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 man has been held from Dhaka on charges of embezzling about Tk 200 crore by conning investors and clients under the disguise of digital marketing.

The High Court clears the way for a lower court to resume the trial proceedings of a corruption case filed against Dr Afzal Hossain Raj, son of former caretaker government adviser Justice Fazlul Huq.

Superintendent of Police in Feni SM Jahangir Alam has been closed for negligence in duty over the murder of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

Amid glaring examples of unruliness in Dhaka’s transport sector, a new study claims that 50 per cent of public transport workers are short-sighted.

Mango harvest in Rajshahi will begin from May 15, local administration has decided. The decision has been drawn by district administration despite concerns of growers that the mangoes will not ripen until May-end.

Police press charges against eight people in a case filed over the killing of LGBT magazine editor Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy in 2016.

Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) authorities have formed a committee to investigate the reason behind 14 children falling even sicker at the paediatrics ward of the hospital last night after they were administered four injections.

The High Court (HC) has directed the authorities concerned to immediately remove from the market 52 food products which are found substandard by Bangladesh Standard Testing Institution (BSTI).

Hundreds of nurses in Rajshahi have staged demonstration demanding exemplary punishment for the culprits who gang-raped and murdered nurse Shahinoor Akter Tania on May 6.

Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) yesterday awarded six young leaders for their contribution to society. BYLC’s second alumni award ceremony was held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the capital, says a press release.

Nurses yesterday threatened to go for tougher movement if rapists and killers of Shahinoor Akter Tania are not given capital punishment.

Thirty five mothers will receive the “Ratnagarbha Ma Award 2018” today, an award given to mothers whose children have become successful in their respective fields.

Initiatives to implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord 1997 have not been successful due to non-cooperation from several unscrupulous bureaucrats, said former chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Prof Mizanur Rahman yesterday.

There is a growing need for skilled nurses for betterment of the country’s health sector, said speakers at a programme yesterday.

Intern doctors of all medical college hospitals in Sylhet observed a daylong strike yesterday, seeking punishment for a Bangladesh Chhatra League activist for intimidating a female physician of Sylhet Women’s Medical College and Hospital.

Some 30,000 families were displaced and lost occupational opportunities due to land acquisition for ongoing development projects in Patuakhali’s Kalapara, according to a fact-finding report of Life and Nature Safeguard Platform (LNSP).

Pumpkin produced in char areas in Rangpur are being exported abroad, said speakers at a meeting yesterday.

Criminals shot a woman to death in port city’s Bakalia area last night.