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.

All he had to show was a Secondary School Certificate; no degrees on dental surgery or even professional training.

The High Court today cleared the way for the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka to continue the trial proceedings of Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case.

Fatiha Maskura, now 45, has been in the condemned cell of a jail since June 6, 2016, after a Sylhet court sentenced her to death for killing her husband Ibrahim Abu Khalil Al Hafiz. Ibharhim was killed on May 18, 2015, following a family dispute, according to the case statement.

The number of border killings would be reduced if people living in bordering areas were made aware and financially self-sufficient, Maj Gen Shafeenul Islam, director general (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said yesterday.

The iconic raised index finger during his historic March 7, 1971 speech has become somewhat of a template for artistic depictions of Bangabandhu

Samsuddin Ahmed, former lawmaker from Manikganj-2 constituency, died at a Dhaka hospital early yesterday, at the age of 75.

Barrister M Shafiqul Islam and GM Akhtar Hossain have been elected president and general secretary of Dhaka University Friends Alliance (DUFA), a registered friend organisation of the 1995-96 batch under the institution.

Speakers at a virtual ceremony on Saturday emphasised the need to show young people how they can be part of a sustainable change-making process.

Orthopaedic surgeon Prof Dr Amjad Hossain has been elected to a global non-profit organisation of professionals of the field.

Four people were killed and another was injured in road accidents in three districts in the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday urged the lower courts’ law officers across the country to abstain from any corruption and to give up all kinds of dishonest practices while dealing with cases in courts.

Twenty-two accused of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad murder case have filed a petition with the High Court for transferring the case from the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka, apprehending that they “will not get justice” from the tribunal.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced two persons to death for killing six-year-old Khandaker Samiul Azim Wafi in June 2010.

Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram has fined Modern Steel Mill Limited Tk nine lakh for polluting air.