The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Bangladesh yesterday alleged that police in Panchagarh are showing discriminatory attitude towards them.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday urged judges and lawyers to be sincere while carrying out trial proceedings of cases run at government cost, so that the lawsuits are disposed quickly.

Education minister Dipu Moni yesterday said that the right atmosphere is needed to inspire more researchers to explore new knowledge areas and bring changes to advance the country.

Police detained a 50-year-old man in the capital’s Rayer Bazar area yesterday, for allegedly trying to rape a minor.

The High Court yesterday questioned the action of InterContinental Dhaka to sell a can of soft drink at Tk 160, although its MRP is Tk 40.

The probe body formed over the obstruction of Md Amdadul Haque -- a lecturer aspirant of zoology department at Chittagong University (CU) -- from appearing in the recruitment viva voce exam, yesterday recommended that authorities give fresh examinations and cancel the previous one.

Jatiya Party (JP) leader GM Quader yesterday said he has been appointed the party’s acting chairman, as HM Ershad is having difficulties running the party’s daily activities due to ailments.

Three people were killed in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

A leader of a pro-Awami League organisation filed a case yesterday accusing six BNP leaders, including acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, over an assault on him on April 30.

Yesterday was the 8th death anniversary of decorated war hero Lt Col (retd) Quazi Nooruzzaman, Bir Uttam, Commander of Sector 7 during the Liberation War. He passed away at the age of 86 in 2011.

The High Court (HC) yesterday summoned chief executive officers of both Dhaka north and south city corporations on May 15, to explain their actions about complying with a previous directive issued over curbing air pollution in Dhaka.

Police have beefed up security for Dhaka University Professor Muntassir Mamoon after he lodged a general diary, citing death threat from a militant group.

Leaders of Biman Sramik League yesterday alleged that efforts are on to protect the Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ “big fish” involved in corruption and irregularities.

Gonoforum, the leading partner of Jatiya Oikya Front, yesterday announced its 111-member fresh committee, electing Dr Kamal Hossain as its president and Reza Kibria -- son of late Awami League leader and finance minister AMS Kibria -- as its general secretary.

Violence against women gets overlooked or not perceived as electoral violence because of the normalisation of gender-based violence and ignorance among electoral stakeholders, speakers at a roundtable said yesterday.

Journalist leaders yesterday threatened that they would go for tougher agitation programmes if their four-point demand, including gazette notification of the ninth wage board, is not met before Eid-ul-Fitr.

Deprived of government facilities even after one year of nationalisation of the institution, students of Savar Government University College yesterday took to the streets in protest.

Hundreds of people in Chattogram yesterday barricaded Lalkhan Bazar intersection, a busy thoroughfare of the port city, demanding restoration of utility services snapped as part of an eviction drive ahead of monsoon to avert casualties in landslides.

The High Court summons chief executive officers (CEOs) of Dhaka north and south city corporations to appear before it on May 15 to explain their steps about complying with its directive to curb air pollution in Dhaka.

Fourth-class staff of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) stage a sit-in demanding job security.