A Dhaka court yesterday asked the Detective Branch (DB) of police to submit the probe report of a case filed over the rape of a Dhaka University student by March 16.

The mosquito population density in Dhaka city will multiply within 15 days, as a change of seasons is creating suitable environment for their breeding, researchers said yesterday.

Twenty-six eminent personalities yesterday sought Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s intervention to immediately hold trial of the murder of Tanwir Muhammad Taqi.

Noted economist Prof Anu Muhammad yesterday said killings on Bangladesh-India border have not stopped because of the Bangladesh government’s role.

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad yesterday said the government has reached a consensus with Malaysia over reopening its labour market for Bangladeshi workers soon.

In 2013, at the age of 18, Md Sumon had plans to start a small business. But fascination with Indian TV crime anthology series “Crime Patrol” took him down an entirely different path.

American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian Angelina Jolie has lauded Bangladesh for the generosity and leadership it has demonstrated in sheltering the Rohingyas.

Two teenagers were stabbed last night in the capital’s Hatirjheel by unidentified miscreants.

They say, this land has been my home for thousands of years

Rohingya repatriation should be the highest priority in the United Nations’ Joint Response Plan (JRP) for support of Rohingya people, speakers said at a press conference yesterday.

At least four people were killed and five injured in road accidents in three districts yesterday, report our correspondent and a news agency.

A youth was stabbed to death in Cumilla Sadar upazila’s Chandpur village yesterday morning. The deceased was identified as Shariful Islam Jony (24) of the same village.

In coastal areas, 3,750 kilometres of canals are silted and rivers have lost navigability. Most embankments have been washed away and overflowed with saline water. Only dredging will not solve the problem, a policy for watershed management is urgently needed.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday urged members of the armed forces to put emphasis on acquiring technical and professional knowledge.

As a precaution to avert possible dengue outbreak, Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) started a special anti-mosquito drive yesterday.

At least 14 people are injured as a private car rams into a crowd in Dhaka’s Kurmitola area.

A Dhaka court asks the Detective Branch (DB) of police to submit the probe report of a case filed over the rape of a Dhaka University student by March 16.

Bangladesh Publisher and Book-sellers’ Association yesterday said they will keep their bookshops across the country closed on February 24, protesting the government initiative of stopping publication and circulation of “guide books”.

At least 10 BNP leaders and activists, including its senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, were injured in the city’s Mirpur area yesterday, as police charged batons on a procession demanding release of Khaleda Zia.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday claimed to have arrested a close aide of a top-listed fugitive criminal.