Kerala assembly yesterday passed a resolution demanding the scrapping of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

The nondescript building on an industrial site near Kyoto gives little hint to the productivity inside: 30,000 heads of lettuce grow here daily, under artificial light and with barely any human intervention.

Ducsu Vice-President Nurul Hoque Nur yesterday alleged that Dhaka Medical College Hospital authorities discharged him hurriedly so that he could be arrested in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

An alleged robber was killed in a “gunfight” with members of Rapid Action Battalion at a Rohingya camp in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Monday night.

A parliamentary body yesterday recommended that the authorities concerned take necessary measures so that people involved in environment related crimes can be sent to jail from the scene.

The number of rape victims in Bangladesh has doubled in 2019 than that of the previous year, said Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday.

Flouting the electoral code of conduct, mayor candidates from both the ruling Awami League and the BNP submitted their nomination papers with processions yesterday.

Madrasa students did not do as well as they did last year in terms of achieving the much-sought after Grade Point Average 5 (GPA-5) in Ebtadayee Education Completion Examination and Junior Dakhil Certificate Examinations.

Many jute mill workers in Khulna and Jashore fell sick as they continued their fast-unto-death for the third day yesterday to press home their 11-point demand.

AK Azad, publisher of Bangla daily the Samakal, has been elected president of the Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (Noab).

Veteran diplomat Syed Muazzem Ali passed away yesterday in Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital. He was 75.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday obstructed left parties’ programmes organised to protest the last general elections that they claimed were marred by irregularities.

Pro-Awami League faculty members yesterday secured a landslide victory in Dhaka University Teachers’ Association election.

Violating the limit and conditions set by the Department of Environment (DoE), a private power plant in Chattogram has been producing 75 megawatts of unauthorised electricity polluting the air.

As many as 2,260 mayoral and councillor aspirants have so far collected nomination forms to take part in the January 30 polls to two Dhaka city corporations.

The French government and a key trade union on Sunday exchanged bitter accusations over who was to blame for France’s over three-week transport strike against pension reforms, as the stalemate showed little sign of relenting.

A suspected robber was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Noakhali’s Companiganj upazila early yesterday.

In the latest reshuffle of the civil administration, three secretaries and six additional secretaries have been transferred, promoted or given new postings.

Like the previous year, Dhaka Metropolitan Police has banned holding of any programmes in open spaces, including roofs of buildings, in the capital on the New Year’s Eve today.

US air strikes against a pro-Iran group in Iraq killed at least 25 fighters, a paramilitary umbrella said yesterday, triggering anger in a country caught up in mounting tensions between Tehran and Washington.