A court in Chattogram placed six constables of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) on two-day remand. They were arrested on Sunday for extorting money from a businessman.

Police officials in Chattogram have expressed their concern as they said Rohingyas have been renting houses in different areas of port city as well as upazilas hiding their identities and getting involved in various criminal activities.

Seventy percent complaints of residents of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) that were filed through “Sobar Dhaka” smartphone app were solved in the last month.

Conservancy workers yesterday threatened to go on a strike if their contractual recruitment through tender is not cancelled and the approval of the waste management firms that hired them is not renewed in a week.

A few days ago, commuters would come across a boy, aged around nine to 10, selling cigarettes and betel leaves from a heavy metal box suspended from his shoulders, on the roads near the capital’s Mugda Medical College and Hospital.

Today is the 13th death anniversary of Prof Khaleda Akhtar Banu, an organiser of Liberation War and former chairperson of Bangla department of Abudharr Ghifari University College, says a press release.

Bangladesh aims to register its name on the Guinness World Records with the largest crop field mosaic of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Criminal Investigation Department yesterday arrested Anju Kapoor, who allegedly drove out her two stepdaughters from her Gulshan residence in October, on charges of “misappropriating” Tk 1.40 crore from her husband’s bank account.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the government has taken the initiative to develop about 20 kilometres of Dhaka-Aricha highway, from Gabtoli to Nabinagar, to make 10 lanes. Work of its feasibility study has been completed, and process of selecting investment organisation is underway.

Today is the 18th death anniversary of Advocate Badiul Alam, a freedom fighter and politician.

A Chattogram court today granted two-day remand for six members of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested in a case for abducting a man from Anowara and extorting money and threatening to kill him.

Admission seekers can apply for entry tests for the 2020-21 academic session at Rajshahi University through online from March 7, said a press release from the university’s public relations office today.

Cleaners have threatened to stop waste collection from households in Dhaka North City Corporation area if their demands are not met within the next seven days.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has decided to issue permits for as many as 4,000 new CNG-run auto-rickshaws in Chattogram once it completes scrapping an equal number of old three-wheeler public transport vehicles that provide last-mile connectivity in the port city.

Russel Sarker, who lost his leg after a Green Line Paribahan bus ran him over around three years ago, has been given Tk 10 lakh more in compensation, in line with a High Court directive.

The High Court has set February 22 for hearing the rule that questioned legality of the parliamentary membership of Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul for providing false information to the Election Commission through his affidavit.

People from all walks of life -- including those from the government, political parties and civil society -- need to work together relentlessly to curb corruption, said the outgoing chairperson of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Iqbal Mahmood yesterday.

A Rangpur court yesterday sentenced a man to life-term imprisonment for raping an underage girl in the district’s Pirgachha Upazila, 13 years ago.

BNP senior leaders yesterday apologised to their party chairperson Khaleda Zia for their failure to wage a strong movement or take any step for her release from jail over the last three years.

Around one and a half years back, Hasan Sikder, a village farmer, got introduced to Sheikh Selim alias Shuvo, who introduced himself as an official of the army.