Use of zero halogen cables can greatly reduce fire deaths and hazards for it is nearly non-flammable and produces negligible smoke, said a manufacturer yesterday.

Police arrested four youths in possession of a pistol and bullets in port city’s Agrabad area after two local groups engaged in chase and counter chase over establishing supremacy in the area yesterday afternoon.

Lack of public knowledge, inequality and poverty remain challenges against early childhood development (ECD) in Bangladesh, a research unveiled yesterday.

Transport workers are enforcing a strike in Chattogram and Rangpur protesting the death of a bus driver.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday handed down death penalty to two Netrakona men after holding them guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War.

Awami League Presidium Member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim’s grandson Zayan Chowdhury, who was killed in the series blasts in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, was laid to rest in Dhaka yesterday.

Hundreds of people from all walks of life yesterday gathered at the site of Rana Plaza to remember the victims of the tragedy on its sixth anniversary and demanded proper compensation for the survivors.

Antobihin Poth by Parveen Zaman Shammu

The recently excavated Nateshwar archaeological site bears witness to the Bengal region’s thousand-year-old history, with its

Al-Hajj Khondoker Abul Hashem passed away yesterday at the age of 97.

An HSC examinee died at a hospital early yesterday after being stabbed by some youths in Savar on Tuesday evening. Three of his friends were also injured during the incident.

Speakers at a seminar yesterday said the budgetary allocation for the education sector remains inadequate every year, leaving little scope for investment on quality education for all.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment in connection with a case filed over siphoning off 4,18,852 British pounds to the United Kingdom.

Government-to-government labour agreements have failed to protect female domestic migrant workers in Gulf nations. The lack of protection by the domestic legislations of the destination countries is the reason why bilateral contracts fail to serve the purpose.

Commuters suffered hours of traffic congestion yesterday as students of seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University blocked the Nilkhet intersection for the second consecutive day, demanding explanation of mass failures in examinations and re-evaluation of answer scripts.

Teachers who are imparting education at honours and master’s level at non-government colleges staged a sit-in n front of Jatiya Press

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 will deliver its verdict any day in a case filed over war crimes, including abduction and murder of philanthropist Ranada Prasad Shaha and his son in 1971, allegedly committed by Mahbubur Rahman, 69.

Two smartphones of actress Shomi Kaiser are stolen from a programme at Jatiya Press Club.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in parliament urges people to remain alert and inform law enforcement agencies instantly about any suspicious terror and militant activities in their respective areas.

The High Court directs the police administration to take appropriate departmental action against the investigation officer of a case filed under the Anti-terrorism Act in Bogura for submitting its charge sheet without taking permission from the government.