Brig Gen (retd) Mujibur Rahman, a freedom fighter, died after suffering from cardiac arrest and Covid-19 at the Combined Military Hospital on March 14.

Hafiza Begum, a patron of education, social worker and founder of A Rafet Biswas Mohabidyalaya in Mirpur, Kushtia, passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Monday. She was 86, said a press release.

Leaders and activists of progressive students’ organisations have called upon the government to abolish the Digital Security Act (DSA), saying that it is being used to muzzle people’s freedom of expression.

AZM Anas, economic editor of The Financial Express, died of cardiac arrest this morning. He was 45.

All people will have to enter the Ekushey Boi Mela grounds in Dhaka following health guidelines due to the Covid-19 situation, police said today.

Police today barred activists of left-leaning student bodies, who were going to lay siege to the law ministry to press home their demands of scrapping the Digital Security Act.

A three-member team of University Grants Commission (UGC) has visited Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) and Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) to investigate various complaints of corruption, irregularities and anomalies filed separately in 2019.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed has requested to restrict the movement “unless urgent” during the 10-day program from March 17 to 26 to mark the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of independence.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has started block raids in the city to ensure foolproof security during the 10-day state celebrations starting March 17, marking the country’s golden jubilee of independence and Mujib Borsho.

The 12th session of the eleventh parliament will begin on April 1. President Mohammad Abdul Hamid has convened the session exercising the power bestowed upon him as per the Article 72 (1) of the Constitution, parliament secretariat said in a release.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday inaugurated Bangladesh Infrastructure Development Fund (BIDF), aiming to finance different development projects from the country’s fund.

Former member of parliament Begum Shamsunnahar passed away yesterday at a local hospital. At 95, she was suffering from old age ailments.

Prof Muhammad Munirul Islam, a noted physicist, passed away peacefully at his home in Dhaka on Friday.

At least 836 acres of forest land that was illegally occupied by different people have been recovered so far, the environment, forests and climate change affairs ministry told a parliamentary standing committee meeting yesterday.

Resumption of construction works near Dhaka Airport for Bus Rapid Transit Line-3, which witnessed two accidents on Sunday that left six workers injured, may take up to a month, officials said.

A Cox’s Bazar court yesterday framed charges against an employee of Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) in a defamation case of Tk 100 crore filed by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) last year.

Parents of an arrestee in a case filed over vandalising and looting of a fashion outlet in Barishal city on March 7 have alleged that their teenage son was falsely sent to jail while the actual accused roam free.

Participants at a rally urged the government to protect rivers to save the future generations, marking International Day of Action for Rivers yesterday

Police arrested two twin brothers for allegedly kidnapping a madrasa boy and realising ransom from his father in the port city’s Bakalia area early yesterday.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court directive that asked the government authorities to shut down all brick kilns without valid licenses in Chattogram.