Some 53 eminent citizens yesterday called upon the government to reconstitute the election commission under an act of the parliament citing Article 118(1) of the constitution.

Feminist icon, activist, development worker, educator, writer, poet, advocate for peace and mentor to multiple generations of women’s rights activists in the subcontinent and beyond, Kamla Bhasin passed away at the age of 75.

Hilsa has become pricier since export of the national fish to India commenced last week.

Pakistan asked the UN Secretary General U Thant to ban the entry of Bangladesh delegation in the UN. The new Pakistani move was contained in a letter addressed to U Thant by Pakistan’s UN Representative Aga Shahi.

In an example of misuse of public property and flagrant disregard for rules, the chairman of Madarbunia Union Parishad (UP) allowed a family to live in a classroom of Nandipara Government Primary School in Patuakhali Sadar upazila.

Over the last 12 years, a sign reading ‘Bir Protik Taramon Bibi Pathagar O Muktijuddher Chetona Bikash Kendro’ had been on top of the tin-roofed building. But there is no book or any activity of a library in the building.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam yesterday said that car users must pay additional taxes to use their vehicles in the capital’s affluent areas, like Gulshan and Baridhara.

Bangladesh has a terrific opportunity to remain a force in global trade as the garment industry is on the rise with high global demand for the locally made apparel items, said Jens Helmersson, one of the founders of Swedish research firm Quizrr.

The commerce ministry is going to form a new committee to seek recommendations for making the law on e-commerce regulatory authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and merchants.

As many as 140 members of Bangladesh Police working with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) have been awarded the UN Medal for their outstanding contribution to the global peacekeeping operations.

The commerce ministry has for many years been failing to recover money from fraudulent companies even though the companies are registered with it.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday demanded appropriate global action for “universal and affordable” vaccine access to all for Covid-free world in her 76th UN General Assembly address, warning that the current “vaccine-divides” trend would only linger the pandemic.

Acting president Syed Nazrul Islam in a broadcast to the nation over Swadhin Bangla Betar announced that the Mukti Bahini was being enlarged to include naval and air wings.

Leading British architect-planner Graeme Shankland once said, “A country without a past has the emptiness of a barren continent, and a city without old buildings is like a man without a memory.”

Police today arrested a woman in Ranisankail upazila of Thakurgaon in a case filed over torturing a youth for marrying her 17-year-old daughter without her consent. 

Two people were killed and nine others injured in an accident involving three vehicles on the east link road of Bangabandhu Bridge in Tangail today.

Thirty-one people died of Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Commander-in Chief of Bangladesh Forces (Mukti Bahini) Colonel MAG Osmany, in a broadcast to the nation and the Mukti Bahini over Shadhin Bangla Betar, today expressed his heartiest congratulations to the valiant fighters of the Mukti Bahini.

In 2017, the Chattogram Development Authority undertook an ambitious project to solve the perennial waterlogging problem in the country’s commercial capital in just three years.  

Bangladesh has made a formal objection to the UN Secretary-General over certain maritime issues with India that are continuing even after their settlement in 2014.