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.

On the afternoon of March 3, 2018, renowned educationist and writer Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal was attacked by a youth with a knife at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) in Sylhet.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Housing and Public Works Ministry yesterday recommended planning a satellite city adjacent to the capital.

People of the Mro community need the right to live on their ancestral land maintaining their traditional lifestyle, not any five-star hotel, said speakers at a protest rally yesterday.

Distressed Children & Infants International (DCI) and Rights and Sight for Children (RSC), in partnership with Faraaz Hossain Foundation, organised a free eye screening camp at Sreekol Aziza Smriti High School in Pabna Sadar on Sunday, from 10am to 4pm, said a press release.

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

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.

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.

Maintaining flight schedule is the biggest challenge for Biman Bangladesh Airlines, said newly-appointed Managing Director and CEO of the national flag carrier Abu Saleh Mostafa Kamal yesterday.

A woman and her grandchild were killed and two other family members were injured after a truck hit their auto-rickshaw in Dhaka’s Rupnagar area yesterday morning.

Japan and the UN Refugee Agency have signed an agreement to provide approximately USD 10 million to improve water supply and distribution systems for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Teknaf.

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.