Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday termed BNP’s programme centring border issues an “eye wash” and said the government is very sincere about keeping stability in bordering areas.

After being chased by a highway police van, a bus hit a motorbike on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Cumilla yesterday afternoon, leaving the motorcyclist dead and 10 bus passengers injured.

A Dhaka court yesterday directed the Detective Branch (DB) of police to investigate an extortion case filed against four police personnel, including the officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station in Dhaka.

Road communication of Sylhet division with the rest of the country remained suspended since yesterday following a 72-hour transport strike.

The two accused arrested by CID on Monday in connection with the killing of UP member Hamidul Sharif in Gopalganj on December 12 murdered him as part of their plan to frame the local chairman, with whom one of them had previous enmity.

Detectives claimed to have arrested five members of a fraud gang from Dhaka’s Kamalapur area on charge of deceiving people, luring them with jobs.

BNP yesterday alleged that the government is misleading the country’s people in the name of development.

The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to former chairman of Teknaf upazila Zafar Ahmed in a corruption case involving Tk 4.9 crore.

A platform -- comprising of development organisations and civil society groups -- is a positive initiative indeed to achieve Bangladesh’s SDG 2030 targets, says Dr Gowher Rizvi, international affairs adviser to the prime minister.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday asked the engineering section and contractors to take necessary steps to finish all development works timely.

Detectives claimed to have arrested the mastermind of a mugging gang which targeted people in auto-rickshaws and posed as co-passengers on different city streets.

A woman died after falling from the rooftop of a building in Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar area this morning.

New political party Gono Adhikar Parishad will debut soon officially, said former Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur this afternoon.

A fire broke out at a slum in Dhaka’s Kalshi area yesterday noon, gutting many shanties and valuables.

No DJ parties will be allowed on New Year’s Eve to usher in 2021, and all bars must be shut down in the capital before the evening on the day.

In the wake of Dhaka University’s birth centenary in 2021, the decision to bulldoze its historical Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) and replace it with a multi-storied structure shocked students, alumni, and residents of Dhaka.

Three passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed and two critically injured in a road accident in Mymensingh’s Gouripur upazila on Friday night.

Police yesterday arrested a man on charge of raping his neighbour’s daughter in Narayanganj.

Honours and masters examinations at Rajshahi University, postponed earlier due to the Covid-19 pandemic, has been scheduled to be held from January 2, 2021.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu is expected to arrive in Dhaka today on a two-day visit.