Awami League (AL) nominated mayoral candidate for Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls Rezaul Karim Chowdhury said he would like to develop the port city to be modern, aesthetic and of international standards, if voted mayor.

Even though the authorities in Rajshahi have started preparing for Covid-19 vaccination campaign by setting up centres and storages across the division, they are yet to prepare a list of people to be vaccinated.

Language Movement veteran Ali Taher Majumder passed away yesterday morning.

Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) on Friday hosted a virtual graduation ceremony for its 2020 batches of Building Bridges through Leadership Training (BBLT) and Building Bridges through Leadership Training Junior (BBLTJ).

An Indian student of a private medical college in Rajshahi city was found dead in his room at a dormitory on Friday night.

Due to the very low conviction rate in rape cases, a large majority of rapists in Bangladesh believe they will get away with the crime, said Manusher Jonno Foundation executive director Shaheen Anam yesterday.

Family members of Mozammel Hossain Babul, who was killed over land dispute recently in Mymensingh, yesterday demanded immediate arrest of the killers.

On his way to the office yesterday morning, constable Mahfijur Rahman of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) got a weird tip-off.

The government must stop sand filling and road construction beside the river Kohelia in Cox’s Bazar, demanded National River Alliance and Bapa yesterday.

Due to the abysmally low conviction rates in rape cases, an overwhelming majority of rapists in Bangladesh believe that they will get away after raping a girl or woman, said Manusher Jonno Foundation Executive Director Shaheen Anam this morning.

An Indian student of a private medical college in Rajshahi city was found dead in his room at the dormitory last night.

With Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls knocking at the door, the election campaigns are reaching their peak.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday conducted their drive against illegal structures to widen the road at Mirpur section-11. DNCC will construct a 2km long road there for better connectivity with the airport.

Goods-laden trucks rushing to cross Sylhet city through the busy Amberkhana intersection continue to claim lives, with two persons being killed in two separate accidents last week.

Rajshahi Fruit Research Centre, a wing of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), has added two new varieties to Bangladeshi fruits.

The Grey-headed Fish Eagle, which lives all year in Bangladesh, is the most common of our four fish eagles and found all over the country.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has so far demolished over 400 structures, most of them shops, during an eviction drive in Dhaka’s Mirpur area.

Two students of Khulna University, who have been on hunger strike since Tuesday evening, demanding the withdrawal of their suspension order, fell ill this morning.

A domestic help who tortured an elderly woman and fled with cash and valuables on Monday from her employer’s house in the capital was arrested yesterday.

Police have arrested driver of a local Awami League leader with a stolen motorcycle in Ashulia of Savar.