Rajshahi University faculty members at a programme today demanded quick disposal of the case filed over the murder of professor S Taher Ahmed in 2006.

Supply of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company will be suspended in some areas of Dhaka for six hours from 2:00pm today.

In the wake of 11 deaths from alcohol poisoning, detectives busted a factory manufacturing fake alcohol in Dhaka's Bhatara area and held six members of a group involved in this connection.

The High Court will deliver its verdict on February 17 on the case filed for attempting to kill Awami League leader and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by planting a 76kg bomb at Kotalipara in 2000.

Men under the height of 5 feet 6 inches and women under 5 feet 4 inches will not be able to qualify for the post of sub-inspector as some changes in the recruitment criteria for the lower tier of police force is in the offing.

“We read Bangla letters, but do we put in as much effort to understand the language and its pronunciations as we do for English?” former VC of Dhaka University Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique asked at a seminar held yesterday.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday stayed for four weeks its High Court verdict that upheld the bail of Rashedul Haque Chisty, son of the former chairman of Farmers Bank audit committee Mahbubul Haque Chisty, in a money laundering case involving Tk 159 crore.

A Dhaka court yesterday adjourned hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and nine others in Niko graft case till February 8.

Dhirendra Nath Mazumder, the additional director general (infrastructure), of Bangladesh Railway has been appointed as director general of the state-run transport agency.

Protesting a city corporation decision to limit their numbers in the streets, battery-run rickshaw-pullers of Rajshahi city observed an eight-hour strike yesterday.

The High Court yesterday sought for the constitution, audit report and lists of committee members of Dhaka Wanderers Club which was allegedly linked to casino business.

A bill titled “Sheikh Hasina Medical University, Khulna Bill, 2021” was passed in parliament yesterday to set up a medical university in Khulna division, aiming to expand the facilities for medical education, research and healthcare services in the region.

Convicted war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee has filed a revision petition with the High Court challenging the lower court order that framed charges against him in a case filed for embezzling Tk 1.27 crore from Islamic Foundation’s Zakat Fund.

Preliminary examination of the 43rd Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) will be held on August 6, Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) said yesterday.

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity yesterday demanded that the government make the trustee board functional immediately which will deal with compensation related issues after accidents.

The High Court yesterday issued an order of status quo regarding the land filling of Chengti Khal in Maona area in Gazipur for a month.

Two lawmakers from Jatiya Party and BNP yesterday in parliament criticised the government for “not having rule of law” in the country.

At least three people have died reportedly from alcohol poisoning and a dozen others are admitted in hospital, after an event on Friday at a Gazipur resort.

There is no alternative to a multi-sectoral and standard waste management in urban areas to fight dengue and other mosquito-borne disease, speakers at a discussion said yesterday.

Through the lenses of cameras and binoculars, researchers are now looking out for our avian friends who kept on flying for thousands of kilometres in search for sanctuary during the winter.