The fifth convocation of Northern University Bangladesh (NUB) was held yesterday on its permanent campus in the capital.

At least three people were killed in road and train accidents in three districts yesterday, report our correspondents.

A three-day long international expo on fire safety and security will be held in the capital’s Bangabandhu International Conference Centre from Thursday.

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed for four weeks the trial proceedings of a 12-year-old corruption case filed against former BNP communications minister Nazmul Huda and his wife Sigma Huda.

The construction work for Sylhet-Akhaura rail track will start soon, said Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujon yesterday.

A photo of an elderly man standing in front of a stall at Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela 2020 goes viral on social media, with discussion on him being in full swing among book lovers.

A union parishad (UP) chairman and a union member have been suspended for faking birth certificates and giving those to Rohingyas.

Three suspended policemen plead not guilty before a Dhaka court as it reads out the charges in a case filed for the death of Ishtiaque Ahmed Jonny in police custody in 2014.

The High Court directed Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) to settle within 15 days the application filed by 62 families challenging BIWTA's action for establishing pillars in the families' land adjacent to the bank of Turag river in Savar.

Grandson of Bangabandhu, Radwan Mujib Siddiq, visits an exhibition ‘Lighting the fire of freedom -- Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’ at the Dhaka Art Summit 2020 being held in the capital.

Police recover an Ak-22 rifle and ammunition from the residence of a former activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir in Chattogram city today, a day after his arrest in Dhaka.

A Dhaka court takes cognisance of charges against Mizanur Rahman, suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) of police, and Khandaker Enamul Basir, suspended director of Anti-Corruption Commission, in a bribery case.

Seven workers suffered burn injuries when they were melting iron at a steel mill at Kadamtali area in the capital this morning.

Today is the second death anniversary of Sultan Ara Khan, wife of Shafiul Alam Khan, a retired employee of Karnaphuli Paper Mills Ltd in Chattogram. She died at a Dhaka hospital on February 9, 2018.

A process is underway to set up a 10MW floating solar power plant at Mongla.

All brick kilns, harmful to the environment, will be closed down by 2025, said Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin yesterday.

A three-day international model United Nations conference will begin at Asian University for Women (AUW) in Chattogram city on February 13, says a press release.

The 63rd anniversary of historic Kagmari Conference Day was observed at Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University in Tangail yesterday.

Eight people were killed in separate road and train accidents across the country over the last two days, report our correspondents and a news agency.

February is an eventful month, with Pahela Falgun, Valentines’ Day, and International Mother Language Day lined up. Each occasion is unique, but flowers are an integral part of all three events.