Students of Home Economics College are staging demo in front of their college demanding continuation of ongoing exams.

Students of various colleges in Sylhet today staged demonstrations in the city for around an hour demanding reopening of educational institutions.

Shahbagh police this morning detained some of the students of National University who were gathering in the area to stage protest over the postponement of their ongoing exams.

As the pandemic ravaged economies and health systems across the world last year, the two peace-loving nations of Bangladesh and Japan held strong by working together for national and regional prosperity and stability, Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki said yesterday.

Valiant Freedom Fighter and renowned lawyer Md Bazlul Majid Chowdhury Khasru passed away in Sunamganj District Sadar Hospital yesterday. He was 69.

A man was beaten to death allegedly by his two siblings in Dhaka’s Badda area yesterday morning.

Indian Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria yesterday called on Bangladesh Air Chief Marshall Masihuzzaman Serniabat and other senior officers to discuss matters of mutual cooperation.

The prime suspect in the case filed over the death of Agrani Bank officer Moudud Ahmed after being assaulted surrendered before a court in Sylhet yesterday.

Pointing to the importance of ethnic community children learning moral values in their mother language, National Human Rights Commission Chairman Nasima Begum yesterday said this could be achieved effectively through the international mother language institute.

Barishal University (BU) students yesterday withdrew their ongoing demonstrations, after a meeting with the university’s vice chancellor, students, transport workers and leaders, and law enforcers yesterday afternoon.

The High Court will deliver its verdict on March 9 on the appeal filed by independent lawmaker and Awami League leader Haji Mohammad Salim, challenging the trial court verdict that sentenced him to 13 years’ imprisonment in a corruption case.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday gave instruction to suspend all housing projects constructed by filling up canals without the city corporation’s permission.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will observe Martyrs’ Day today with due solemnity to commemorate those killed in the February 25-26 carnage at Pilkhana headquarters of then Bangladesh Rifles (now BGB) in 2009.

A Dhaka court today set April 5 for submitting the probe report in the case filed over the devastating fire in the capital’s Chawkbazar on February 20, 2019.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today gave instructions to suspend all housing projects constructed without permission of the city corporation.

Students of seven Dhaka University-affiliated colleges blocked Nilkhet intersection in Dhaka for the second consecutive day today, demanding to allow them to sit for ongoing examinations and reopening of the campuses and halls.

Asaduzzaman Noor and Sara Zaker have been appointed as the new chairperson and co-chairperson of Asiatic 3Sixty, respectively, said a press release.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday said 155 buses would run under a single company on the proposed Kanchpur Bridge-Ghatarchar pilot route in the capital.

Nearly seventy percent of people in Barguna, Kurigram, Rajshahi and Satkhira faced wage reduction in November last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, while a little over 81 percent of self-employed people faced reduction in profits, revealed a recent survey by South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (Sanem) and ActionAid.

The orientation programme for the newly admitted students for the spring semester 2021 of East West University (EWU) was held on Zoom on February 20, said a press release.