Speakers at a seminar yesterday said a social change is necessary to stop violence against women and ensure their equal rights.

In yet another case of gang culture in the capital, a youth lost his life while a teenager has been held on charge of the murder.

The election to Chattogram City Corporation is scheduled to be held on March 29 with campaigning starting on March 9.

In our age of multitasking, it is difficult – perhaps inconceivable to some - to sit still and silent for long. It goes against our notion of the times we live in. Yet, once in a while, we may find ourselves in a position of doing just that. How is that experience?

Participants of a rally yesterday urged everyone to join the movement to stop repression and violence against women.

Industries Minister Nurul Mazid Mahmud Humayun yesterday said the government will form a salt board in Cox’s Bazar and provide sufficient subsidy, considering salt cultivation an agricultural pursuit.

A Dhaka University student is killed when a passenger bus ran him over in Banani.

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), a non-government organisation, calls upon the young generation to come forward to stop oppression against women and children at a rally in Dhaka.

Two people are sued for sexually harassing a female student of Jagannath University (JnU) near the Victoria Park in Old Dhaka.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and other judges of the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court pay homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, placing wreaths at his grave in Tungipara upazila, Gopalganj, as a part of celebrating the “Mujib Borsho”.

Yaba baron Amin Huda, who was sentenced to 79 years of rigorous imprisonment, dies at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka.

A construction worker of the Metro Rail project dies after an iron frame falls on him while he was working near the High Court area in the city.

Holy Cross College and Notre Dame College debating clubs have won the USAID’s International Women’s Day Debate Competition-2020 Award respectively.

A student of Islamic University (IU), who was visiting Rajshahi University campus, is allegedly beaten up by some Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men.

At least 22 people are killed and nine others injured in separate road accidents in Habiganj, Brahmanbaria, Cumilla, Savar of Dhaka, Feni and Mymensingh.

Nearly a decade after Md Sujon, a grille-shop owner in Sabujbagh, was murdered, the investigation into the case reveals that the crime was orchestrated by his ex-wife’s brothers and her lover for Sujon trying to stay in touch with her after divorce.

The murder shook the country, triggering protests by students, teachers and parents.

He went to oil-rich Kuwait as a low-paid migrant worker about a decade ago to change his fortune, with dreams to return to the country to enjoy his sunset years. But like hundreds before him, Md Kalam’s dreams remained unfulfilled.

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for a Barguna court to continue trial proceedings against Aysha Siddika Minni and nine other accused in the Rifat Sharif murder case.

Men in society have created an illusion by terming women “unskilled” to establish their superiority over women, said a former economics professor at Dhaka University (DU) yesterday.