Over 200 shanties were gutted in the fire that broke out at Dhaka's Maniknagar area this afternoon.

A student of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet) was found dead at a mess in the city today.

Students of Rajshahi University today staged a sit-in in front of the residence of the vice chancellor and gave the authorities a 24-hour ultimatum for reopening of the campus and dormitories.

Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka airport and Shyampur areas early today.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has called for building a corruption-free and well-governed country in spirit of Ekushey.

Barishal University students yesterday staged demonstrations and blocked roads in the city, demanding immediate arrest of all transport workers accused in a case filed for attacking their fellows.

Three individuals and an international organisation have been nominated for the International Mother Language Award, due to be handed over today in a virtual programme by the International Mother Language Institute (IMLI).

Language movement veteran Somela Rahman is 84 now. Once quite the rabble-rouser, she now passes most of her time at her residence in Nilphamari’s Hospital Road, bed-ridden with old age complications.

The walls are stacked with rare photographs of the Language Movement, as are shelves with books; some have become a bit dusty, but no less significant for it.

Jahanginagar University authorities have decided to file a case against locals who carried out the attack on students yesterday over a cricket match.

Demanding to reopen the university campus and halls, some students of Rajshahi University waged demonstration on the campus this evening.

Pointing out that minority communities are being deprived of their rights, speakers yesterday called upon the government to take necessary steps to root out all sorts of discrimination against the community members.

This year, Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day will be celebrated on a limited scale, and people without face masks will be barred from entering Central Shaheed Minar in the capital.

Each depot of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has to maintain a “history book” for each vehicle and update those regularly from now on -- all with the aim to ensure proper maintenance of the state-run corporation’s properties.

The buildings that caught fire two years back at Chawkbazar’s Churihatta have been renovated, but survivors are still reeling from the horrors of that deadly night.

For over three months, residents of different areas in the port city have been suffering, as the mosquito population has multiplied, reportedly due to authority’s negligence to kill mosquitoes and clean their breeding spots.

Rare, endangered and beautiful, the Masked Finfoot shines among the birds of Bangladesh. In the entire world, it is only the Bangladesh Sundarban where it can be found in good numbers.

The High Court yesterday granted anticipatory bail to 144 BNP leaders and activists including its joint secretary general Habib-Un Nabi Khan Sohel in

The two-day annual election of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for its 14 executive posts will be held on March 10 and 11.

A three-storey building built on a waterbody in South Keraniganj toppled over this morning.