Gas supply in and around Airport Road area of the capital is to remain suspended for eight hours.

Why is the cost of artificial respiration device so high in the country? What will happen to a patient if the oxygen cylinder becomes empty and there is no replacement?

Officers-in-charge (OCs) of two police stations under Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have been transferred.

The Daily Star and Polar Ice Cream have launched the “Bangladesh in World Cup” quiz contest, said a press release.

The closing ceremony of the eighth biennial South and Southeast Asian Association for the Study of Culture and Religion (SSEASR) conference took place at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) in Dhanmondi on Saturday, said a press release.

The two vessels that remained stuck following Friday’s head-on collision in Chattogram Port channel were detached yesterday after 48 hours of frantic efforts.

Nagorik Oikya, a component of Oikyafront, yesterday claimed that the proposed budget for fiscal 2019-20 is not pro-poor but rather will make the rich even richer.

A Dhaka court yesterday granted fresh bail to two teachers of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, in a case filed over instigating the suicide of ninth-grader Aritry Adhikary last year.

Six Bangladeshi women who were trafficked to India returned yesterday with the help of development organisation Brac.

Renowned cardiac surgeon Prof Dr Devi Prasad Shetty has said Bangladeshi patients do not need to go to abroad for treatment, as a lot of quality doctors are here in the country.

Six alleged fraudsters from Ukraine, who reportedly took money out of ATMs without leaving any paper or digital trail, were placed on a four-day fresh remand each yesterday.

Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) continued demonstrations for the second consecutive day yesterday, to press home their 16-point demand including infrastructural development of residential halls.

About 6.46 lakh slum dwellers are living in 3,394 slums in the capital, Local Government Division Minister Tajul Islam informed the parliament yesterday.

Speakers at a roundtable yesterday called upon the government to undertake a time-bound action plan to curb air pollution in the capital and elsewhere.

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad yesterday said there were 405 reports of torture and sexual violence against women in the month of May.

Amid growing number of road accidents involving slow-moving vehicles on highways, the government has decided to formulate a guideline to control movement of these vehicles.

The government is going to shift chemical warehouses of Old Dhaka to Kathaldia in Gazipur’s Tongi temporarily, as the long-time plan to set up a permanent hub will take time.

Local Government Division minister Tazul Islam informs the parliament that around 6.46 lakh people are now living in around 3,394 slums in Dhaka.

The High Court has found under-dealing in testing of food items and said it especially increased after the removal order of 52 substandard food items from the market last month.

Former officer-in-charge (OC) of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain is arrested from near High Court in the capital.