BNP yesterday alleged that the ongoing dialogue at Bangabhaban is nothing but a mockery before  formation of the Election Commission (EC).

While it’s usual for the capital’s streets to see increased traffic on weekday mornings, yesterday’s gridlock was still something out of the ordinary.

Rab-15 arrested a Rohingya for smuggling around five lakh yaba pills into the country in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday night.

On Saturday midnight, passengers of  Surovi -9 launch  on the Dhaka-Barishal route panicked as smoke started emanating from its engine room.

At a time when even reputed college and universities don’t always have libraries, a family of advocates set up a three-storey library at a remote area in Barlekha upazila, some 86 kilometres away from Moulvibazar district town.

“Remove water, save people” was the slogan that around a thousand residents of a waterlogged Bhabadah were heard chanting while besieging the deputy commissioner’s office in Jashore yesterday.

Unknown miscreants have grabbed around 800 decimal (8 acres) of mangrove forest land, felling thousands of trees, in Kosturighat area along Bakkhali River in Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

BNP yesterday alleged that the Digital Security Act (DSA) is being used against opposition leaders, activists and dissidents as a tool of repression.

Expressing disappointment over the long delay in case disposal and huge backlog of pending cases, Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said sometimes around 60 years’ time is needed for final disposal of a civil case at present.

Three madrasa students were killed and two others were injured in a head-on collision between a human haulier and a truck in Fakirhat area early yesterday.

As the government fails to execute the ban on three-wheelers on highways and formulate regulatory guidelines, the illegal vehicles continue to take more lives.

Along with winter come the joys, colours and flavours of winter vegetables. Even amid the concrete jungle of the capital, this time of the year sees small open

Polling officials made a mess of counting ballots at a voting centre in Shariatpur’s Naria upazila during the fifth phase of the union parishad polls on Wednesday, raising questions about the credibility of the election results.

Once aptly named for its beauty, the Sundari canal at Karatia in Tangail Sadar upazila has now lost its beauty, after bearing witness to mindless pollution and widespread encroachment.

The country witnessed a sharp rise in road crashes and fatalities last year, indicating that the road safety situation, which came to the fore yet again recently, deteriorated further, said two organisations.

Different religious and ethnic community leaders yesterday demanded that the government create a separate ministry and national commission for the country’s minority communities.

Shakrain -- a festival most awaited in the neighbourhoods of the old town. Only a week is left, but the excitement is in the air of the “Puran Dhaka” alleys.

My baby boy snatches my empty tea mug from me and starts licking it. He was given the last few drops of tea from the mug and now he wants more. He puts his hand inside the mug, gets the boiled tea dust into his fist, inserts them in his mouth and starts chewing furiously.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the Covid-19 vaccination was going on in full swing and a mass vaccination drive was launched to inoculate one crore people per month.

They’re gone, before they could even settle in.