The authorities of Dhaka University and Rajshahi University decide not to adopt the uniform admission test – initiated by the UGC -- to enrol students.

A total of 59 women were raped and sexually harassed on public transport across the country in 2019, according to a survey by Jatri Kalyan Samity.

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

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has concluded that Salman Shah, the actor who rose to stardom in the early 1990s, died by suicide in '96. However, family members of the popular actor have rejected the PBI investigation’s conclusion and reiterated their previous claim that Salman was a victim of premeditated murder.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeks more Japanese investment in Bangladesh’s power and energy sector to meet the growing demand.

The High Court questions the legality of two sections under the Digital Security Act involving the publishing of false or intimidating information, and crimes and penalty for deterioration of law and order.

Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan), a civil society platform for good governance, says the Election Commission has failed once again to hold an election in a free, fair and neutral manner as the recently held Dhaka city corporation elections were “controlled”.

Three people have been killed and two others injured after a truck rammed into a battery run auto-rickshaw in Naogaon’s Manda upazila this morning.

A mill worker has died after an iron bar fell on him at a steel factory in Gazipur’s Tongi upazila.

A man, who was injured in an attack allegedly by his rivals over a disputed land in Ishwarganj upazila on Saturday, died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) the same night.

Police recovered the body of a cattle trader in Ranishankoil upazila yesterday.

A Tangail court yesterday sentenced four people to death for killing an elderly man in Mirzapur upazila in 2013.

Over a decade into construction of Indurkani Upazila Health Complex, the inpatient service at the hospital is yet to start providing health facilities, causing immense sufferings to treatment seekers.

Illegal sand lifting from the Teesta and Dharla rivers in five upazilas of Lalmonirhat have been continuing for long, posing serious erosion threat to nearby farmlands and homesteads.

Dhaka-Sylhet multilane and modern highway project might be delayed with fund diversion by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) if the project is not approved by June this year, an informed official says.

The government loses Tk 10,000-12,000 crore in revenue every year as cable operators have not digitised their services, says Information Minister Hasan Mahmud.

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) advises people to avoid foreign tours which are not mandatory to stay safe from the novel coronavirus infection.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) presses charges against expelled Jubo League's Dhaka South Organising Secretary Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan and five others in connection with a money laundering case.

The High Court declares illegal a government decision to set up tourist and picnic spots in 61 acres of land on the bank of Mahananda river in Chapainawabganj.

A Tangail court sentences four, including the son of the victim, to death for killing a man in Bhaghuria Dakshinpara village under Mirzapur upazila of Tangail in 2013.