The official journey of LabAid Cancer Hospital and Super Specialty Center has started through a programme, said a press release.

March 2 should be observed by the state as “National Flag Day”, as students hoisted the Bangladesh flag at Dhaka University (DU) on the day in 1971, speakers said while observing the 50th anniversary of the event yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday asked police to submit -- by March 21 -- the probe report in a case filed against Fardin Iftekhar Dihan over the rape and murder of an English medium school student in the city’s Kalabagan area.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday directed its officials concerned to increase revenue income and reduce dependency on projects.

A fire ravaged a warehouse market in Rangpur city yesterday, gutting valuables of 15 shops. Traders said mostly clothes were burnt.

Theatre activist Lily Chowdhury, wife of martyred intellectual Munier Chowdhury, was laid to rest at Dhaka’s Banani graveyard yesterday afternoon.

Bangabandhu’s dynamism and farsightedness shaped the foreign policy visions of Bangladesh, said speakers at a webinar as part of the celebrations of Mujib Year.

Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra Union brought out a torch procession in the capital’s Purana Paltan this evening demanding the immediate release of seven leftist student leaders who were arrested during a protest over the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed.

The admission test of Rajshahi University (RU) for the academic session (2020-2021) will start from June 14. The entry test under C unit will be held on June 14, A unit on June 15 and B unit on June 16.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul yesterday vowed to implement the dream of establishing a democratic state on the occasion of 50 years of the country’s independence.

Dhaka University (DU) teacher Samia Rahman, who has been demoted to assistant professor over plagiarism, yesterday claimed that she is innocent and a victim of “colleagues’ conspiracy”.

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami yesterday emphasised ensuring the best possible understanding between the two countries.

As the nation is set to celebrate the golden jubilee of the country’s independence this year, different organisations started holding programmes marking the auspicious occasion, as March -- the month of independence -- commenced yesterday.

Md Karim was dismantling his home yesterday morning at Patenga’s Laldiarchar area in the port city. He built the house 30 years ago with his savings, but in the face of Chattogram Port Authority’s (CPA) eviction drive, Karim had no alternative but to pull it down.

The recreational spots of Barishal are returning to life as people get out for some fresh air on the banks of river Kirtankhola and Bangabandhu Udyan.

Jaago Foundation, in collaboration with Urmi Group, has completed a Covid-19 vaccination awareness campaign to bring underprivileged communities under the government’s vaccination programme against Covid-19.

The Dhaka University authorities have expelled 12 students after different allegations, including digital fraud and admission through illegal ways, against them were proven.

A nine-year-old boy died in Dinajpur’s Kaharol upazila after a pack of dogs mauled him on Sunday evening.

Police recovered the body of a former Union Parishad (UP) chairman from his house at Satkania upazila of Chattogram yesterday morning. The deceased is Abdul Haque (75), former chairman of Keochia union of Satkania, said police.

National Museum of Science and Technology (NMST) has been awarded “Best Organisation” of the Ministry of Science and Technology in implementing Annual Performance Agreement for 2019-20.