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 construction worker died after falling from an under-construction building in Dhaka's Banasree area this morning.

I visited Madagascar a little over three years ago. Memories of this unique island in the Indian Ocean southeast of Africa have remained vivid. Why? The unexpected and strangely beautiful forms of life that I saw there are impossible to forget. It was as if time had misplaced this island.

At a time when the entire country is trying to cope with financial difficulties, things are getting tight for around 700 officials of Barishal City Corporation (BCC) -- but it is not simply due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced seven people, including a former deputy managing director (DMD) of Oriental Bank (now named ICB Islamic Bank Ltd) to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment each in a case filed over embezzling of Tk 1.61crore.

Two persons were killed when an under-construction wall fell on them in Agrabad area of the port city yesterday afternoon.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday called upon AL leaders and workers to abide by the party disciplines and rules while doing politics.

BNP yesterday alleged that the current government’s corruption has got international recognition through sentencing of Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul by a Kuwaiti court in a bribery case.

“Run,” shouted battery-powered rickshaw driver Sajib to his cohorts. A police van was approaching their group of five standing at the Section area beside Gabtoli-Babubazar Road near Kamrangirchar, and they could not afford to stay still.

A man was killed when an under-construction wall fell on him at Agrabad area of the port city this afternoon.

A weapon-making factory was discovered in Bongshal Para area of Chattogram city early today, police said.

Investigation into the death of Senior ASP Anisul Karim at Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-Addiction Hospital has progressed well, and police will submit the charge-sheet soon, according to law enforcers.

Issues related to women’s welfare must get priority in national development plans, policies, and in parliament, said speakers at a rally yesterday.

He is not 18 yet. The boy started working as a salesman at a clothes shop after he failed the SSC exams. With a larger than life dream to be rich overnight, he fled from the shop and started treading the path of crime to realise his “aspiration”, detectives said yesterday.

For the first time in the Chattogram City Corporation polls history, none of the BNP or Jamaat-supported councillor candidates won in any of the 41 general and 14 reserved wards in Wednesday’s election.

Two separate murder cases were filed, accusing several, over two deaths on Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election day.

The government has a plan to build four international stadiums in the country, State Minister for Ministry of Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russel informed the parliament yesterday.

Innocent people are lured in with the promise of a job in Europe by human traffickers. This time, the frauds attempted to gain people’s confidence by giving them a chance to verify the job offer letters and visas of Ireland, but that plan backfired as the Police Bureau of Investigation caught the trafficking racket.

With residents of Sylhet eagerly waiting for the Covid-19 vaccine, the authorities concerned are struggling to ensure a smooth vaccination campaign.