A parliamentary body yesterday strongly recommended that the defence ministry completes work of the project for establishment of 99 Composite Brigade for overall safety of Padma Multipurpose Bridge project as soon as possible.

After 12 years, a Chattogram court yesterday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a girl after making false promises of marriage in 2008.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan yesterday inaugurated a factory at Faridpur’s Bhanga, which will supply sleepers for Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP).

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) for the first time has installed four full body X-ray scanners at the pre-boarding security checkpoint at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).

City planners of Dhaka yesterday demanded that the authorities concerned revise its decision of using land of Dhaka city in an indiscriminate way, as mixed use of land will harm the city.

Legal experts and rights activists yesterday expressed concerns over the effectiveness of the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2010, a decade after it was promulgated.

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), which had earlier shown reservation about joining centralised admission test, is now interested.

Bengal Foundation launched their very first virtual tour of an ongoing exhibition titled ‘Baseer: An Eloquent Mind’ for the online audience. The online platform for the full-fledged gallery tour has been designed by Artcon, a specialised agency that covers all modes of services in the art field.

Wahida Khanom Chowdhury, mother of Md Abdul Halim Chowdhury, managing director and CEO of Pubali Bank Ltd, passed away in Dhaka yesterday, says a press release.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a ban on organising any assembly, rally, mass gathering, and using loudspeaker for events like these in Dhaka city without prior permission.

Two youths today threw a “suspicious black bag” aiming at a security guard of the US Embassy in Dhaka, following an altercation. Police later called the bomb disposal unit of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit to check the contents of the bag and found a match box, a cup wrapped with black tape, some wire and a knife inside.

Valiant freedom fighter Shahzaman Mozumder Bir Protik breathed his last this afternoon at a city clinic after suffering from dengue fever. With his death, the country has lost a war hero, and the ICT industry has lost an entrepreneur.

A court in Chattogram today sentenced a man to life term imprisonment on charge of raping a girl in 2008.

A Dhaka court today framed charges against four accused in connection with the murder of Sagira Morshed in Dhaka 30 years ago.

A people’s court asked Bangladesh government to ensure the protection of marine biodiversity and ecology alongside ensuring the rights of resource-dependent coastal communities when implementing any projects related to the blue economy.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday extended its chamber judge’s order that stayed a High Court directive which asked Titas Gas Ltd to give Tk 5 lakh as initial costs to each family of the victims, who died and suffered burns in the Narayanganj mosque blast.

Jahangirnagar University students demonstrated on the campus yesterday, demanding holding of their honours final year examinations that have remained postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday said there will be no open-air events on the occasion of Victory Day (December 16) this year due to the ongoing pandemic.

The people of Rangpur had witnessed the Pakistani armies brutally killing their loved ones. They saw their houses burning down before their own eyes. And evidence of such atrocities during the Liberation War is gradually piling up.

State minister for Religious Affairs Md Faridul Haque Khan yesterday called upon all to exercise restraint from using provocative statements.