Three people died at an under-construction septic tank of a school in Jajumuddin upazila of Bhola yesterday.

Five shops were gutted and several others damaged partially in a fire which broke out at a bazaar in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail this evening.

All shops and shopping malls across the country will remain closed on March 17 on the occasion of Bangababandhu's birth centenary.

The High Court today questioned Chief Judicial Magistrate of Chandpur Md Nure Alam for recording the confessional statement of a murder accused, Md Farhad Hossain alias Kholu, although he (Farhad) made the confession after being physically tortured and fearing remand.

Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzak today said that the portrait of Bangabandhu made using green paddy fields will be a unique celebration of his birth centenary.

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad today urged law enforcers to rigorously enforce the law in preventing fraudulence of middlemen while sending workers abroad for employment.

A youth sustained injuries, allegedly by criminals, as he gave information to police calling 999 in Kushtia.

Four officials of Kushtia Palli Bidyut Samiti were suspended over the death of a lineman, who died of electrocution while working on an electric pole.

A court in Khulna today again rejected the bail petition of leftist leader Ruhul Amin in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

A Dhaka court today asked Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to probe the case filed over torture of cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore in police custody.

Rohingya criminals have shot a man dead from the same community, over establishing supremacy between groups, in a refugee camp at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar.

The Supreme Court upheld a High Court directive today that asked government authorities to shut down all brick kilns without valid licenses in Chattogram.

The High Court today observed that all educational institutions, including madrasas, have to conduct academic activities in line with the constitution and relevant laws.

Three adolescents, aged 12 to 13, were sued on charge of attempt to rape a five-year-old in Manirampur upazila of Jashore.

Six workers, including three Chinese men, sustained injuries after a part of launching girder of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project collapsed near Dhaka airport this morning.

Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Monirul Islam, also chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit under Dhaka Metropolitan Police, has been made Additional Inspector General of Police (current charge) of the Special Branch.

At least six passengers were injured as a bus overturned on the Dhaka-Mawa expressway in Munshiganj during today’s nor’wester.

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque today alleged that the anti-liberation forces spread a video of him receiving the Covid-19 vaccine as part of their propaganda to embarrass the government.

The Digital Security Act has been formulated to stop general people from speaking against injustice and irregularities and to legitimise oppression, said economist Prof Anu Muhammad today.

A move is underway to make the power distribution system in Dhaka city fully automated to better address the complaints of consumers, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said.