The government today directed educational institutions to stop collecting hiked fees from students as most private schools in Dhaka have increased the fees by a huge margin.

A Supreme Court lawyer has challenged the legality of the ongoing strike enforced by teachers of public universities across the country demanding the removal of “discrimination in salaries”.

Autopsy reports say the Narayanganj 5-murder victims died of head injuries.

A gang of extortionists attacked a shop named Talukder Cloth Store in Bazar road area in Barguna district town and looted Tk 5 lakh from there yesterday. The gang also attacked the residence of Md Shahjada Talukder, owner of the shop.

Tea workers of Habiganj chase away a muscle showdown of Chunarughat upazila chairman and block a highway for nearly three hours protesting a special economic zone in the area.

Suchitra Sen had dominated the silver screen, mostly in Kolkata and briefly in Mumbai, for three decades, beginning in the '50s and

Renowned poet Rafiq Azad is admitted to the ICU of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka following a stroke.

An unidentified youth was found murdered at Chawkgupinathpur village in sadar upazila of the district yesterday morning.

Tarique Ahmed, the newly elected mayor of Rohanpur Municipality in Gomostapur upazila of the district, was sent to jail yesterday.

Students of Angaridaha Government Primary School in Fulchari upazila of the district have been attending classes under the open sky for

Teachers of all 37 public universities observe the fourth day of their indefinite strike protesting the “government inaction” on addressing their demand for removing the “pay disparity” with bureaucrats.

Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River resumed after three hours of disruption caused by dense fog yesterday morning.

Abdul Khaleque Maksuda High School in Mymensingh's Ishwarganj upazila has been facing an acute classroom shortage for years. Established in 1999, the school has around 700 students, including 400 female students, but only five classrooms.

A section of local people are building closures and removing water with power pumps to catch fish in different canals of mangrove forest areas in coastal islands under the district, causing harm to the bio-diversity there.

In a bizarre incident, cleaners of Dhaka City Corporations dump large quantity of stinky garbage in front of some business establishments in Gulshan after the offices refused to pay them ‘tips’.

Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River halted for three hours due to dense fog.

With most of the sleepers broken or displaced, the iron bridge on Humoibunia canal in Amragachhia union of Mirzaganj upazila under the district remains virtually useless for three years, much to the sufferings of thousands of people.

The authorities withdraw an assistant superintendent of police and an officer-in-charge from Brahmanbaria following a clash that left a madrasah student dead.

Interns at Pabna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) went on an indefinite strike yesterday, protesting assault on two of their fellows by relatives of a patient who had died at the hospital.

Public university teachers on strike demanding the removal of “pay disparity” in the new national pay scale protests the premier’s warning against their class boycotts.