Bangladesh yesterday signed a $100 million financing agreement with the World Bank to ensure improved water supply, sanitation, and drainage system in 30 selected municipalities, benefitting about 6 lakh people.

A joint team of disaster management division, telecom regulator and arm forces division has successfully tested a system where mobile phone users can call to the emergency number ‘999’ if their own mobile network destroyed.

The government has signed a $100 million agreement with the World Bank to ensure improved water supply, sanitation, and drainage system in 30 municipalities, benefitting around 600,000 people.

A packet containing 12 sharp weapons have been recovered from the roof of Dhaka University’s Haji Muhammad Mohsin Hall.

At least five children are killed and seven others injured critically as a gas cylinder, used for inflating balloons, exploded near a school in Rupnagar Residential area of Dhaka.

The Supreme Court fines two private universities Tk 10 lakh each for admitting extra students beyond approval of Bangladesh Bar Council and University Grants Commission (UGC).

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said Qatar government is keen to invest in Bangladesh for setting up land-based Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in Patuakhali.

The High Court scraps the trial proceeding of a arms case against 84-year-old Rabeya Khatun.

The result of Dhaka University’s “Gha” unit was published yesterday with a pass rate of 13.26 percent.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to enquire into corruption in distributing books among primary schools -- through National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) -- in the last few years.

Planning Minister MA Mannan yesterday said for the first time, non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) and foreigners who live in the country will be counted in a population census and house listing, to be held from January 2-8 in 2021.

Today is the 57th death anniversary of Farmuzul Huq, a dedicated soul against foreign rule in undivided India, and later the repressive rule of Pakistan.

A group of first-year students of Dhaka University headed towards the Vice-Chancellor’s residence yesterday morning with pillows and mattresses, in a symbolic attempt to move in to the VC’s residence -- in protest of the accommodation crisis at the university, especially for freshers.

Students of Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST) continued protesting for the second consecutive day yesterday over show-cause notice to three teachers for “raising voice against corruption and irregularities by the authorities.”

Bangladesh Navy yesterday informed a parliamentary standing committee that Bhashan Char housing project in Hatia Upazila is complete and is ready to accommodate 1 lakh Rohingya refugees.

Seven people including a ward councillor have been sued on charge of killing a medicine shop owner in Barishal.

When Liyana Tripura Poppy moved to Dhaka four years ago, she must have had dreams of a better future for herself and her family. Like hundreds of thousands who come every year to the capital leaving their family, she must have toiled hard to find ground beneath her feet. With her earnings from working at a beauty parlour, she was supporting her brother’s education.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday asked the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to take instant and effective steps against human rights violations.

Speakers at a convention yesterday urged the government to popularise the Right to Information (RTI) Act, as it can make significant contributions in ensuring good governance and people’s empowerment.

Dr Kamrul Ahsan, an additional secretary to Road Transport and Highways Division, has been appointed as the chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA).