Seven people were killed and 15 injured in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

The Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal of Sylhet yesterday deferred deposition of witnesses in the case filed over the sensational five-day anti-militant drive at Sylhet’s Atia Mahal in 2017.

Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) President Maj Gen (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman yesterday said fake news and misinformation are severe deterrence to any nation’s progress.

BNP yesterday alleged that the government is making a list of “fake” freedom fighters comprising Awami League supporters and their relatives who did not join the Liberation War in 1971.

Criticising BNP for its failure to wage any movement with public issues, Gonoshasthaya Kendra Founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury yesterday said senior leaders of the party have apparently become “deaf and blind”.

BNP is trying to “jeopardise” peace in name of planned movement in order to cover up their failure, said Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday.

Asaduzzaman Noor and Sara Zaker have been appointed as the new chairperson and co-chairperson of Asiatic 3Sixty, respectively, said a press release.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday said 155 buses would run under a single company on the proposed Kanchpur Bridge-Ghatarchar pilot route in the capital.

Nearly seventy percent of people in Barguna, Kurigram, Rajshahi and Satkhira faced wage reduction in November last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, while a little over 81 percent of self-employed people faced reduction in profits, revealed a recent survey by South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (Sanem) and ActionAid.

In accordance with the recent decision by the education ministry, Dhaka University dormitories will not open and no major examinations will be held before May 17, VC Professor Akhtaruzzaman said today.

Bangladesh Muktijoddha Santan Sangsad, a platform of freedom fighters’ offspring, staged a sit-in blocking Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka since this morning to press home their seven-point demand including reinstatement of 30 percent quota in government services.

A Dhaka court yesterday again asked Rapid Action Battalion to submit probe report -- by March 28 -- of a case filed against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed and 16 others over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates and illegally charging patients for testing and treatment.

Independent University, Bangladesh, has a new vice-chancellor. Dr Tanweer Hasan, Rolf A Weil Professor of Finance at Roosevelt University (IL, USA), has joined the university as its new VC, effective from February 23.

Today marks the 44th death anniversary of Bangladesh Navy’s Freedom Fighter Lt AM Ataul Haque. Lt Ataul joined the Royal Indian Navy in 1945.

A Dhaka court yesterday set March 22 for the hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and six others in the Barapukuria coalmine graft case.

On Saturday afternoon, Agrani Bank’s Haripur Gas Field Branch’s officer Moudud Ahmed hired a CNG-run auto-rickshaw from Haripur area of Sylhet’s Jaintiapur upazila to go to Bandarbazar in the city.

At least three people were killed and six injured in road accidents in two districts yesterday, report our correspondent and an agency.

Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) has decided to evict around 14,000 people from Laldiarchar of Potenga in the port city in line with a High Court order that asked it to free the area of illegal occupiers within a few weeks.

A Khulna court yesterday sentenced four people to life term imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of Asmaul Morol alias Jibon in 2007.

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to arrange necessary number of medical equipment at public hospitals to accurately diagnose diseases and provide proper treatment to patients.