Detectives of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) on Saturday night arrested three transport workers over attempting to sexually harass a female student of Chittagong University in a running bus on November 27.

Fuel supply came to a halt in 26 districts of three divisions as petrol pump and tank lorry owners and workers went on an indefinite strike since early hours of yesterday to press home their 15-point demand.

Four people were killed in road accidents across three districts in the last two days, report our correspondents and agencies.

DISCUSSION Marking the 22nd anniversary of CHT Peace Accord

A parliamentary body yesterday recommended carrying out dope tests of admission seekers at all universities, as part of the government’s move to free the country from the menace of narcotics.

Rab yesterday claimed to have arrested four members of the banned militant group Ansar al Islam from the city’s Khilkhet area.

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to maintain a status quo for three months on the possession of the office of Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a leading rights organisation, at Dhaka’s Lalmatia.

Management of severe childhood pneumonia by daycare approach is an alternative to hospitalisation, and can reduce the treatment cost by half, scientists of icddr,b at a seminar said yesterday.

A faction of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Chittagong University (CU) called an indefinite strike and vandalised police vans on the campus last night. This followed three days of infighting between two rival groups of BCL’s university unit.

The government will start publishing names of collaborators of Pakistani occupation force who were paid salaries on a monthly basis from Victory Day on December 16.

A parliamentary body recommends for carrying out dope test of admission seekers of all universities as a part of the government’s move to free the country from the curse of the illegal drug.

Farida Yasmin, former UNO of Barhatta upazila of Netrakona, is accorded with the Faraaz Hossain Courage Award-2019 for her outstanding contribution in preventing child marriage.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched enquiry into the allegations of illegal wealth accumulation against three ward councillors of two city corporations of Dhaka.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says the court verdict in the case filed over a road accident that killed two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College will be a milestone in bringing security and discipline on roads.

A fire broke out at a cotton warehouse in the city’s Mirpur area.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has said he could not predict exactly when onion price will come under control in the country.

Jatiya Party will hold its central council on December 28 in Dhaka.

A Dhaka court observes that students, youths even elderly people cannot avoid being crushed under the wheels of bus due to apathy and carelessness of the drivers and helpers. The court comes up with the observation while delivering a landmark verdict on death of 2 college students in a road accident.

An additional secretary is arrested on charge of torturing his wife after the woman called 999 seeking help.

Two drivers and a helper of two buses of Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan have been sentenced to life term imprisonment over a road accident that killed students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College in Dhaka last year.