Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) yesterday demanded an amendment to the Children Act, 2013, incorporating a provision to protect children from physical and mental torture they face -- especially in educational institutions -- in the name of punishment.

Two people were crushed under the wheels of a train at Kursha in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia early yesterday.

Nine people were killed in separate road accidents across five districts in the last two days, report our correspondents and a news agency.

The results of Primary Education Completion (PEC), Ebtedayee, Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will be published on December 31.

Many schools and colleges in Chattogram don’t have female friendly toilets and sanitation facilities. This forces female students to miss classes during their menstruation period, as they don’t want to use unhygienic toilets, speakers said at a programme yesterday.

All pending cases cannot be disposed of amid the current rush of filing unless those are settled outside courts, said Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday.

Dr Md Sabur Khan -- chairman of Daffodil International University and Daffodil Family, and high commissioner of World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF), Bangladesh -- has been appointed as one of the global board members of WBAF’s Science, Technology and Innovation Commission.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced 10 people to death for killing pharmacy owner Mazharul Islam Paltan in Mymensingh’s Nandail 12 years ago.

Installation of pipeline to supply gas to Rangpur will start from January next year with an aim to explore the industrial sector in the region.

The Jatiya Sangsad will go into the sixth session on January 9.

A mobile court of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday fined four contractors -- including a DNCC contractor -- Tk 80,000, for keeping construction materials on footpaths and polluting air at Niketan.

Today is the 23rd death anniversary of Dr Sofia Hasna Jahan Ali, former professor of economics at Dhaka University.

Centre for Policy Dialogue Chairman Prof Rehman Sobhan yesterday said in an opposition-free political landscape -- where the government is exposed to little accountability, the quality of governance tends to deteriorate.

The Switzerland-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SBCCI) is set to organise the first “Swiss-Bangladesh Expo-2020” in Congress Hall of Basel, Switzerland on April 14 and 15, 2020, a press release said.

The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) are not just India’s “internal issue” any more, and Bangladesh government should take a clear stance regarding them, speakers at a discussion said yesterday.

A man is arrested with 10,800 pieces of yaba pills at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram city.

The High Court questions the legality of holding the office of Jatiya Party chairman by GM Quader as he was allegedly appointed to the post without any council.

Civil society members and concerned guardians of students criticise the Dhaka University vice chancellor for allegedly supporting the controversial activities of Chhatra League men on the campus.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines’s brand new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner “Achin Pakhi” reached Dhaka this evening.

A Dhaka court has placed three leaders of Muktijuddho Moncho including Al Mamun and Yeasir Arafat Turjo on a three-day remand each in connection with a case filed over attack on Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur.