A police officer was killed as a train ran him over on Murli level crossing in Sadar upazila of Jashore yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for popularising traditional medicine through a renewed focus on the age-old indigenous healthcare system, alongside conventional drugs, as she inaugurated the National Health Service Week 2019.

Forty-six public university teachers yesterday demanded withdrawal of show-cause notice issued by Chittagong University (CU) against Assistant Prof Khandokar Ali Ar Raji of Mass Communication and Journalism department.

Rights activist Sultana Kamal yesterday demanded a special tribunal for quick disposal of the case filed over murder of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

A Rangpur court yesterday sentenced an assistant agriculture officer posted in Kishoreganj upazila of Nilphamari district to life imprisonment for raping a teenage girl 14 years ago.

Online food ordering and delivery service foodpanda is now operational in Cox's Bazar. The service was launched on April 10.

Three people were killed in road accidents in three districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

The High Court yesterday issued a show-cause notice to the judge and public prosecutor (PP) of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal of Feni for their failure to finish the trial proceedings of a woman's murder case in 180 days, and for not giving any explanation about it.

Two workers were killed and another was injured severely in a cylinder blast at an oxygen-filling shop in Nasirabad area in Chattogram city yesterday morning.

The United Nations' refugee agency has teamed up with Ayesha Abed Foundation -- the humanitarian wing of Brac -- to provide income opportunities by developing skills of Rohingya and Bangladeshi women in craft production in Cox's Bazar.

Jute mill workers have withdrawn their strike, protests and blockade, following a five-hour meeting with government officials held in Dhaka on Monday night around 11:30 pm.

Demanding arrears and reopening of the factory, workers of three RMG factories in Savar demonstrated yesterday.

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Today is the 19th death anniversary of Shabnam Huq, wife of Arham Masudul Huq who is senior executive vice president and company secretary of Dhaka Bank Limited.

Seven rights organisations on Monday sent a legal notice to the government, to immediately stop import, use, marketing and sale of all herbicides and pesticides that contain hazardous Glyphosate, including roundup herbicides, for the security of people's health and environment.

Today marks the 47th martyrdom anniversary of Lt Col Muhammad Abdul Qadir, who was killed by the Pakistani troops at the very onset of the 1971 Liberation War.

The High Court yesterday directed the chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to dispose of Suprobhat Paribahan's bid to restore its route permit within 30 days.

A “Child Rights Awareness Concert” will be held at Krishibid Institute Bangladesh (KIB) auditorium in the capital on Friday, aiming to raise voice against child abuse and protect the rights of children.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that directed the government to monitor, through executive magistrates and law enforcers, mango orchards in Rajshahi and major harvesting areas to prevent spraying of toxic chemicals on mangoes.

The Nirapad Khaddo Andolon Bangladesh yesterday organised a human chain in front of Narayanganj Press Club, to protest use of formalin, carbide and chemicals in food products.