Fourteen Bangladeshi ministries are coordinately ensuring rights of persons with disabilities, including neuro-development disorders (NDD) like autism, and their access to socio-economic activities like education and employment, said National Advisory Committee on Autism in Bangladesh Chairperson Saima Wazed Hossain yesterday.

Police yesterday foiled a discussion of pro-BNP agriculturists in the capital as the organisers allegedly did not take prior permission from the law enforcers.

Around three hundred students of Dhaka University yesterday blocked the capital's Shahbagh intersection for around half an hour and rallied in front of Shahbagh Police Station, demanding trial for the death of marketing student Sujan Mridha.

A memorial programme marking the 12th death anniversary of Dhaka University Professor Noorunnahar Fyzennessa, an educationist and women's rights activist, was held at the Daily Star-Bengal Arts Precinct yesterday.

Teachers and students of Dhaka University yesterday protested the government's plan to build a 22 storey residential building for the police force in the university's property.

The newly opened Bangladesh embassy in Copenhagen hosted a gala reception at the prestigious historic hall Bygningskulturens Hus

The National Film Day-2016 will be observed today in a under the auspices of the Information Ministry and the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC).

A Rapid Action Battalion member was killed as an unknown vehicle hit him in the capital's Uttara early yesterday.

Police arrested four alleged extortionists in Chittagong city's Halishahar area early yesterday.

Europe chapter of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee has been formed with Tarun Kanti Chowdhury as its president and Ansar Ahmedullah general secretary.

Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque yesterday stressed the need for cooperation between police and media.

When Farzana Ahmed was studying hard to achieve the highest score in the SSC examinations in 2013, her father was struggling to put together a paltry Tk 2,000 required to register for the public exam.

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin across the country today.

Formation and growth of tender litchi have been continuing smoothly amid favourable climatic condition, predicting excellent output of the juiciest, tasty and fleshy fruit this season in the northern districts.

The construction of buildings could be more earthquake resistant with cost effective simple reinforcement of the ground floor columns, experts said at a roundtable discussion in the capital yesterday.

Police foil an event of Agriculturists Association of Bangladesh where BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been made the chief guest.

Unemployed nurses lay siege to the Directorate of Nursing Services at Agargaon in Dhaka since this morning protesting a circular seeking to recruit 3,616 senior nurses.

Corruption prevails everywhere across the country and judiciary is nothing different, Chief Justice SK Sinha says.

For Kim Wong, the Chinese casino owner in the Philippines entangled in one of the world's largest bank heists, there are two golden rules for dealing with wealthy punters: always demand to see their money, but never ask where it came from.

A Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) member is killed in a road accident in Dhaka’s Uttara area.