This is pretty much what Shahin Alam heard, when he arrived at Karwan Bazar in search of work.

A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Nurpur area under Bhanga upazila in Faridpur yesterday, reports our Faridpur correspondent.

Various cold-related ailments have affected 5,863 people across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday said Bangladesh will be benefitted economically if the country permits India, Bhutan, and Nepal to use its ports.

Authorities at Sylhet Agricultural University halted recruitment tests scheduled for yesterday and today, amidst protests by students and staff.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday busted a fake currency-manufacturing factory in the capital’s Dhanmondi.

Stating that there is no room for autocracy in independent Bangladesh, Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said people must take risks to protect democracy.

It seems practically impossible to find an area inside Dhaka without noise pollution, as evident by a recent study -- that collected data from 70 neighbourhoods in the city and found sound levels higher than permissible levels in every one of them.

After 14 long years of the institution’s establishment, Jagannath University (JnU) is set to hold its first convocation today, and graduates will finally get to relish the much-awaited event.

The ruling Awami League-backed four councillor candidates, including two for reserved women seats, have already been elected unopposed in the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) elections scheduled for January 30.

Fire breaks out at a readymade garment factory in Konabari area of Gazipur city.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says communalism is the main impediment to building a Sonar Bangla dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, while BNP is a patron of communalism.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members claim to have busted a factory of manufacturing fake currency in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area.

Police claims to have arrested five persons including four alleged rapists in connection with a case filed for gang-rape of a 13-year-old girl in Kamrangirchar area of Dhaka last night.

The returning officers allot electoral symbols to the mayoral candidates for contesting elections to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pays rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the Homecoming Day of the great leader.

The first phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, begins on the banks of the Turag River in Gazipur's Tongi after Fazr prayers.

Ten people were killed in separate road accidents across the country in the last two days while 11 were injured, report our correspondents and a news agency.

“Every day, I walk to Government City College’s gate and stand before my son’s [Sudipto] photo on the wall... I remove the dust from the photo with my hands. I feel like his image looks back at me and is trying to tell me something… An indescribable pain has been eating me up every waking moment since his death,” 68-year-old Meghnath Biswas, father of BCL leader Sudipto Biswas, lamented.

Noting that majority of accused in criminal cases are being acquitted due to improper investigation, the inspector general of police (IGP) yesterday directed field-level police officials to investigate cases with more sincerity.