The government appears to have taken a tough stance against those opposing installation of Bangabandhu’s sculpture after an under-construction sculpture of the Father of the Nation was vandalised in Kushtia on Saturday.

Police arrested two madrasa students on charges of damaging a sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Kushtia.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said stronger regional and international cooperation is necessary in the coming days for mitigating the impact of the pandemic and for the rebuilding phase.

As the number of Covid-19 cases keeps rising with the advent of winter, people aged between 20 and 40 are the super spreader of this highly contagious virus, experts said.

Installing the facilities now to run electric trains between Dhaka and Jashore via the Padma bridge might cost the government up to an additional Tk 4,454 crore, a study said.

Vandals damaged an under-construction sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Kushtia town early yesterday.

Abdul Hamid wants to stay on Bhasan Char until he gets to return to Myanmar.

The government yesterday introduced the much talked about antigen-based rapid testing for free in 10 districts across the country.

Mentioning that the USA and many European countries were seeing a fresh surge in Covid-19 cases, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon all to be more cautious as the cold intensifies.

A proposed project of Chattogram Wasa set to withdraw 14 crore litres of water from the Halda river daily for an economic zone poses serious threat to the unique water body, the lone breeding ground for natural spawning of carp fish in South Asia.

It’s true that people’s aspiration regarding the restoration of democracy through the fall of autocratic ruler HM Ershad in December, 1990, was not fulfilled completely, said Ashim Kumar Ukil, a ruling Awami League MP and the then general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought “urgent global attention and further collaboration” to defeat the coronavirus pandemic, save lives and accelerate economic recovery.

Mahmuda Khatun’s desire for peace and comfort is what made her leave the congested Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar for Bhasan Char on Thursday.

The government has urged all not to undermine or misinterpret its genuine efforts to improve the lives of Rohingya refugees through their ongoing relocation to Bhasan Char.

The 40th span of the Padma bridge was installed yesterday, making 6km stretch of the main structure visible.

At least 13 people, including six members of a family, were killed and 10 others injured in road accidents in two districts yesterday.

The government is resuming the long-stalled investigations into 62 cases filed over the mayhem by thousands of Hefajat activists in the capital and elsewhere in May 2013.

Amid the significant rise in the number of new coronavirus cases, the health directorate is all set to start antigen-based rapid testing in 10 districts from today.

A border road along the three hilly districts of Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban is being built to enable surveillance and prevent cross-border criminal activities.

Police yesterday pressed charges against eight persons in the case filed over the gang-rape of a woman at Murari Chand (MC) College hostel in Sylhet on September 25.