Bodies of a woman and her two children have been found at a house in Uttar Khan of Dhaka.

Female entrepreneurs and professionals of today will be the future of a prosperous Bangladesh, speakers said at a discussion on Saturday.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday quizzed five officials of Directorate General of Health Services, including its Director General (DG) Abul Kalam Azad over irregularities and misappropriation of government funds regarding buying furniture for Cox’s Bazar Medical College.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) yesterday condemned recent death threats to prominent personalities -- Sultana Kamal, Shahriar Kabir and Prof Muntassir Mamoon, terming it an “act of cowardice” in a press release.

Blogger and science-writer Ananta Bijoy Das, who was hacked to death in broad daylight in Sylhet by a group of assailants on May 12, 2015, was remembered in Sylhet yesterday afternoon.

A man was killed on the airport road in Dhaka, as a driver’s helper allegedly pushed him from a moving bus on Saturday evening.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police arrested a man on charges of embezzling a huge amount of money by conning investors and clients under the guise of digital marketing.

Barishal City dwellers are facing an acute crisis of drinking water, and the problem has become more severe as underground water level has dropped in the summer.

In the wake of death of dozens of Bangladeshis in Friday’s boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea in Tunisia, Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said it is shameful for the nation that people are taking a risky voyage to go abroad for employment.

Over 20,000 people die in road accidents every year in Bangladesh, but government records reflect only a small fraction of it, said Salim Mahmud Chowdhury, director of Centre for Injury Prevention and Research Bangladesh (CIPRB), yesterday.

Police yesterday sent the charge sheet prepared against eight suspected militants of Ansar-al Islam in connection with Xulhaz-Tonoy murder case to the home ministry for its approval.

A Dhaka court yesterday again asked the investigation officer of Sagar-Runi murder case to submit a probe report before it on June 26.

A father, who was caught stealing a packet of milk for his 11-month-old daughter from Shwapno super shop’s Khilgaon outlet, landed a job at the company yesterday.

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, who was undergoing treatment in Singapore, will return home on Wednesday.

Rights activists yesterday staged a demonstration in Barishal city, demanding speedy trial and capital punishment for rapists and killers of Shahinoor Akter Tania.

A stone-laden truck travelling from Borguna to Burimari land port crashed into a market in Lalmonirhat early yesterday, wrecking seven shops, according to our correspondent.

Kamrun Nahar, wife of poet and columnist Prof Gausur Rahman, is suffering from breast cancer and currently undergoing treatment at National Cancer Institute in Dhaka.

In her 69 years of life, Nirmala Rani Roy had to face a lot of obstacles but the mother of six never gave up.

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday conducted a drive from 11am to 5pm in ten pharmacies and their warehouses in Rajshahi city and seized illegal medicines worth Tk 5 lakh.

District administration in Rajshahi yesterday scheduled the date for beginning mango harvest on May 15, although growers in orchards say mangoes would not ripe until at least the end of the month.