A Chattogram court yesterday placed three accused on three-day remand each, in a case filed for killing a woman on Saturday night.

icddr,b in collaboration with Eyes For All PLC, United Arab Emirates and DIAGNOS Inc, Canada has yesterday launched an artificial intelligence (AI) based technology to detect diabetic retinopathy in Bangladesh, said a press release.

A vehicle of a Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) magistrate was vandalised and two persons including a police official were injured yesterday, when a mo-bile court came under attack in Banglabazar of Bayzid area during an eviction drive yesterday evening.

Five persons were killed and six people injured in separate road accidents in four districts yesterday.

Rajshahi City Corporation has planned to reclaim around 12 square kilometres of char land of Padma river for developing a satellite town adjacent to the city protection embankment.

Sanctity by Saifullah Safa

A Chattogram court yesterday sentenced a man to death, for raping a seven-year-old child before killing her in Brahmanbaria two and half years ago.

The High Court (HC) yesterday cleared the way for a Dhaka court to resume the trial against BNP leader Mirza Abbas in connection with a corruption case filed for causing Tk 16 crore loss to the state.

Old Rajshahi Pharmacy is one of the dozen-odd drugstores in the city that has a steady crowd of buyers, due to its availability of medicines and reasonable prices.

High Court (HC) yesterday issued a rule to know progress on the implementation of its 2009 directive that asked all educational institutions and workplaces across the country to form sexual harassment prevention committees.

Journalist and writer Mahfuzullah will be remembered forever not only for his writing, but also for his courage to speak the truth and protest irregularities, eminent personalities said yesterday.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a case against BNP leader Mosaddek Ali Falu and three others, under the Money Laundering Act, for siphoning Tk 183.92 crore to Dubai.

Of the three bodies recovered on Sunday night from Dhaka’s Uttar Khan area, the woman and her daughter were strangled to death while her son died due to a stab in the throat.

Many guardians have raised concerns about 16 students of Motijheel’s Ideal School and College receiving “abnormally low” marks in English first paper in SSC exam.

Two of the three members of a family, who were found dead in the city’s Uttar Khan area last night, were strangulated to death while another was stabbed to death, forensic doctors say.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police assures of taking adequate security measures for the peaceful celebration on May 18.

Some activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of ruling Awami League, allegedly foil a press conference organised by leaders of the student organisation who were deprived of posts in its newly announced full-fledged central committee.

From now on, the trial proceedings of 17 cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be held at a special court set up in Keraniganj Central Jail in Dhaka. The law ministry has issued a gazette notification in this regard.

About 200 readymade garment factories in Gazipur are vulnerable to fire and the buildings they are housed in lack adequate firefighting system.

The High Court expresses dissatisfaction on the ministry of the local government and rural development (LGRD) for not complying with its order to examine the quality of the water supplied by the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) through a committee.