The prime accused in the murder of lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton has been sentenced to life term imprisonment in a separate case filed under arms act.

A faction of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal has put BNP’s central office at Nayapaltan under lock and key in protest against age limit in the party’s charter.

At least 142 people were killed and 324 injured in road accidents across the country in 11 days during Eid rush, a non-government organisation said in a press release.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday claimed that the Digital Security Act was formulated in order to prevent cybercrimes, not to curtail the freedom of press and expression.

Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) yesterday said it found expired medicines in 93 percent of the pharmacies in the capital where it conducted drives over six months.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the government is looking into whether the demands of transport workers, seeking amendment to the Road Transport Act-2018, can be met by formulating rules.

A Feni court yesterday took cognisance of charges brought against 16 accused in the case filed over murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi. After scrutinising case dockets and other documents, Judge Mamunur Rashid of the Feni Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal set June 20 for hearing on charge framing against the accused.

Imagine a family going home for the holidays. The jovial trio -- father, mother and a five-year-old boy -- reach Sayedabad Bus Terminal on time.

Bangladesh will keep the Rohingya issue on its priority list for discussion during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s planned visit to China in the first week of July, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen indicated yesterday.

Two people were killed and six were injured in road accidents in two districts in the last two days, according to our correspondents.

Mohammad Ibrahim, a pioneer of newspaper circulation industry in Chattogram, breathed his last at his Panchlaish residence on Sunday morning. He was 86, says a press release. He was laid to rest at his family graveyard in Chattogram the same day.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday said BNP’s acting chairperson Tarique Rahman will have to face his punishment one day.

A third-grade employee of Chittagong University (CU) was arrested yesterday in a case filed under the Digital Security Act, for allegedly demeaning religion through a Facebook post.

Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined Asian Paper Mill at Hathazari upazila Tk 20 lakh for not running Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) and keeping chemical waste in a pond.

A man was killed and three were injured after a part of a wall collapsed on them following an explosion at a three-storey building in the capital’s Shanir Akhra area yesterday morning.

The first budget session of the 11th parliament begins this afternoon.

A twelve-day long international workshop titled “Research School on Dynamical Systems and its Applications to Biology” began at Dhaka University (DU) yesterday.

About 93 per cent pharmacies in Dhaka are found to keep expired drugs although it is completely prohibited, according to the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection.

Charge framing hearing in the much talked about murder of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi is slated to begin from June 20.

Emirates Red Crescent Authority (ERC) has collected more than US$ 18 million fund in a weeklong campaign to support livelihood of the Rohingya people sheltered in Bangladesh.