Awami League lawmaker Mohammad Nasim yesterday in parliament raised question as to why the Road Transport Act is not being executed properly.
The Rajshahi University student who was prime accused in the rape case of a female student of the same university was sent to jail yesterday.
At least eight people were killed and three injured in road accidents across the country in the last two days, report our correspondents and news agencies.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government will “light up every house across the country” within the Mujib Borsho (birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman) by bringing all under electricity coverage.
A foreign organisation of Rohingyas is assisting some Myanmar nationals -- who took shelter in Bangladesh following the military crackdown in Rakhine State -- in passport forgery, according to Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) in Chattogram.
IPDC Finance Ltd has introduced an interest-free book loan -- titled “Subodh” -- for bookworms looking to make a big haul at the ongoing Ekushey book fair.
Md Muhitun Nabi, former principal of Government College of Commerce, Chittagong, died in Dhaka on Sunday. He was 75.
Marking the 99th anniversary of Prof Ahmed Sharif
Road safety campaigner Ilias Kanchan yesterday filed a Tk 100 crore defamation case against former shipping minister Shajahan Khan.
A section of Islamic party leaders at a press conference yesterday firmly criticised Hefajat-e-Islam Chief Shah Ahmad Shafi for his controversial remarks on some Islamic rituals and ideologies.
