At least eight more lives could be saved during Banani's FR Tower fire incident, had “over-enthusiastic” people let firefighters do their job, said Brig Gen Md Sazzad Hussain, director general of Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence (BFSCD) yesterday.

Centre for Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) has announced that they will donate a prosthetic leg to Russell Sarkar, who lost a leg after a bus ran him over in April 2018.

Nestled between Tin Netar Mazar and court buildings, the mosque-and-tomb compound of Haji Khwaja Shahbaz takes one back to the Mughal era, perhaps because there are no high-rises directly overshadowing its premises.

The Supreme Court yesterday appointed four eminent jurists as “amicus curiae” (friend of the court), for hearing their expert opinions on the meaning and tenure of a convict's life imprisonment.

Police in separate drives arrested six people including three Rohingyas and seized 85,000 yaba tablets from their possession in Chattogram city on Wednesday night and yesterday morning.

A primary schoolteacher lost his right leg as iron rods from a rickshaw-van hit him while he was riding a motorcycle in Patuakhali town yesterday.

The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday began a drive against illegal brick kilns on the banks of Turag river in Ashulia of Savar.

Tightened security measures have been taken to ensure smooth celebration of Pahela Baishakh, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia yesterday.

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The High Court directs the Election Commission to register Ganasamhati Andolon and Insaniyat Biplob Bangladesh as two separate political parties.

A Dhaka court grants bail to Tasvirul Islam, one of the owners of FR Tower in a case filed over the fire that ripped through the high-rise, killing 26 last month.

A Dhaka court accepts charges against six members of banned militant outfit Ansar-Al-Islam in a case filed over the killing of blogger Avijit Roy on February 26, 2015.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges all, particularly mills and factories, to stop discharging wastes into rivers as water pollution has appeared to be a severe problem for the country.

A Feni court places two persons, arrested over setting Madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi on fire, on a five-day remand.

Tightened security measures have been taken to ensure smooth celebration of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year, in the capital, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia says.

Centre for Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) announces to donate a prosthetic leg to Russel Sarkar, who lost a leg under a bus in April 2018.

The High Court says it would interfere if any negligence is found in the investigation into the murder of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

Madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi has been laid to rest at her village in Sonagazi upazila of Feni.

A two-day convention of teachers begins at Jahangirnagar University to discuss how to improve the quality of education in the universities of the country

Four people died and sixteen were injured in road accidents across two districts yesterday.