Awami League Mayor candidate for the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh says he would work for crafting ‘a new city’ if he is elected in the January 30 polls.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her government has been working to transform Bangladesh Army into a time-befitting, technologically well-equipped and modern force.

Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Adhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad expresses fear that the cases filed over the attack on Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur and his supporters, are to harass their members.

The remittance may reach USD18.19 billion with an increase of 17.05 per cent in the end of this year if its flow continues, according to a latest report.

Rail communication with Dhaka and Sylhet from Chattogram has been restored around seven hours after suspension following derailment of an engine and three frontline compartments of Noakhali Express in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria.

This year’s lowest temperature has been recorded at 4.5 degrees celsius in Tetulia upazila of Panchagarh.

Search engine giant Google is celebrating the 105th birthday of renowned Bangladeshi painter, educator and activist Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin.

Police arrested nine alleged members of an inter-district burglary gang from Bagerhat early yesterday.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized fake judicial and revenue stamps worth about Tk 8.73 lakh from Tulshighat Bazar in Sadar upazila on Thursday night and arrested two men in this connection.

Speakers at a human chain in Pirojpur town yesterday demanded justice for an ailing retired school teacher who they said was evicted from his house by his eldest daughter.

Eminent rights activist Sultana Kamal yesterday said a section of influential people want to drive the Kora community out of the country, from their homes in Haljha village of Dinajpur’s Biral upazila, in order to encroach on their land.

Two government departments have been commissioned the same piece of land that houses a primary school building at Sonarai Bazar in Domar upazila. However, one was assigned to develop it, while the other is going to knock it down.

The 8-kilometre-long Bahalgachia canal, flowing between Patuakhali municipality and Kalikapur union in Sadar upazila, once served as a route for launches, cargo boats and trawlers but now it is unusable even for small country boats, thanks to the mindless encroachment for years.

Customs intelligence claims to have recovered at least 64kg of gold from cargo section of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Bangladesh Awami League will declare the names of its candidates for the upcoming Dhaka north and south city corporations elections tomorrow.

Bholaganj Sada Pathor, around 35 kilometres away from the Sylhet city, has turned into a new destination for the tourists. The beautiful place located at the end of Sylhet-Companiganj-Bholaganj highway attracts hundreds of tourists a day.

Novoair, one of the private airlines of the country, has decided to increase one more daily flight to Chattogram and Barishal routes from January 19.

Newly formed student alliance ‘Santrash Birodhi Chhatra Oikya’ organises a road march on Dhaka University campus demanding punishment of those involved in the attack of Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur and his supporters on December 22.

Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur has been sued under the Digital Security Act.

Various cold-related diseases have affected 4,196 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government says.