Ride-sharing company Uber is set to launch its food delivery app, Uber Eats, on April 30 in Dhaka, connecting people to the food they love.

A total of 17 shops are gutted in a fire that broke out at Sadarghat Hawkers’ Market in Old Dhaka.

The 66th birth anniversary of Sheikh Jamal, son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be observed across the country today.

Junior Chambers International (JCI) Dhaka East chapter has held its second General Members’ Meeting on Friday at a city hotel, said a press release.

Senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed yesterday sought Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s instruction on public persecutors not to oppose their Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail petitions.

Members of minority communities left the country at different times in the country after they lost their right to live with dignity, human rights activist Sultana Kamal said yesterday, calling for ensuring rights of the Santal community in Gaibandha over their ancestral land.

Planning Minister MA Mannan yesterday said the government has been working relentlessly to further alleviate poverty and also to make the ongoing development efforts sustainable.

Although electrical faults are often responsible for fire incidents, there is no electrical engineer on the building approval committee of Rajuk, vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) Prof Saiful Islam observed yesterday.

Two new warships equipped with modern technology and advanced equipment were received by the Bangladesh Navy at Chattogram Naval Jetty yesterday.

Four people were killed in road accidents in three districts during the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.

Police yesterday arrested two youths in a case filed over beating an traffic policeman at Chashara in Narayanganj.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban last evening.

A man died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH), an hour after he was taken there unconscious.

Environment, Forest and Climate Change minister Md Shahab Uddin yesterday said traditional brick kilns that are currently operating across the country will be shut down, owing to environmental hazards.

A fire gutted valuables of a house and an adjacent shop in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram early yesterday.

The new direct train service between Dhaka and Rajshahi saw a dearth of passengers for non-air-conditioned coaches yesterday, as it began commercial operations on Rajshahi-Dhaka-route.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday hoped that the water-sharing issues between Bangladesh and India would be resolved through discussions, as the two countries are “mentally agreed” to work on the basis of mutual understanding.

At least 15 students of Chittagong University were injured, one of them critically, in an attack allegedly carried out by a group of robbers while the students were visiting a dense forest near the campus yesterday.

The International Farakka Committee (IFC) yesterday demanded that the government sign a new agreement with India on water-sharing of the Ganges and other rivers on the basis of coordinated river basin management, to ensure adequate flow of water into Bangladesh.

With Awami League candidate Ekramul Haque Titu already elected unopposed in the maiden Mymensingh City Corporation (MCC) election, the May 5 polls have lost its appeal.