The three-day “National Math Olympiad” began at Jahangirnagar University (JU) yesterday.

The 24th death anniversary of Alhajj Jahurul Islam, founder of Islam Group, will be observed today, says a press release.

I had taken just a few steps into a large, soggy field in the Haor when from the corner of my eye I saw two doglike animals, thirty feet to my left, sprinting in the same direction as I was headed.

“Kathin Chibar Dan”, a religious festival of the Buddhist community, is being observed today across the country.

Rafiqul Islam and his wife Sabina Yeasmin have a different outlook on life. The couple care for pets and stray animals like very few do and spend a sizable portion of their limited income on feeding and grooming them. At present, the number of animals they care for exceeds 48.

With the government’s stand of not allowing anyone to interfere with the rights of small ethnic communities, it [government] will not stay away from taking stern actions against the perpetrators.

At least 25 fishermen were jailed and two others were fined in Rajbari and Shariatpur for catching mother hilsa, defying a government ban.

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said the Bangabandhu Film City in Gazipur will be turned into a world-class establishment within the shortest possible time.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said Bangladesh’s economy is now in the best position in view of the present state of global economy.

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) is planning to arrange housing facilities for the city’s poor and marginalised population.

A student of Chittagong University has lodged a complaint against some Bangladesh Chhatra League men for allegedly confining him and snatching away his valuables.

A hotel in Khulna city has provided free accommodation to 765 candidates of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) admission test.

Rapid Action Battalion claims to have arrested four members of an organised human trafficking syndicate from Motijheel area of Dhaka.

Mohammad Imrul and M Rakibul Hasan Bhuiyan have been elected president and general secretary of the 36th BCS batch of Police Service Association respectively.

Pro-BNP intellectual Zafrullah Chowdhury calls upon BNP to sever its ties with Jamaat, gearing up the anti-government movement to restore democracy in the country and to free Khaleda Zia from jail.

Jatiya Oikyafront Convener Dr Kamal Hossain lays emphasis on spreading the call for unity to every locality to free the country from 'autocracy' and establish 'effective' democracy.

Terming the firing incident on Rajshahi border "unfortunate," Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says the misunderstanding will be resolved through talks between the chiefs of BGB and BSF.

Issuing a strong warning against child repression, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says those involved in killing and torturing children must face ‘toughest’ punishment.

The High Court yesterday cancelled the bail of businessman Syed Mozaffar Hossain in a case filed for misappropriating Tk 141 crore from BASIC Bank, and ordered him to surrender to the trial court immediately.

Four persons, including a former officer-in-charge (OC) of Panchlaish Police Station, have been sued on charge of producing a youth before a mobile court over a “false” sexual harassment incident.