Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says there will be no change in the post of party president in the AL’s 21st national council slated for December 20-21.

Students of Stamford University launches a protest demanding justice for Rubaiya Sharmin Rumpa, one of their fellows whose body was found in Siddheshwari area of Dhaka on Wednesday.

Nagarik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna criticises the government over the recent price hike of essential commodities.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary celebration next year, says Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will head a team of lawyers to hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague next week to defend the country against accusations of genocide against the Rohingya Muslims.

Noted cinematographer Mahfuzur Rahman Khan passes away at a hospital in Dhaka. He was 70.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims arrest of two members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from Dhaka’s Pallabi area.

Two accused youths yesterday confessed to a court of killing a woman and a teenager, following altercation over money.

With a much-needed playground, walkway and a rooftop garden, “Outfall Staff Quarter Park” was inaugurated yesterday in the city’s Dhalpur area to provide a new green space to residents.

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A Dhaka court yesterday set January 2 for the hearing on a 10-day remand prayer sought for quizzing ward Councillor Tarequzzaman Rajib on a case filed over amassing wealth illegally.

A review committee -- for further investigating an allegation against a student of Jagannath University (JnU) for causing an untoward situation in class in April this year -- submitted the probe report to the authorities yesterday.

Police recovered bodies of two children from a pond in the port city’s Agrabad Debar Par area yesterday morning. The girls had been missing since Wednesday evening.

Involvement of local government resolves a significant amount of conflict through dialogue while the success rate of doing so by the police is low, says a study on dynamics of micro-conflicts and in rural areas of the country.

The last two days have seen road accidents claim another five lives across the country, reports our correspondents and a news agency.

Police are yet find the cause of death of the young woman whose body was found in Dhaka’s Siddheshwari-Malibagh area on Wednesday night.

Protesting teachers and students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) continued their demonstration on the campus yesterday, demanding removal of the vice chancellor for her alleged involvement in corruption and irregularities.

Members of socially excluded communities, including Dalits, formed a human chain in front of Ashwini Kumar Hall of Barishal city yesterday morning, demanding an end to discrimination from every sector.

Speakers at a discussion yesterday demanded that the government pass the proposed “Anti-Discrimination Act” as early as possible, saying the law’s implementation is imperative to protect rights of the country’s marginalised population.

Refuting the allegation of corruption against him, Ducsu vice president Nurul Haque Nur yesterday claimed that a “government-sponsored” conspiracy has been hatched to make him and his organisation appear controversial.