A woman died after brick chips from a building fell on her at Kamrangirchar area in the capital this afternoon.

Sampadak Parishad expresses grave concern about the case against Editor-in-Chief of Manabzamin and 31 others under the Digital Security Act, for publishing news concerning the arrested Jubo Mahila League leader Shamima Nur Papia, and demanded immediate withdrawal of the case against the journalists.

Amnesty International has urged the government to drop the case -- under Digital Security Act -- against Matiur Rahman Chowdhury, editor-in-chief of Bangla daily Manabzamin, and 31 others.

Jubo Mohila League's suspended leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon have been placed on 15-day remand today, in connection with three cases.

The maternal uncle of Rajib Hossain, a third-year student of Titumir College, files a no-confidence petition against the probe report submitted by Sub-Inspector Idris Ali of Shahbagh Police Station in connection with the case filed over the death.

Voting at the two-day annual election of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has begun.

Around 200 shanties have been damaged as a blaze swept through a slum in Dhaka’s Rupnagar area, police have said.

Mobile courts yesterday fined at least 19 stores, including pharmacies, in Dhaka city, Savar, Narayanganj and Manikganj for selling products such as surgical masks, hand sanitiser and different medicines at higher prices than usual.

Elections to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) were held exactly a year ago with contesting panels pledging to take initiatives to curb accommodation crisis at the dormitories and to improve the food quality of dorm canteens.

Police yesterday arrested one person in a case filed over sexually harassment of a female student of Jagannath University (JnU) inside a running bus at Taltola Bus Stand area in the capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on March 8.

Speakers at a discussion yesterday said the government needs to recognise intermediaries, locally known as “dalal”, by bringing changes to laws to hold them accountable for malpractices in the country’s labour migration sector.

The two-day annual election to the 14-member executive committee, including president and secretary, of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) will begin today.

Department of Environment in Chattogram city yesterday fined Finlay Properties Limited Tk 17 lakh and suspended clearance of their site in Panchlaish, for cutting 17,000 square feet of hills illegally yesterday.

The High Court yesterday rejected a bail petition by suspended director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Khandaker Enamul Basir in a case filed over a transaction of Tk 40 lakh as bribe.

National Debate Federation Bangladesh (NDF BD) is organising the “13th NDF BD National Debate Festival 2020” on March 27-28 at North South University in the capital’s Bashundhara R/A.

A Dhaka court yesterday asked Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to submit by April 22 the probe report of a case against SMHI Faruque and 22 others over design forgery of FR Tower in Dhaka city’s Banani.

A third-year student of computer science and engineering at Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) was confined to a room and ragged by three students recently.

Eight students of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU) in Gopalganj fell sick yesterday, as they were taking part in a hunger strike for the sixth consecutive day, demanding that University Grants Commission (UGC) approve their department.

BNP mayoral candidate for the Chattogram City Corporation election Dr Shahadat Hossain yesterday said if authorities ensure an election free of intimidation and vote-rigging, BNP will win by a massive margin in the mayoral election, scheduled to take place on March 29.

Awami League (AL) mayoral candidate in Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls Rezaul Karim Chowdhury steered clear of any badmouthing of his main opponent during electioneering yesterday, and the strategy seemed to be working in his favour.