Agencies of United Nations, international non-government organisations and the government should redouble efforts on political mobilisation for dignified return of Rohingya refugees, said civilians, NGO leaders and officials at a webinar yesterday.

Staff of Public Works Department (PWD) formed a human chain and held a rally at their Rajshahi office premises yesterday, demanding justice for the attack on their peer.

Hosne Ara Khan, wife of former Dhaka University teacher late Md Darwish Ali Khan, passed away yesterday at the capital’s United Hospitals

Obnoxious odour from an unenclosed landfill in Mymensingh city’s Char Kalibari is making life miserable for residents and commuters for a long time but the authorities concerned are not paying heed to the issue.

The High Court yesterday issued a contempt of court rule against the health secretary and director general of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) for not complying with its judgment to ensure emergency medical services for road crash victims.

A mother and her 12-year-old daughter died from electrocution in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram yesterday morning.

A hundred and twelve Bangladeshis, who had been stranded in Vietnam, finally returned home yesterday.

Counterterrorism officials claimed to have arrested two members of a Neo JMB “sleeper cell” during a raid in the capital’s Sadarghat area on Monday evening.

A Dhaka court today ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to attach two flats of expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, one of the casino kingpins, in connection with a graft case.

Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad on Monday said Bangladeshi workers who returned from UAE’s Abu Dhabi will be sent back after necessary examinations.

ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury, the Awami League lawmaker from Chattogram-6 (Raozan) constituency, tested Covid-19 positive last night.

The High Court today issued a contempt of court rule against the health secretary and director general (DG) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) for not complying with its judgment to ensure emergency medical services for road crash victims.

Two active members of a Neo JMB “sleeper cell” have been arrested during a raid in the capital’s Sadarghat area, said a press release.

The government will take an initiative for early hearing and disposal of death reference and appeals in the sensational Holey Artisan Bakery attack case.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has busted two shops on the ground floor of a 10-storey residential building in Old Dhaka’s Tikatuli area for illegally storing a huge stash of explosive chemicals.

The outdoor department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) is going through an expansion. Hospital authorities expect to start providing service from the expanded outdoor premise within one-and-a-half months.

Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate in Sylhet filed two cases with Kotwali Police Station on Sunday, after seizing cigarettes worth Tk 39.91 lakh with forged stamps.

A contractor and his associate attacked an engineer of Public Works Department in Rajshahi yesterday, leaving him injured and his office vandalised.

The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to an engineer in three cases filed over corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for the officials of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.

A woman was allegedly raped by her husband’s friend in Dhaka’s Rampura.