Reiterating that the court will decide about the bail of Khaleda Zia, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday asked journalists not to “embarrass” him by asking about the issue repeatedly.

As part of Dhaka’s push for regional connectivity for common prosperity, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said she wants Nepal to avail Bangladesh’s airport and seaport facilities.

Five eminent personalities from Bangladesh and India’s West Bengal were awarded with “Bishwa Bangali Puraskar 2019” yesterday, for their extraordinary contributions in their respective fields.

A group of Khulna University scientists yesterday said the government should properly identify the peak breeding season of mud crabs based on scientific evidence, to protect mother crabs and halt the industry’s decline.

In this era of connectivity, digital technology has a deep impact on book publishing and the way people read.

Vendors encroaching footpaths, garbage lying around, self-promoting posters on the wall and haphazard parking -- residents of Dhaka are all too used to these sights, and to a large extent have accepted these nuisances and eyesores.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former transport minister Nazmul Huda for bringing false allegation against former chief justice SK Sinha.

Prosecution concludes arguments for a case over the custodial death of trader Ishtiaque Ahmed Jonny in February 2014.

Writer and blogger Rasel Pervez dies of cancer at a city hospital. He was 49.

The two-day annual election of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for its 14 executive posts, including that of its president and secretary, will be held on March 11 and 12.

The Supreme Court has fined City University Tk 10 lakh for enrolling more than 50 students to the law department each semester, in violation of the University Grants Commission’s decision.

A six-day vaccination campaign kicks off today in the capital to immune people from cholera and diarrhoea.

At least four people were killed and three injured in road accidents across the country in the last two days, report our correspondents and news agencies.

After losing the Awami League party ticket for the mayoral post in the upcoming city polls, incumbent mayor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) AJM Nasir Uddin yesterday told journalists that he was a victim of “conspiracy, propaganda and lies”.

Two youths suffered burn injuries in a fire yesterday evening, supposedly caused by the explosion of a kitchen gas cylinder in Shyampur area of the capital.

One more victim of Monday’s fire in Narayanganj succumbed to his injuries yesterday at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

Economists have held the lax market forecasting system of the government responsible for the hike of daily commodity price. Farzeen Ferdous Alam, chairman of OGGRO Ventures, said though prices of commodities are rising, farmers are not getting its benefit, and as a result, are losing motivation for cultivation.

An elderly woman was murdered allegedly by her husband at their own flat in Arambagh area of the capital’s Motijheel yesterday.

Terming Dhaka Wasa’s recent proposal of raising tariff for water “unjust and unacceptable”, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday demanded to set the tariff through public hearing with experts of the concerned sector.

While thousands of people visit the Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela every year and buy books of their choice, there are still many who have just the same hunger for reading, but cannot afford to do so.