Planning Minister MA Mannan yesterday said the average monthly cash transfer to beneficiaries under the government’s social safety net programmes should be increased to Tk 1,000.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said those who will violate the human rights in Bangladesh, must be brought to the book of law.

A construction worker died after falling from an under-construction building in Dhaka's Banasree area this morning.

A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced seven people, including a former deputy managing director (DMD) of Oriental Bank (now named ICB Islamic Bank Ltd) to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment each in a case filed over embezzling of Tk 1.61crore.

Two persons were killed when an under-construction wall fell on them in Agrabad area of the port city yesterday afternoon.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday called upon AL leaders and workers to abide by the party disciplines and rules while doing politics.

BNP yesterday alleged that the current government’s corruption has got international recognition through sentencing of Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul by a Kuwaiti court in a bribery case.

“Run,” shouted battery-powered rickshaw driver Sajib to his cohorts. A police van was approaching their group of five standing at the Section area beside Gabtoli-Babubazar Road near Kamrangirchar, and they could not afford to stay still.

I visited Madagascar a little over three years ago. Memories of this unique island in the Indian Ocean southeast of Africa have remained vivid. Why? The unexpected and strangely beautiful forms of life that I saw there are impossible to forget. It was as if time had misplaced this island.

At a time when the entire country is trying to cope with financial difficulties, things are getting tight for around 700 officials of Barishal City Corporation (BCC) -- but it is not simply due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A man was killed when an under-construction wall fell on him at Agrabad area of the port city this afternoon.

A weapon-making factory was discovered in Bongshal Para area of Chattogram city early today, police said.

Qulkhwani of Aminur Rahman, a former deputy inspector general of prisons, will be held today.

A Supreme Court lawyer has served a legal notice on the government, requesting it not to reopen the educational institutions until the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is completely over.

Two people were killed in road accidents in two districts on Wednesday, according to reports from our correspondents.

A daylong event titled “Rohingya: City on the Hill” was held at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) on its Bashundhara campus in Dhaka on Wednesday.

The High Court yesterday wanted to know what steps have been taken against 17 CBA leaders of Biman Bangladesh Airlines after the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) had issued notice asking them to appear before its office in connection with corruption allegations in 2014.

Investigation into the death of Senior ASP Anisul Karim at Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-Addiction Hospital has progressed well, and police will submit the charge-sheet soon, according to law enforcers.

Issues related to women’s welfare must get priority in national development plans, policies, and in parliament, said speakers at a rally yesterday.

He is not 18 yet. The boy started working as a salesman at a clothes shop after he failed the SSC exams. With a larger than life dream to be rich overnight, he fled from the shop and started treading the path of crime to realise his “aspiration”, detectives said yesterday.