dignity and rights of women.

Five people were killed and six injured in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

There’s already an exception to this year’s Ekushey Boimela. Held forever in February, the beloved book fair had to be shifted to the second half of March this time around, due to the unceasing pandemic.

Shikra is a bird of prey found all over Bangladesh in forests, village groves, orchards and tea gardens. It is a handsome bird, the size of a large pigeon, with a fine bluish-grey back.

A group of women from different organisations brought out a procession earlier today for democracy in Dhaka.

The government has turned down the proposal of buying mobile trackers for the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC).

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday framed charges against Abdul Malek, a driver of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), in a case filed over possessing an illegal firearm and ammunition in September last year.

A Dhaka court yesterday again asked Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) to submit by April 21 the probe report of a case filed over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.

In a shift from aid to trade relations, Bangladesh and Australia want to deepen and widen their economic cooperation, as Bangladesh graduates from LDC status by 2024.

Fatema Begum leads a community-based organisation (CBO) called Karnafuli in Sandwip island of Chattogram district. Her organisation works to ensure smooth and transparent delivery of citizen services from government offices and local government organisations.