In the evening of February 21, hundreds of people dishonoured language martyrs by walking on the altar of the Central Shaheed Minar wearing shoes.

The National Herbarium has identified 17 foreign invasive plant species harmful to Bangladesh under Sustainable Forest and Livelihood Project of the Forest Department, seven of which are major, said Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin.

The High Court, in its full verdict, has recommended the commerce ministry to take necessary steps to amend and update the existing Company Act, 1994 to quickly dispose of the disputes regarding ownership of private and public limited companies.

"Power transmission was restored at the substations at 11:00am"

"Power outages on public holidays are very disappointing, that too from early morning. It's been more than four hours"

People from all walks of life thronged the Central Shaheed Minar today to pay tribute to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement on the occasion of Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day.

Both the Head of the State and the Head of the Government paid their homage by placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka at one minute past midnight

The authorities took a no-objection certificate (NOC) while constructing the building, but they did not prepare any fire safety plan as required by the rule

"They told me that my mother is doing fine, but I am not sure about her condition," Hridoy told The Daily Star

The working environment for garment employees has improved to a great extent because the government took steps to ensure the security of workers, says Anisul Huq

One project is to provide a grant for the "Project for Improvement of Equipment for Technical Education" and the other for the development of the Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management（BIGM)

With the new death, the total number of deaths rose to nine this year

Then she somehow got out of the elevator and got onto the balcony of the seventh floor. As the flames started growing, she jumped into the swimming pool next to the building

He used to work for a family living on the 12th floor, said his brother

"At one point, a person on fire jumped off a balcony of the building, screaming 'bachao'," said a witness

The five-member probe committee would be led by Lt Col Mohammad Tajul Islam Chowdhury, director (operations and maintenance) of Fire Service and Civil Defence

According to the map, people can enter the university area using the Azimpur graveyard road and the old High Court road, Doyel Crossing, Bangla Academy, TSC crossing, the road beside the VC's residence, New Market crossing, and the north gate of Azimpur graveyard

Nineteen firefighting units are trying to douse the blaze that began around 7:00pm on the sixth floor of the 12-storey building on Road-104

According to the case statement, the teacher raped the student on November 26, 2019, and threatened him

The commissioner said steps have been taken for ensuring overall security centring the day