The High Court yesterday fined four dyeing and textile factories in Shyampur area of Dhaka -- on the bank of river Buriganga -- Tk 5 lakh each for running those without effluent treatment plants (ETPs), polluting the river and suppressing information about it to the court.

The 15th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Disease and Nutrition (ASCODD) kicked off yesterday at a city hotel, hosted by icddr, b.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday said Bangladesh will continue to work towards promoting universal human rights.

BNP mayor candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation Tabith Awal yesterday called upon voters to cast their votes without fear, and stand against irregularities on polls day.

There will be monthly meetings between ward councillors and locals in each area every month if he is elected, so that residents can hold the councillor responsible for their work and also can talk about their problems, Awami League DNCC mayor candidate Atiqul Islam said yesterday.

Junior Chamber International (JCI) --a non-profit INGO of people between 18 and 40 years old -- Dhaka Cosmopolitan conducted its first general members meeting for the year 2020 in presence of 2020 JCI Bangladesh governing body members. Tanzila Zaman, local president for this year, chaired the GMM, a press release said.

BNP-nominated mayor candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation Ishraque Hossain began his yesterday’s campaign later than usual, around 2:30 pm, after unveiling his election manifesto at Jatiya Press Club.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan yesterday in parliament identified at least 14 reasons -- including lack of maintenance of railway tracks, coaches and bridges, and unregulated movement of vehicles -- for the recent rail accidents.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday termed Awami League-nominated candidate Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh his brother.

Former president of Jatiya Sramik League and eminent labour leader Shukkur Mahmud passed away at his residence in Narayanganj early yesterday.

Physicians at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) yesterday said common cold does not necessarily mean a “novel coronavirus” infection, but those with flu symptoms that have visited China recently or come in contact with someone who has -- require special care.

A 15-member executive committee of Jagannath University Teachers’ Association (JnUTA) was elected for a one-year term yesterday, with Md Nure Alam Abdullah elected as president and Shamima Begum as general secretary.

Healthy ecosystems and protection from natural disasters are critical to developing a resilient Bangladesh, said US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller, following a three-day visit to the Sundarbans yesterday.

Authorities of Dhaka University expels 67 and suspends 22 students for various offences.

The High Court has confirmed death penalties for eight robbers out of 10 robbers and commuted the death sentence of the two others to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a schoolgirl in Laxmipur in 2012.

A former employee of a popular clothing store, who was arrested on charges of recording video of one of his colleagues while she was changing clothes, confesses to the magistrate.

High Court (HC) has stayed results of government primary school teacher recruitment tests in four districts -- Natore, Lalmanirhat, Nilphamari and Faridpur -- for six months on charge of rule violations.

The Election Commission asks the commerce ministry to keep Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) closed on January 31 and February 1, the day before and of Dhaka City polls.

The High Court fines four factories in Dhaka’s Shyampur area for running without effluent treatment plants (ETPs), thus polluting Buriganga River and suppressing information about it to the court.

A man dies after a bus ran him over at Dhaka’s Sayedabad area in the capital.