University Grants Commission (UGC) yesterday said a non-existent foreign university is operating a fake study centre in the capital. It urged authorities to take immediate action to close down any such centres.

Sabrina Islam Chowdhury, wife of Md Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, managing director and CEO of Mercantile Bank Limited, passed away yesterday. She was 61, said a press release.

The High Court today directed Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) to disconnect the water supply of those buildings dumping sewerage waste into Buriganga river within the next six months.

At least 30 people, including 10 policemen, were injured after police clashed with hawkers in Narayanganj city this evening.

A Chattogram court today sent a sub-inspector’s wife to jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission for her amassing illegal wealth of Tk 1.38 crore.

Six members of a family, including two children, were burnt in an explosion in their flat in Narayanganj city early today.

A three-member probe committee, formed by the prison authorities, has started investigation inside the Chattogram Central Jail from yesterday morning to find out how a murder accused inmate “escaped” from jail.

Bangabandhu is a “towering figure of the twentieth century” who shaped modern Bangladesh and continues to inspire the people to further develop their country, said a top US official.

Bangladesh celebrated International Women’s Day with the theme “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world”.

A court in Chattogram yesterday handed death penalty to nine persons for killing a man in Fatikchhari 17 years ago. Additional District and Sessions Judge Begum Farzana Akhtar gave the verdict.

Experts at a seminar yesterday predicted that the number of Covid-19 cases may increase in the upcoming months.

Shamima Akter Sumi, popularly known as Kabya Sumi Sarker, is a poet and prominent social worker in Mymensingh. Over the years, she has increasingly involved herself with multiple initiatives to support all who need help.

Kuril flyover and its adjacent areas in the capital have been left in darkness for months, putting commuters at risk of accidents or falling victim to criminal activities.

A woman with a speech impairment was pushed off of a running bus at Ruhitpur Bazar in Dhaka’s Keraniganj on Sunday morning, after she supposedly failed to pay bus fare.

To mark International Women’s Day 2021, Team Group recently organised a programme on postpartum care.

A Cumilla court has sentenced a youth to death for killing a man inside the courtroom on July 15, 2019.

The Supreme Court yesterday cleared way for a lower court to resume trial proceedings of a 27-year-old corruption case filed against Jatiya Party leader and former state minister ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader.

Women must have leadership positions at all levels of tea workers’ unions and all executive committees to enhance social protection of female workers at tea gardens, said speakers at a roundtable discussion held in Sylhet marking International Women’s Day yesterday.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has called for ensuring a conducive environment for women’s empowerment, gender equality and women’s leadership in all areas to ensure sustainable development and good governance in Bangladesh.

Border Guard Bangladesh shod dead an alleged cattle smuggler at Bongaon border in Sunamganj on Saturday afternoon.