BNP yesterday demanded permanent accommodation for slum dwellers.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam yesterday said they want to install fire hydrants in slums so that its dwellers can respond immediately and minimise losses in case of fire incidents.

Bangladesh has been elected vice president for the upcoming 76th Session of the UN General Assembly from the Asia Pacific Region for a one-year term, beginning from September 2021.

It seems like the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has plenty of public money to burn.

A fish trader was killed in a road accident on Majkandi-Bhatiapara road in Boalmari upazila of Faridpur yesterday morning.

A virtual court in Dhaka yesterday placed Mufti Sharafat Hossain, a joint general secretary of then Hefajat’s central committee, on a two-day remand in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over the violence occurred centring the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 26.

Article 19, a UK-based human rights organisation, has appreciated the special tax exemptions for transgender citizens in the proposed budget for 2021-22 fiscal.

This World Environment Day, washing powder brand Surf Excel has come forward to inspire children to do something positive for the environment, which started with initiatives like planting trees, said a press release.

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to two people in a case filed over the devastating fire that killed six people in old Dhaka’s Armanitola in April this year.

Rab claimed to have arrested a man who allegedly embezzled Titas gas bills worth Tk 10 crore, instead of depositing the money to national treasury after collecting it from customers.

Eminent citizens yesterday condemned what they said was some quarters becoming active in profiteering from Covid-19 vaccine procurement.

Ride-sharing service Uber has included CNG auto-rickshaws as part of its array of vehicles available for ridesharing in Dhaka city.

Three people were killed in two separate road accidents in yesterday, report our correspondents.

Increasing allocations for health care in the national budget will not suffice; there is a need to restructure the sector, speakers at a post-budget discussion said yesterday.

People of Khulna division are at great risk of being infected with the Indian variant of coronavirus, as six of its districts have borders running for a total of 284 km with India, which is struggling to control the Covid-19 surge and the new variant -- B1617.

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned of Chattogram jail to immediately release Minu Akhter, who has been serving jail sentence instead of convicted Kulsuma Akhter in a murder case.

Nazma Begum Swapna has spent half of her life living in Mohakhali’s Sattola slum.

The High Court yesterday questioned a lower court order that asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to freeze bank accounts and seize property documents of former Awami League lawmaker AKMA Awal and his wife Laila Parvin in connection with two corruption cases.

On May 31, Niamat Ali (70) of Naogaon’s Niamatpur upazila, who was suffering from breathing complications, died while waiting for ventilator support at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital’s (RMCH) intensive care unit (ICU).

Most low-lying areas in Chattogram city went under knee-to-waist-deep water yesterday due to incessant rain, causing immense sufferings to city dwellers.