A jute mill worker died and more than 130 fell sick in Khulna and Rajshahi yesterday, the third consecutive day jute mill workers’ hunger strike unto death, to press home their 11-point demand including implementation of national wage commission.

Sammilita Sangskritik Jote (SSJ) is going to start its six-day long “Bijoy Utsab 2019”, marking Victory Day, at six venues in the city from today.

A Dhaka court sentences two people including a deputy assistant engineer, to different terms of punishment in a case filed for misappropriating Tk 8.76 lakh allotted to a development project of Dhaka Model Degree College in 2015.

Law enforcers claim to have arrested four members of banned militant outfit “Allahr Dal” from Khulna city.

The Keraniganj plastic factory where 11 people died in a massive fire was fined for non-compliance.

Eleven employees including an engineer, who are severely burnt in yesterday’s factory fire in Keraniganj, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, raising the death toll to 12.

The last two days saw five people die in three separate road accidents, report our correspondents and a news agency.

A man died yesterday while jumping off a running bus in Chattogram, following accusations of harassing a female passenger.

To achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the country needs sustainable security, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Mohammad Javed Patwary said at the 41st founding anniversary of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged everyone to shun negative attitudes toward leprosy patients. She instead recommended authorities concerned to take initiatives for their proper treatment.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday found a Rajshahi man guilty of crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War and handed down death penalty to him.

Nirapad Sarak Chai (Nischa) founder Ilias Kanchan yesterday gave Shajahan Khan 24 hours to apologise for accusing him of embezzling foreign funds for his road safety movement.

At least 29 jute mill workers fell ill from starvation and dehydration yesterday in Khulna, on the second day of the indefinite hunger strike being observed by thousands of workers -- and their family members -- of nine state-owned jute mills in the Khulna-Jashore industrial belt.

Unidentified miscreants torched three motorcycles near the High Court in Dhaka yesterday afternoon.

BNP yesterday alleged that the country’s rights situation has never been in such a “dreadful state” as it is currently.

“Mandatory insurance” for migrant workers was launched yesterday at the expatriates welfare ministry. Wage Earners Welfare Board (WEWB) Director General Gazi Mohammad Julhash and Jiban Bima Corporation (JBC ) Managing Director Mahfuzul Hoque signed an agreement on behalf of their respective organisations in this regard.

On November 25, Sagor Mahmud, a porter by profession, was waiting at Bogura Railway Station for intercity Lalmoni Express, like all other days since early morning.

Valerie Ann Taylor, founder of Centre for Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP), is an angel who has been serving the people of Bangladesh for the last 50 years, said Gowher Rizvi, prime minister’s international affairs adviser.

Nippon Foundation, a Japanese non-profit organisation, is going to donate around USD 2 million (about Tk 17 crore) to Brac towards its education programme for Rohingya children in Cox’s Bazar.

Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury yesterday said transfer and posting of land service officials will be on the basis of lottery, according to a press release.