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.

With an aim to detect narcotics rings and the masterminds behind it, the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has proposed to buy a mobile tracker system.

A new political party, Gono Adhikar Parishad, will officially be launched soon, said former Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur yesterday afternoon.

The Chattogram Zila Parishad has installed a new sculpture in Sitakunda as a tribute to martyred Freedom Fighters and members of Indian allied forces.

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 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.

Around a hundred people from all walks of life stood for freedom of press and protested the misuse of the controversial Digital Security Act at a human chain in Sylhet city yesterday afternoon.

Protesting the move to demolish the historic Cumilla town hall to construct a “new and modern establishment”, reserved seat lawmaker Anjum Sultana Sima yesterday alleged that Cumilla-6 MP AKM Bahauddin Bahar, one of the initiators of the move, is trying to do so for business purposes.

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed has asked superintendents of police (SPs) in the districts to act as changemakers to serve people and become role models for others.

BNP yesterday urged the government to take effective steps to stop killings at the borders.

Probashi Kallyan Bank has so far disbursed about Tk 9 crore from the Tk 200-crore special loan for coronavirus-affected returnee migrants’ reintegration, the bank’s acting managing director Abnus Jahan said yesterday.

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.