When the topic of menstruation is still considered somewhat a taboo in the country, the district administration of Barguna has come forward with a bold move to ensure proper adolescent health practices among students in the district.

The High Court directs the police administration to immediately deploy law enforcers to stop digging and construction works within the archaeological site of Mahasthangarh in Bogura in order to protect the proposed world heritage site from encroachment.

Health authorities will issue health clearances from Saturday to Kuwait-bound Bangladeshi expatriates who are currently unable to visit the Gulf country as it has restricted entry of passengers from Bangladesh in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus.

The High Court today set April 15 to deliver its verdict on a writ petition seeking adequate compensation for Russel Sarker, who lost his leg after a bus of Green Line Paribahan ran over him in April 2018.

The stand release of Pirojpur district and sessions judge after denying bail of a former lawmaker and his wife and another judge granting them bail hours later have posed serious questions about the independence of the judiciary, rights body Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) says.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has confirmed his visit to Bangladesh to attend the ‘Mujib Borsho’ celebration on March 17 and there will be a bilateral component of his visit.

Authorities have suspended goods unloading and other activities on board a foreign ship at Mongla port after a medical team found three of its sailors have fever.

The High Court wants information on the steps taken by the government to contain an outbreak of coronavirus in the country.

The government is going to introduce its first international grant for young innovators as part of celebrating “Mujib Borsho”, says ICT state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak.

The High Court clears the way for a Barguna court to continue the trial proceedings against Aysha Siddika Minni and nine other accused in the Rifat Sharif murder case.

Twelve people, including four policemen, were injured as locals protesting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Dhaka to celebrate ‘Mujib Borsho’, clash with law enforcers in Hatia upazila of Noakhali.

The High Court directs the government to form an enquiry committee to find out the reasons behind the deaths of 33 animals and birds at the wildlife conservation centre in Tilagarh Eco Park of Sylhet and the persons responsible for the deaths.

The Supreme Court stays a High Court directive that asked law enforcing agencies to take immediate action against clubs, seize gambling equipment and prevent people from playing such games in clubs.

Joypurhat Modern Hospital has been witnessing an unusual rise in diarrhoea patients in the last 10 days due to temperature fluctuations.

An Awami League (AL) activist was stabbed to death by his rivals allegedly over previous enmity in Jashore’s Sharsha upazila on Tuesday night.

A teacher cut the hair of five Class IV students at Iqra Cadet Madrasa in Gharua union of Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila.

Fishermen of Elisha village and nearby areas in Bhola Sadar upazila can now aspire to be literate as a group of local youths under the banner of East Elisha Foundation, a voluntary organisation, started a school for them.

Yet another development authority, Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board (CHTDB), is allegedly flouting environmental laws of the country.

Dear readers, in early February, I went to the orchard of a young farm entrepreneur Mofizur Rahman at Haat Gobindapur village in Faridpur Sadar upazila.

The government finalises an emergency preparedness plan to tackle the possible spread of coronavirus in Bangladesh.