There is no alternative to a multi-sectoral and standard waste management in urban areas to fight dengue and other mosquito-borne disease, speakers at a discussion said yesterday.

Through the lenses of cameras and binoculars, researchers are now looking out for our avian friends who kept on flying for thousands of kilometres in search for sanctuary during the winter.

A man succumbed to his injuries in Rajshahi yesterday, three days after he was beaten by his rivals over a land dispute, said police.

A consignment of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines have reached Chattogram city yesterday morning, as vaccination in the district is scheduled to start from February 7.

A Khulna court yesterday sentenced sixteen persons to life imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of local Awami League leader Asaduzzaman alias Titu Sharif in 2018.

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) yesterday submitted a report on the progress of investigation into the murder of Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, wife of former Superintendent of Police (SP) of Chattogram Babul Akter, before the High Court.

A Dhaka court yesterday again directed Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to submit by March 3 the probe report of a case filed against former Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sayeed Khokon and six others on charges of embezzling Tk 34.89 crore.

Dhaka University (DU) has decided to reopen residential halls on March 13, after a year of closure due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Both the prosecution and defence yesterday completed their arguments in the case filed over the killing of Prof Humayun Azad in February 2004.

As investigation into the money laundering case against Dhaka city ward councillor Tarequzzamqn Rajib nears completion, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has found a previously undiscovered duplex house owned by him and Tk 1.46 crore deposited in his bank account.

The residential halls of Dhaka University (DU) will reopen on a limited scale on March 13 after nearly a year of closure due to the coronavirus outbreak.

A female student of Rajshahi University (RU) was found dead at a mess in the city early today.

As the effects of climate change are gradually becoming a reality, it is important to come to an agreement about water sharing and realise the significance of traditional innovations and solutions, speakers said at the concluding session of the 6th International Water Conference held on Friday.

With 2,080 pieces of yaba stashed in his stomach, Golam Mostafa Mandal landed at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from Cox’s Bazar yesterday.

One month after he went missing, police recovered the decomposed body of a Jatiya Party leader from his farm house in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram early yesterday.

Planning Minister MA Mannan yesterday said the average monthly cash transfer to beneficiaries under the government’s social safety net programmes should be increased to Tk 1,000.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said those who will violate the human rights in Bangladesh, must be brought to the book of law.

With only a week left before the countrywide Covid-19 vaccination campaign kicks off on February 7, training of field-level healthcare workers in Khulna division is yet to start.

A teenage boy was found dead in Tarakanda in Mymensigh yesterday morning.

A construction worker died after falling from an under-construction building in Dhaka’s Banasree area yesterday.