When I found out that Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is conducting counselling sessions for jaywalkers, I was curious to see for myself what it’s about. So, I decided to go undercover and get intentionally caught jaywalking to attend a session.

The Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) and Brac have teamed up to provide training to underprivileged youths in the country.

Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in Kishoreganj and Jhenidah districts yesterday.

Kabir Hossain, 32, has been driving buses in Dhaka for the last 15 years. He learnt driving from his “ustad” [senior driver] after starting out as a helper two decades ago.

Pro-Awami League teachers’ blue panel won the dean’s election of Dhaka University (DU) against BNP-Jamaat backed-teachers’ white panel yesterday.

The lifestyle of female workers in the readymade garment (RMG) sector is still in a sorry state, though their wages and the working environment have improved notably after several manmade disasters in recent years, said a study yesterday.

Bangladesh Media Forum (BMF) -- a platform for advertisers, agencies and media channels -- has recently been registered by Joint Stock Companies and Firms, said a press release.

A Chattogram court yesterday framed charges against 10 persons in connection with the sensational cocaine haul case filed with Bandar Police Station in 2015.

Three persons, including two traffic constables and a community policeman, are injured in a “crude bomb blast” in Gulistan area of Dhaka.

The process of recruiting principal for Viqarunnisa Noon School and College is postponed following allegation of anomalies in its recruitment test.

The prison authorities have felled at least 561 trees, many of those a hundred year old, at an orchard of Rajshahi Central Jail in the city’s Sipaipara area.

Pro-Awami League “blue panel” swept the dean election at Dhaka University, winning nine posts out of 10 in polls held today.

Veteran Bangladeshi actor and comedian Anis has passed away at the age of 78.

The suspected militants killed during raid in Bosila rented the house as van-pullers about one-and-half months ago, lawmen have said.

Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Akhtaruzzaman lauds the role of Dhaka University Journalists’ Association (DUJA) as a watchdog of the university.

Rab has reviewed that at least two persons are lying dead inside, their bodies blown up in the blasts that rocked Bosila in the wee hours. There were two persons residing inside with the identity of van-pullers.

Turning down previous police findings and forensic reports, Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) yesterday pressed murder charges against six persons for the deaths of a student couple in a hotel room in Rajshahi in 2016.

University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved the Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS) at Jahangirnagar University (JU), said a press release.

Uber Eats, the food delivery app by ride-sharing company Uber, will be available in Dhaka from 12pm tomorrow.

Department of Public Libraries and British Council’s Libraries Unlimited Programme held “National Policy Workshop on the Development of Public Libraries” at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in Dhaka yesterday.