Raising alarm at the growing incidents of rape in the country, Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain urges people to forge a united movement to protect women's rights and establish the rule of law.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver verdict any day in a case filed over wartime crimes including the abduction and killing of philanthropist Ranada Prasad Shaha and his son in 1971.

A Supreme Court lawyer has filed a writ petition at the High Court seeking to mandate a doctor’s prescription for purchase of antibiotics from pharmacies.

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

Protesting students of Dhaka University-affiliated colleges have paid no heed to university’s assurance and continued their blockade on Nilkhet.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain why it should not be directed to release Md Arman, a technician at a Benarasi Palli in Mirpur area, who has allegedly been languishing in jail for more than three years in a drug case in place of the real accused.

Dairy industry has great potential in the country, and to realise it, steps like decreasing production cost, subsidy to farmers and raising awareness among people are needed, said speakers at a roundtable yesterday.

The Ministry of Food and the European Union have launched National Information Platform for Nutrition and four nutrition governance initiatives, says a press release.

The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday upheld its chamber judge’s order that stayed the High Court bail to former Awami League lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in a murder case filed in 2012.

At least 287 people were fined at different spots in Dhaka yesterday as Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) began a three-day special drive against jaywalkers.

The government has set up country’s first ever Genocide Corner at the historic building Sugandha, now the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka, in remembrance of the three million victims of 1971 Liberation War.

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With a target to collect information about 1.8 lakh voters, the Election Commission started a voter list updating programme in Khulna district yesterday.

The government is planning to set up country’s first underground power substations in the capital’s Karwan Bazar and Gulshan-1 to increase the capacity of power supply and cut the dependency on land.

Unsafe environment for women at workplace and other institutions is a major barrier to Bangladesh’s aspiration of becoming a middle income country, speakers at a discussion said yesterday.

Students of seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University yesterday lifted their road blockade at Nilkhet, after issuing a 24-hour ultimatum to the university authorities. The blockade was held earlier in the day to press home their five-point demand, including explanation of mass failures in examinations and re-evaluation of answer scripts.

The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday stayed the proceedings on a High Court rule regarding compensation to Jaha Alam, till May 13.

A section of speakers at a discussion yesterday demanded strict implementation of the Copyright Act 2017 to ensure the rights of creators of original works by determining whether, and under what conditions, others can use it.

Road Transport and Bridges Division Secretary Nazrul Islam yesterday emphasised finding ways to tackle challenges in achieving the government’s goals towards becoming a middle income country within 2021 and developed country within 2041.

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