A 70-year-old man died during a scuffle with his “rivals”, over a land dispute in port city’s Halishahar area yesterday morning.

A two-day information fair began in Savar yesterday, with an objective to inform people about the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

Inside the tiny flat on the narrow Lalmohon Saha Street of Old Dhaka, “casino brothers” Enamul Haque Enu and Rupon Bhuiyan had hired two people to guard their five steel vaults, law enforcers have found.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found 14 sources of graft at the 10 land ports of the country operated by Bangladesh Land Port Authority.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has appreciated Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s letter to him offering solidarity and assistance to deal with the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

The newly elected mayors and councillors of Dhaka south and north city corporations will take oath tomorrow.

A farewell programme has been organised recently for IUB’s outgoing Vice Chancellor Professor M Omar Rahman.

The High Court has stayed the trial proceedings of a corruption case filed against former textiles and jute minister Abdul Latif Siddique for six months.

The University Grants Commission has decided to introduce a "cluster system" to enrol students to public universities after five leading universities opted out of the "centralised admission test" proposed by the commission last December.

A Dhaka Court frames charges against expelled Jubo League leader Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan in connection with a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act.

The High Court bans two books – “Dia Arefin” and “Nanir Bani” -- both written by Diarsi Arag, for hurting religious sentiments.

Two women riding a scooter are killed when an unidentified bus rams into them in Dhaka’s Banani area.

Prime Minister Gold Medal-2018 award ceremony under the auspices of University Grants Commission will be held today at Prime Minister’s Office, says a press release.

A court in Chattogram yesterday sentenced three drug peddlers to 15 years in jail in a case filed over recovering 28 lakh yaba pills from a trawler in Chattogram’s outer anchorage and Dhaka in January 2016.

The Right to Information Act is for people, and awareness on the act’s benefits can maximise its use, said speakers at the inaugural programme of a camp in Jashore yesterday.

Five students of Barishal University (BU) yesterday suffered stab injuries in a clash between two rival groups following a reported feud over occupying seats in a residential hall.

Two more victims, who suffered burn injuries in a gas explosion at a house in Shiddhirganj of Narayanganj on February 17, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday.

The High Court yesterday directed the law enforcers to arrest seven convicted executives of Bismillah Group, including its managing director Khaza Solaiman Anwar Chowdhury, in seven days in a case filed over laundering Tk 15.33 crore, as they are absconding and have not surrendered to the trial court concerned.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, Indian Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, among other world leaders have so far confirmed their presence in different events for Mujib Borsho, to mark Bangabandhu’s birth centenary.

The government has started weighing its preparedness to tackle a potential novel coronavirus spread, as the virus has continued spreading to a number of countries Bangladesh has close communications with.