Marred by poor response from listed millers and with the closing deadline for the government’s Boro rice procurement programme only a few days away, the programme is destined for a massive shortfall in target procurement this year in Pabna.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has appointed its panel lawyer AJM Mainuddin to provide legal support to a mother and her daughter who were among five persons tortured in broad daylight following a “cattle theft” incident at Harbang union in Cox’s Bazar’s Chakoria.

Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam today said time has not come yet to reopen the educational institutions of the country.

The Editors’ Council today sought speedy and logical solution from the government regarding newspapers’ publication of news online.

Sheikh Momin Uddin, managing director of Akij Footwear and SAF Industries Ltd, also the second son of Akij Group’s founder late Sheikh Akij Uddin, has died after coronavirus infection at Ad-Din Hospital in Dhaka. He was 63.

A teenage girl, who was said to have been murdered, was rescued alive today, 51 days after she went missing in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj.

Dabirul Islam, lawmaker from Thakurgaon-2 constituency, has been airlifted to Dhaka for better treatment after he tested positive for coronavirus disease (Covid-19).

Locals of Kurigram’s Chilmari upazila formed a human chain today demanding the immediate release and return of 25 Bangladeshi fishermen who have been in an Assam jail for the last three months without any trial.

The coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt life for more than 460,000 Rohingya children living in Cox’s Bazar district, Unicef said today.

A Dhaka court has again refused bail to ailing photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to former president of Mahila Awami League Ivy Rahman, who was critically injured during the August 21, 2004 grenade attack and died on August 24.

A Cox’s Bazar court has placed seven police personnel accused in the case filed over the killing of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan on four day remand each.

A bailey bridge collapsed after a cement-laden truck hit it and fell into the waterbody in Gaibandha’s Fulchari upazila today.

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder today issued a “note of dissent” on three proposals of the Election Commission.

The High Court today said it will intervene if any irregularity takes place in the inquiry into the torture of five people -- including three women -- in Cox's Bazar.

A court in Cox’s Bazar granted bail to three women, who were tortured in broad daylight following a "cattle theft" incident at Harbang union in Cox's Bazar's Chakoria on Friday.

Public administration ministry has asked all secretaries to give necessary instructions to their subordinates so that no public servant talks to or writes in media without approval of the authorities concerned.

Followers of Chattogram Lawmaker Mostafizur Rahman allegedly attacked a section of freedom fighters while they were forming a human chain in the port city today.

They formed a group of 11, all “muggers”. Every evening, they used to meet and discuss to decide on their area of mugging. As part of their plan, they used to take position in the area and follow their target.

The government has decided to appoint Md Shameem Ahsan, currently serving as the high commissioner of Bangladesh to Nigeria, as the next ambassador to Italy.