Prof Nazrul Islam, honorary chairman of Centre for Urban Studies (CUS) and former chairman of University Grants Commission, will deliver a lecture on “Urbanisation in Bangladesh: Past, Present and Future” at 4pm today, at the Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury Auditorium of Dhaka University’s Social Sciences Faculty.

Former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon arrived in city last night on a brief visit, his second to Bangladesh this year, after leaving the United Nations.

Finding an open space for children to play in Dhaka is an arduous task. Deprived of playgrounds, young ones living in the city often find themselves too busy with electronics, to the point that it raises concerns for their health.

Bus services resume on 17 long routes in Khulna four days after its suspension due to transport workers strike in demand of reviewing the new road transport law.

Customs officials detain 29 passengers with 7,183 cartons of cigarettes from a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Chattogram airport.

Buet authorities have expelled its 26 students for their alleged involvement in Abrar Fahad murder case.

Criticising the government for soaring prices of essentials, BNP leader Moudud Ahmed yesterday said a socioeconomic situation like that of 1974 famine is prevailing in the country.

Traders at New Rajdhahi Supermarket in the capital’s Tikatuli area, whose shops were gutted in Wednesday’s fire, are facing tough times as they will not be able to resume business anytime soon.

A youth stabbed a college student to death over previous enmity in Chattogram city yesterday, said police.

At least seven people were killed and five injured in road accidents across the country in the last two days, our correspondents and news agencies report.

Rab yesterday claimed to have arrested 782 alleged criminals and seized 54 firearms, 19kg of heroin and contraband drugs in five districts of Rajshahi in the last six months.

Over 200 students from history department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRTSTU) in Gopalganj are facing serious uncertainty about their academic future.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a case against Jubo League ICT Affairs secretary Shafiqul Islam for amassing Tk 14.41 crore beyond known sources of income.

A student of Jagannath University (JnU) was forced out of the examination hall on Sunday (November 17) over an allegation of causing an untoward situation in class earlier this year, despite being cleared of the accusation on October 22.

A one-year-old boy died at a hospital in port city yesterday, within an hour of being administered an antibiotic injection.

Parliament: History of its Evolution

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said the proposed Broadcast Act will give legal protection to broadcast journalists and electronic media workers.

With an increased need for special care for thousands of terminal patients, the government should integrate a palliative care (PC) course into the medical and nursing education curriculum, speakers at a discussion said on Wednesday night.

Police has no intentions of realising fines if there is discipline on the roads, Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Shafiqul Islam said yesterday.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said two lawyers will be included in the prosecution team for conducting the Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case, as per his family’s wish.