Col (retd) Shawkat Ali, former deputy speaker, of the parliament, was put on life support at Dhaka Combined Military Hospital (CMH) yesterday.

Due to lack of education, indigenous people living both in plainlands and hill tracts are continuously being deprived of job opportunities, which is pushing them to ultra poverty, a study has found.

Experts at an online seminar yesterday warned against the dangerous practice of uncontrolled sand-mining, cautioning that this is destroying our rivers.

Jagannath University (JnU) student Tithy Sarker, who has remained missing for 10 days, was sued under the Digital Security Act yesterday for making “derogatory” comments about religion on Facebook.

More than half of road crash victims are between 21 and 40 years old, the most productive segment of the population, according to Accident Research Institute (ARI) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet).

Back in the early 2000’s I used to head out to Eastern Plaza in Dhaka with my pocket full of hard earned savings to buy games to play. Cracked games mostly and the occasional originals for consoles shared by friends. Wow, those were expensive. And when all else failed, it was time to head out to the shady, makeshift, sweat smelling street corner shops with arcade machines. That still cost money. Two taka per game would add up to many, many ‘monies’.

For doctor consultation, telemedicine and appointment of other healthcare services, United Hospital appointment desk is functional round the week, says a press release.

Vistara Airlines, a joint venture of India’s Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, yesterday started operating regular flights between Dhaka and Delhi.

Family members, relatives and villagers yesterday urged the government to take initiative to try the accused of Jewel murder at special tribunal.

Different areas in Dhaka will experience eight-hour power outage in turn over this month, starting from today till November 30.

Jagannath University (JnU) student Tithy Sarker has been sued under the Digital Security Act for making "derogatory" comments about religion on Facebook.

A tribunal in Dhaka today concluded recording statements of witnesses in a case filed over rape of a Dhaka University (DU) student in the capital's Kurmitola earlier this year.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today commissioned five modern warships for Bangladesh Navy -- BNS Umar Farooq, BNS Abu Ubaidah, BNS Prottasha, BNS Darshak and BNS Tallashi -- at Naval Berth-1 in Chattogram.

More than 100 students from medical and dental colleges staged demonstration in Rajshahi city this morning to press home a four-point demand including ensuring session jam-free academic year.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has pressed charges against Regent Group Chairperson Mohammad Shahed and Managing Director Masud Parvez, in a case filed over possessing fake notes worth Tk 1.14 lakh.

A woman yesterday finally got justice, 10 long years after her rape and enforced abortion.

Journalist Golam Sarwar, who was abducted on October 29 and discovered four days later, yesterday filed a case with the port city’s Kotwali Police Station accusing six unidentified people.

Over 350 people who used to live in Kalyanpur’s Notun Bazar slum, which was burned down in a devastating fire on October 30, are now spending their days under the open sky.

Bangladesh Civil Society for Migrants yesterday expressed grave concern about the wretched conditions of several hundred Bangladeshis currently stranded in different locations near the Croatia-Bosnia border.

A Dhaka court yesterday reframed charges against five members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) in a case filed over the murder of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu in 2015.