With an aim to ensure hygienic practice in schools across the country, a campaign was launched to distribute 14,000 packs of toilet-cleaning products in 200 schools.

Walking on Dhaka streets is no easy task.

Asian University Presidents Forum (AUPF) and Daffodil International University (DIU) in collaboration with Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB) will organise 18th Asian University Presidents Forum 2019 for the first time in Bangladesh on November 22-24, 2019.

The 20th death anniversary of poet Begum Sufia Kamal will be observed across the country today.

Even in this day and age of technological advancement when many things that were unthinkable 10 years ago are now commonplace, the millennia-old problem of availing safe, clean water for everyone remains one of the biggest challenges for humanity.

The High Court yesterday wanted to know how many workers were killed and injured in accidents at shipbreaking yards and what actions were taken against the persons responsible.

A court yesterday placed a staffer of Chattogram regional Election Office (EC) on a four-day remand in a case filed with Kotwali Police Station over Bangladeshi National Identity (NID) card forgery for Rohingyas.

Police yesterday arrested five persons accused in a case filed in connection with pushing Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute’s principal into a pond on the campus.

A youth was hacked to death by unidentified criminals in Ashulia’s Bhadail area of Savar on the outskirts of the capital early yesterday.

Members of Counter Terrorism (CT) unit of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) rescued a housewife along with her two children from a bus stand in Chandgaon area of Chattogram city yesterday morning.

Protesting sexual harassment incidents on campus, students of Bagerhat Medical Assistant Training School (MATS) continued their demonstration for the second day yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returns home from Dubai wrapping up her four-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after attending Dubai Air Show-2019 and other programmes.

The first consignment of Egyptian onions will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow, a press release of the commerce ministry says.

Salt Mills Owners Association says that a group of unscrupulous people have spread rumours over salt price with an aim to destroy the industry and to create an unstable situation in the government.

A rumour has spread about the price hike of salt at different parts of the country including Dhaka.

High Court wants to know how many children -- aged under 12 years -- who were convicted by mobile courts at different times and kept in juvenile correction centres have been released.

Dhaka sees a very low turnout of public transport as transport workers abstained from bringing their vehicles out following the drive of BRTA mobile courts being carried out to ensure implementation of the new transport law.

Bangladesh Truck Covered-van Goods Transport Owners Workers Unity Council will go on an indefinite strike across the country from tomorrow demanding amendment of the new Road Transport Act-2018 after postponing the law.

Police claims to have arrested five accused in a case filed in connection with pushing Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute’s principal into a pond on the campus.

Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to arrive Dhaka on Friday on a brief visit which will be his second visit to Bangladesh this year after leaving the United Nations.