Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union Ismat Jahan will replace High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Md Abdul Hannan

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday filed two petitions with the High Court challenging a lower court order that rejected her two applications in connection with Zia Charitable Trust corruption case on Sunday.

A mobile testing laboratory for waste water and sludge generated by effluent treatment plants in the readymade garment (RMG) factories was inaugurated in the capital yesterday, aiming to help reduce pollution.

A mobile court of the Chittagong district administration seized around 50 tonnes of Hilsa fry and detained 15 fishermen from a vessel in the Karnaphuli river yesterday.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday opened two modern public toilets at Tejgaon Satrasta T&T Gate and Hazi Moron Ali Road to ensure healthcare of the city dwellers.

Ahead of the UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS), a group of United Nations human rights experts have called upon states to use the occasion to integrate their human rights obligations in the international drug control regime.

BNP standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy yesterday strongly criticised the party's high-ups for not holding any programme marking the fourth anniversary of disappearance of its leader M Ilias Ali, and for urging the government to trace him out.

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday expressed deep concern over the arrest and remand of senior journalist Shafik Rehman.

A youth was found dead in his room in Bakalia area of Chittagong city yesterday morning.

A laundry assistant of a dormitory of Dhaka University was sentenced to two years' imprisonment yesterday and a teacher of Jagannath University was suspended for allegedly sexually harassing female students.

Three ticket-booking assistants of Sylhet Railway Station yesterday were temporarily suspended and a ticket scalper was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for scalping.

Stating that the authorities concerned have been destroying the original state of historical sites during renovations, Prime Minister

A five-member technical committee of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) yesterday afternoon inspected three buildings out of nine that tilted more or less during Wednesday's earthquake, in the port city.

Despite the progress of women in different fields, violence against them continues to undermine the success, speakers told Bangladesh Mahila Parishad's 46th anniversary programme yesterday.

Five witnesses, including a brother of the complainant, gave depositions in two cases filed over the Narayangan seven-murder, reports our Narayanganj correspondent.

SM Nurul Hoque, a business leader, was re-elected chairman of Research for Education and Management Academy (REMA) Trust for the 2016-2018 term.

A physically challenged auto-rickshaw driver died of head injuries when a vehicle hit the rickshaw from behind near LabAid in the capital's Dhanmondi yesterday.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested 11 members of a fraud gang in the country that steals money from mobile financial service (MFS) agents, after a three-month investigation.

A woman and her son were crushed under the wheels of a train in Kawtoli Rail Bridge area of Brahmanbaria Sadar yesterday morning.

Despite progress of women in different socio-economic and cultural fields, violence against women is continuing to dim their success, speakers say.