The stalls of government service providers and autonomous institutions have been drawing a good number of book lovers at the Bangla Academy portion of the month-long Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela this year.

The walkway along the Shahjadpur canal that goes through in Baddda and Shahjadpur has become a risky commute for locals due to a lack of safety railings along it, leaving pedestrians -- especially children -- at a risk of falling in.

The Election Commission once again failed its "acid test" to hold an election in a free, fair and neutral manner, as the recently-held elections to the Dhaka city corporations were "controlled", a civil society platform for good governance said yesterday.

Police yesterday detained two people for killing a hijra in Savar’s Redio Colony area.

Roads and Highways Department (RHD) demolished 100-odd illegal structures on Dhaka-Aricha highway yesterday.

Six people were killed and at least four were injured in separate road accidents across the country over the last two days, report our correspondents.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday asked Border Guard Bangladesh to intensify vigilance against cross-border smuggling, staying away from greed and allurement.

The Election Commission (EC) has decided that mayoral and councillor candidates will not be able to use plastic-laminated posters for campaigning in Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday hoped to start the work for expanding Dhaka-Sylhet highway into four lanes in July, as uncertainty regarding funding is over.

Jubo Mohila League’s suspended leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon have been placed on 15-day remand each, in connection with three cases filed with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar and Bimanbandar police stations in the capital.

A suspected human trafficker was detained and four people were rescued during a Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) raid of a travel agency office in the capital's Baridhara DOHS area.

Two members of a family have died of an unidentified disease at Sangaon village in Thakurgaon’s Baliadangi upazila in the last three days.

The authorities of Dhaka University and Rajshahi University decide not to adopt the uniform admission test – initiated by the UGC -- to enrol students.

The High Court questions the legality of two sections under the Digital Security Act involving the publishing of false or intimidating information, and crimes and penalty for deterioration of law and order.

Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan), a civil society platform for good governance, says the Election Commission has failed once again to hold an election in a free, fair and neutral manner as the recently held Dhaka city corporation elections were “controlled”.

Mayoral and councillor candidates cannot use laminated posters for their campaigns in the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections scheduled for March 29, Returning Officer Mohammad Hasanuzzaman says.

Rohingya repatriation should be the highest priority in the United Nations’ Joint Response Plan (JRP) for support of Rohingya people, speakers said at a press conference yesterday.

At least four people were killed and five injured in road accidents in three districts yesterday, report our correspondent and a news agency.

A youth was stabbed to death in Cumilla Sadar upazila’s Chandpur village yesterday morning. The deceased was identified as Shariful Islam Jony (24) of the same village.

In coastal areas, 3,750 kilometres of canals are silted and rivers have lost navigability. Most embankments have been washed away and overflowed with saline water. Only dredging will not solve the problem, a policy for watershed management is urgently needed.