Speed-breakers are meant to slow vehicles’ speed, which eventually maintain traffic discipline and curb accidents. But when these bumps are not marked to ensure visibility, they can cause more accidents than they prevent.

A 180-member strong contingent of female members of Bangladesh Police left Dhaka in the early hours of yesterday by a chartered aircraft, to join a UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo.

As Eid draws nearer, number of beggars on streets, at intersections and in front of shopping centres in Dhaka goes up. Scores of them

A Chattogram court yesterday sent a local councillor -- prime accused in Jubo League leader Mohiuddin Sohel murder case -- to jail.

Two people were killed and some 15 others injured in road accidents in two districts yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday asked actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed to appear before it on July 14 in a case filed under the ICT Act, for allegedly spreading rumours on social media during last year’s student protests for road safety.

Brig Gen (retd) Zahed Latif, former chairman of Rural Electrification Board and former MD of Sena Kalyan Sangstha, passed away following a cardiac arrest at Asgar Ali Hospital on May 26. He was 76, says a press release.

Department of Environment (DoE), Chattogram zone, fined a factory and closed it down for not implementing Effective Treatment Plant (ETP) in a hearing held at DoE yesterday morning.

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BNP yesterday provided political party leaders with Tk 30 iftar package each, an amount allocated for its jailed Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is being observed in the country like elsewhere today in a befitting manner.

The High Court yesterday adjourned till June 10 the hearing on a writ petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, challenging legality of a government notification that said the Niko corruption case trial against her will be held at a special court in Keraniganj Central Jail.

Despite national development growth, poverty has increased simultaneously in the country with disparity in regional development and per capita income, said leading urban planners citing a research finding in the capital yesterday.

The government will award “Bangabandhu Nadi Padak” to encourage people and organisations to come forward to save the country’s rivers.

A team of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) yesterday knocked down a four-story building and four dockyards illegally built in the Meghna river in Sonargaon.

Tejgaon division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arranges an Iftar party for rootless children.

Dr Mostofa Kamal, an associate professor of Islamic Studies department of the Jagannath University (JnU), is appointed as proctor of the university.

Forest officials detain a man along with eight kilogrammes of venison from Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department has said that the existing heat wave over some places in the country may continue in the next 24 hours as of 9:00am tomorrow.

The High Court (HC) adjourns till June 10 the hearing on a writ petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the legality of the government notification that said the Niko corruption case trial against her will be held at a special court in Keraniganj Central Jail.