A woman died after brick chips from a building fell on her at Kamrangirchar area in the capital this afternoon.

Sampadak Parishad expresses grave concern about the case against Editor-in-Chief of Manabzamin and 31 others under the Digital Security Act, for publishing news concerning the arrested Jubo Mahila League leader Shamima Nur Papia, and demanded immediate withdrawal of the case against the journalists.

Amnesty International has urged the government to drop the case -- under Digital Security Act -- against Matiur Rahman Chowdhury, editor-in-chief of Bangla daily Manabzamin, and 31 others.

Jubo Mohila League's suspended leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon have been placed on 15-day remand today, in connection with three cases.

The maternal uncle of Rajib Hossain, a third-year student of Titumir College, files a no-confidence petition against the probe report submitted by Sub-Inspector Idris Ali of Shahbagh Police Station in connection with the case filed over the death.

Voting at the two-day annual election of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has begun.

Around 200 shanties have been damaged as a blaze swept through a slum in Dhaka’s Rupnagar area, police have said.

BNP mayoral candidate for the Chattogram City Corporation election Dr Shahadat Hossain yesterday said if authorities ensure an election free of intimidation and vote-rigging, BNP will win by a massive margin in the mayoral election, scheduled to take place on March 29.

Awami League (AL) mayoral candidate in Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls Rezaul Karim Chowdhury steered clear of any badmouthing of his main opponent during electioneering yesterday, and the strategy seemed to be working in his favour.

The average life expectancy of goldsmiths in Bangladesh is 59, in stark contrast with the national life expectancy of 72.3 years, according to a study by the Department of Public Health and Informatics (DPHI) at BSMMU.

Detectives yesterday claimed to have found “important money laundering evidence” against expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and are preparing to file a case against her.

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A Supreme Court (SC) lawyer yesterday appealed to the president and prime minister to release BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail on humanitarian grounds, ahead of the birth centenary celebrations of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

CARE Bangladesh observed National Disaster Preparedness Day in collaboration with the administrations in Cox’s Bazar Sadar, Ramu and Moheshkhali upazilas.

Matiur Rahman Chowdhury, editor-in-chief of Bangla daily Manabzamin, and 31 others have been sued under the Digital Security Act, on the charge of “publishing false news and circulating it on social media”.

The High Court yesterday rejected a bail petition of four bodyguards of GK Shamim in a money laundering case.

The country’s first-ever expressway from Dhaka to Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila will be opened to public tomorrow, aiming to ensure better connectivity between the capital and southern districts through Padma Bridge.

Mobile courts yesterday fined at least 19 stores, including pharmacies, in Dhaka city, Savar, Narayanganj and Manikganj for selling products such as surgical masks, hand sanitiser and different medicines at higher prices than usual.

Elections to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) were held exactly a year ago with contesting panels pledging to take initiatives to curb accommodation crisis at the dormitories and to improve the food quality of dorm canteens.

Police yesterday arrested one person in a case filed over sexually harassment of a female student of Jagannath University (JnU) inside a running bus at Taltola Bus Stand area in the capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on March 8.