Railways Ministry yesterday provided financial assistance to the victim family members of a train accident in Brahmanbaria in November last year.

Limon Hossain, who was shot and maimed during a Rab shooting in 2011, started his new journey as a teaching assistant at Gono University’s law department last month.

Shameem Rahman passed away at 5pm on Saturday at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore, says a press release.

Lego, the world’s largest toy brand with annual sales of more than $2 billion, was established by the Kirk Christiansen family in Billund, Denmark in 1932.

A memorial lecture named after Kaniz Fatema Mohsina will be held at Bangla Academy in Dhaka today, says a press release.

Dhaka Credit (The Christian Co-Operative Credit Union Ltd Dhaka) Women Committee celebrated International Women’s Day yesterday.

Mahabubul Haque Chisty, former chairman of Farmers Bank audit committee, was shown arrested yesterday in connection with five cases filed for amassing over Tk 135.45 crore illegally.

Independent University, Bangladesh and ride-sharing company Pathao celebrated International Women’s Day, holding a daylong programme -- “Ladies in Leadership” -- on IUB campus yesterday.

Police arrested a 60-year-old man on Saturday for allegedly raping a boy in Osmaninagar upazila in Sylhet.

The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) detains a Bangladeshi citizen from Satkoraibari border in Kurigram’s Roumari upazila.

The death toll from the boat capsize in Rajshahi’s Padma river reached seven as body of another passenger has been recovered.

The High Court has withdrawn its earlier order that granted bail to GK Shamim in two separate criminal cases.

Husband has filed a case accusing woman who allegedly killed her two children in the capital’s Khilgaon area yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges people of the country to not worry about coronavirus, as Bangladesh is “capable of facing the disease”.

A woman is killed and five other pedestrians injured when a lorry hit them at Biam Goli area under Hatirjheel Police Station.

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the celebrations of “Mujib Borsho” will not be successful keeping Khaleda Zia in jail.

Three weeks have passed since Munni Rahman and her two children were murdered in Dhaka’s Dakshinkhan. Yet, Munni’s husband Raquib Uddin Bhuiyan, the prime suspect, remains traceless.

Many Awami League rebel candidates for the Chattogram City Corporation councillor race are determined to contest the polls, despite the party’s strict order of not to do so.

Breaking away from conservative societal norms, more and more women are taking control of their vehicles on the roads in Chattogram, both in the city and across the district.

Development work is an inseparable part of urbanisation. It is inevitable that sometimes even the busiest footpaths will have to be blocked, for the sake of maintaining the asphalt or repairing the utility lines that run underneath.