The health directorate will continue its special campaign on the weekend today to administer the first doses of Covid-19 vaccines before the programme ends tomorrow.

Thirteen years have passed after the BDR munity, but the victims’ families and the accused in the carnage case are still waiting for justice due to the lengthy legal process and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sub-inspector Debashish Sutradhar was transferred from Santiganj Police Station in Sunamganj on Wednesday, two days after 40-year-old Wazir Mia died from alleged custodial torture in the police station.

After staging an incredible fightback to win the first ODI, Bangladesh will take on Afghanistan in the second match today in Chattogram with hopes of sealing the three-match series with a game in hand.

During 1948’s language movement, I was a student of Barishal BM College. The wave of the movement also reached there and made me aware of the state language issue.

The search committee yesterday submitted its 10 nominations to the president for appointments to the next Election Commission, and a gazette notification in this regard is expected “within a day or two”.

Bangladesh has recently appointed a US lobbying firm for a year to deepen Dhaka’s ties with Washington, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam said yesterday.

Rab arrested 14 members of a gang that used to cheat outbound passengers in the name of providing them with negative Covid-19 reports needed for going abroad.

A Kishoreganj court yesterday sent a man to jail on charges of killing a four-year-old girl in Bhairab.

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday sentenced a man and his three cohorts to death for killing his wife in Gopalganj in 2016.

A Moulvibazar court sent a man to jail yesterday on charges of raping a 20-year-old woman with disabilities in Kamalganj upazila.

Rab has arrested five men accused of killing local Awami League leader Siddiqur Rahman in Bheramara upazila of the district on Friday.

A writ petition was filed with the High Court yesterday seeking its directive on the authorities to conduct an independent inquiry into the reported allegations and counter-allegations over the termination of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) official Sharif Uddin.

Three workers were burnt to death after a massive fire broke out at a shoe factory in Savar’s Ashulia yesterday afternoon.

Crowds and traffic have been relatively thin on the streets of Kyiv as people fear a war may break out between Ukraine and Russia anytime.

The custodial torture of Wazir Mia, who died from injuries in Sunamganj on Monday, was plotted by a sub-inspector over a feud with a UP member related to the policeman, alleged the victim’s family.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed a case against Oviur Rahman Khan, managing director of Apple GlobalTel Communication Ltd, for laundering around Tk 463.37 crore abroad.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked Biman Bangladesh Airlines to take effective measures to provide world class passenger and cargo services to make it more profitable.

I used to live in the railway colony. My father was a doctor. In 1948, I had seen those people, mostly students, participating in the procession.

Ukraine mobilised its military reserve yesterday and urged its citizens to leave Russian territory as Moscow sharpened its demands, increasing fears of all-out war.