Violating the then building rules, Rajuk in December 1996 approved an 18-storey high-rise in Banani, where the FR Tower stands today.

The Rajuk knew that the FR Tower in Banani was built in 2007 with illegal floors and in deviation of the approved plan, but it turned a blind eye to the matter, Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim said yesterday.

Renowned comedian and film actor Abdus Samad, popularly known as Tele Samad, passed away yesterday at the age of 74.

Seventeen-year-old Mehedi Hasan was diagnosed with skin cancer at a Natore hospital in December 2017 and was referred to the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital.

The dispute between two groups in the Jatiya Party has reached a critical juncture thanks to the absence of HM Ershad in party activities and his flip-flops over who would be the acting chairman.

A madrasa student in Feni was set on fire yesterday allegedly for refusing to withdraw a case filed against the principal for sexually harassing her late last month.

Yesterday's heavy rains could not dampen the indomitable spirit of some of the country's brightest minds who turned up in exuberance to celebrate their academic success and brilliance.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said those who construct buildings and use them should ensure that there are no incidents of fire.

Two alleged robbers were killed in a “gunfight” with Rab members in the capital's Tejgaon area early yesterday.

At least 111 Awami League rebels have become upazila chairmen, winning in one fourth of the constituencies in the four phases of the staggered upazila polls.

The owner of Suprobhat Paribahan bus that ran over and killed university student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury on March 19 was placed on a three-day remand yesterday, hours after his arrest from the capital's Mugda.

Yet another ugly race between two buses took away the life of a college student at Mostafa Majir intersection of Rampura-Demra Road in the capital yesterday, sparking protests in the area.

From political leaders to businessmen, fish traders to poultry farm owners and brickfield workers to tailors -- the professions of 102 yaba godfathers and dealers who surrendered to police on February 16 are as varied as their age.

Charges should be pressed against any ruling party men who would lobby for not taking action against drug dealers, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder told a views-exchange meeting yesterday.

A new strategy of yaba smuggling, involving fresh routes and hundi traders, has been at work since the surrender of 102 godfathers and dealers in Cox's Bazar in February.

The three-day countrywide work abstention of workers of different state-owned jute mills ended yesterday amid violence when police and workers clashed in Khulna, leaving 16 people injured.

A syndicate in Biman had been blocking the sale of tickets online and channeling those to the black market with the help of some unscrupulous travel agents, a civil aviation ministry probe revealed.

At least 128 shops were gutted in a fire that swept through Khilgaon City Corporation kitchen market in the capital early yesterday, said traders.

Bangladesh needs to come up with reforms at the earliest to sustain the growth momentum which has landed it among the five fastest growing economies in the world, the World Bank said yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh would keep up its efforts to repatriate displaced Rohingyas through negotiations and not by engaging in conflict with Myanmar.