A project by the health ministry to establish a national institute for laboratory medicine, that was approved in 2010 with a three-year deadline, will be up for approval for a fifth time extension at today’s meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec).

A mobile court fined three sand traders for illegally lifting sand from Jamuna river and running illegal sand ghats in Tangail’s Bhuapur upazila yesterday.

Sonargaon in Narayanganj was given the status of ‘World Craft City’ for Jamdani earlier this month. National Crafts Council had appealed to World Crafts Council to recognise Sonargaon’s immense contribution to the craft of Jamdani.

A day after being declared unwanted and beaten up by Chhatra League activists, leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) re-entered Dhaka university campus yesterday.

Internationally acclaimed artist, painter and printmaker Kalidas Karmakar, who passed away on Friday, was cremated in the capital yesterday after people from all walks of life paid their last respects.

Two witnesses yesterday gave judicial statements before a magistrate, in connection with the murder case of Abrar Fahad.

Some 70 Bangladeshi migrant workers returned from Saudi Arabia on Sunday night, amid a crackdown on undocumented workers there.

Family members of Abidur Rahman, a student of Chattogram Medical College who was tortured to death eight years ago, yesterday demanded fresh trial of the murder case.

A man -- missing for the last seven days -- was found dead yesterday in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area. The body was found tied, with a cable, to a pillar underwater in a jheel (waterbody).

A Chattogram court yesterday sentenced four persons to death for killing a businessman after abduction in 2008.

Having failed to get government permission, Jatiya Oikyafront has postponed its public rally scheduled to be held today at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital, protesting the murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad.

Mystery shrouded over the deaths of a man and his daughter in Rajshahi city yesterday.

With a view to developing the maritime sector in Bangladesh, the Netherlands-based academic institution Nuffic gave a grant to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University (BSMRMU).

The investigation officer, last witness in the Holey Artisan attack case, completed testifying at a tribunal in Dhaka yesterday.

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Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a case against contractor SM Golam Kibria Shamim and his mother for amassing Tk 297.08 crore wealth beyond the known source of income.

As top leaders of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad Bangladesh (Huji) are either hanged or behind bars, its operatives are now joining another outfit Ansar al Islam responsible for killing bloggers, writers and free thinkers, a top Rab official said yesterday.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to the country reached $3,889 billion during the 2018-19 fiscal, which is 50.73 percent higher than that of the previous fiscal.

Hefazat-e-Islam yesterday announced a nationwide protest for today to press home their demands, including punishment of the police personnel “responsible for the death of four people” during Sunday’s clash in Bhola.

The Supreme Court has fixed October 24 for hearing the petition filed by Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) seeking a stay on the High Court order that issued an injunction on its move to realise Tk 12,580 crore from Grameenphone.