Rajshahi Mayor AHM Khairuzzman Liton yesterday paid Tk 10,000 fine on behalf of his cousin who had occupied a part of the footpath by keeping construction materials on it.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) imposes a bar on carrying of all types of explosives, crackers as well as explosion of firecrackers in the capital on the occasion of holy Shab-e-Barat to be observed tomorrow night.

The government is filling over 36,000 vacant posts at various ministries to make public services dynamic, says State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain.

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday binned the Reporters Without Borders' report alleging government regulation on media, saying the media is free to publish any report in the country.

Education Minister Dipu Moni yesterday said that actions will be taken against culprits who used name of “porn stars” in school question paper.

Speakers at a citizens' rally yesterday demanded judicial probe into police's role over the killing of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

A transport leader has allegedly stalled the Tk 65 crore expansion work of the regional highway between Rajshahi and Naogaon, causing sufferings to hundreds of commuters.

We often equate Sundarban's wildlife with the Bengal Tiger. Indeed, it is a magnificent creature and justifiably captures our imagination. But you have to be extremely lucky so see it during a tourist trip to Sundarban.

Vice-chancellor (VC) of Barishal University (BU), Dr SM Imamul Huq, sent a letter to the manager of BU Sonali Bank yesterday, instructing him to stop payments into two accounts which were used for paying salaries and benefits to teachers and employees who showed support in the students’ movement demanding removal of Prof Huq from the post of VC.

The enrolment rate for secondary education in the country is still significantly low, but it has improved in comparison to the past, according to the UNFPA annual report.

Six people were killed and 16 others injured in road accidents in four districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

Police recovered the body of a woman from her residence in Noyarhat area of Bayezid yesterday noon.

Poor quality of road construction is creating hindrance to ensuring road safety in Rajshahi region while substandard services by Bangladesh Road Transport Authority and Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation are aggravating the situation.

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Getting a good night's sleep: Are you sacrificing sleep, and in turn heath, to take care of other commitments that will help you pay the doctor's bills later in life? Why not just sleep now and be healthy when you're old?

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's lawyers may move a petition before the High Court (HC) soon, seeking bail for her in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case in which she has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by a lower court.

Rapid Action Battalion arrested an alleged member of a drug trafficking syndicate yesterday. He sustained bullet wounds during a “shootout” between his gang and Rab, while fleeing in a car after ignoring a Rab check point in the city's Gabtoli area.

Law enforcers claimed to have chased down an alleged drug trafficker in Dhaka’s Taltola.

A deadly crash on the Mirpur Beribadh throws the two involved vehicles – a giant cement mixer and a small pick-up van – off the road, leaving all parties miraculously alive.

Demonstrators rally in Dhaka’s Shahbagh demanding a judicial inquiry into police’s role in the killing of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.