Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in two districts yesterday.

While locals in Rajshahi passed the seventh day of protest against prison authorities’ bid to grab at least 100 acres of char land on the river Padma, the state minister for foreign affairs yesterday assured citizens of a government decision to uphold people’s demand.

BNP yesterday invited Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her party’s presidium members to its iftar party, to be held tomorrow.

Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) yesterday demanded resignation of the ministers for food, agriculture and finance, for their failure to ensure fair paddy price for farmers.

A murder case was filed yesterday over the death of a newborn in Dhaka’s Rupnagar on Saturday.

Two persons including a female police official are hurt as unidentified people hurl a crude bomb at a police vehicle in Malibagh intersection of Dhaka.

Former Sonagazi Police Station officer-in-charge Moazzem Hossain has been found involved in the leak of Nusrat Jahan Rafi’s interrogation video on social media.

A murder case is filed in connection with the death of a newborn in Dhaka’s Mirpur.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the authorities concerned to enhance the financial capacity of the Joyeeta Foundation as a specialised organisation.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia files a writ petition with the High Court challenging the legality of the government notification, which says Niko graft trial against her will be held at a special court inside Keraniganj Central Jail instead of a Dhaka court.

President Abdul Hamid will return home today after an 11-day visit to London and Germany for health checkup and eye treatment.

A mobile court yesterday fined Chattogram Shopping Complex Shop Owners’ Association Tk one lakh for not attaching price tags to products in shops.

Three people were killed and three persons injured as a truck crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw carrying them on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bijoynagar upazila yesterday.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at a battalion commander-level flag meeting yesterday put emphasis on curbing cross-border crimes jointly to maintain peace on common international borders.

Police arrested a bus driver in Barishal yesterday over sexually harassing a female passenger a week ago.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) will start a 13-day special steamer services from Dhaka towards the southern region on May 30, ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr -- expected to be celebrated on June 5.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday hoped that Bangladeshi pilgrims would be able to perform hajj this year without any hassle, as the government has taken all necessary steps in this regard.

Jatiya Oikyafront Convener Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday urged democratic forces to get united for establishing “pure and functional democracy” in the country.

Lack of security and discrimination are the major reasons for which women are lagging behind in ICT professions in the country, speakers said at a dialogue yesterday.

Budgetary allocations at the universities are being given in a conventional lump-sum way without considering the needs of the institutions, and the allocation is not enough to continue improving quality of the universities, two economists said yesterday.