Today is the historic March 7.

Despite the government’s emphasis on providing health services for adolescents, no adolescents from Patuakhali and Barguna received the services in 2019 and 2020, while no boys received the service in Bhola in this period.

Five people were killed and another was injured in road accidents yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

In something of an unexpected turn in the region’s history, local musical instrument production, especially of harmoniums, have found a home in two villages of Barishal’s Baraipara upazila.

A book on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s historic March 7 speech -- published in UN’s six official languages Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish -- was unveiled at Unesco headquarters on Friday.

Mosammat Moyrunnesa, mother of Newspaper Hawkers’ Welfare Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd secretary Md Shahabuddin, passed away on Friday night.

Shamsur Rahman Khan, a retired civil service officer, breathed his last on March 4 following a brain hemorrhage. He was 93, said a press release.

A man was killed and another was injured after a human hauler and an auto-rickshaw collided head-on in Dhaka’s Kadamtali area this morning.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the ministry will give its opinion tomorrow on the application that sought a further extension of suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence.

Department of Explosives in Chattogram division has been reeling from manpower crisis for a long time. At present, only two officials and seven office staffers are running administrative work of 11 districts under the division.

People from different walks of life including teachers, political leaders and activists yesterday demanded judicial probe into the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in custody and abolition of the Digital Security Act.

In 1758, the Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus introduced a naming system for living organisms.

Four grassroots leaders have been recognised with “Nasreen Smriti Padak” yesterday for their outstanding contributions to women empowerment and society.

Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka’s Jatrabari and Khilkhet areas early yesterday.

United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has placed Bangladesh in a list of countries that require external assistance for food to brave “severe localised food insecurity”. The list includes 45 countries, including nine Asian countries.

Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah yesterday denied all findings of University Grants Commission’s (UGC) recent report on his reported irregularities, saying it is biased and fabricated, and Education Minister Dipu Moni patronised and insisted on it.

The first set of metro train left Port of Kobe in Japan yesterday and expected to reach Dhaka via Mongla port next month.

A draft Hindu succession law has been prepared with emphasis on equal rights of both men and women inheritors to their ancestral properties.

Despite the government’s suspension on Northern Private Medical College’s educational activities in Rangpur five years ago, the medical college authorities have continued student enrollment, taking a huge amount of money from them.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged scientists and researchers to work for the welfare of mankind, as evolution of research and science is inevitable for the country’s development.