Right activists urge country people to raise their voice in favour of freedom of speech saying that human life turns into animal’s life in absence of the fundamental rights.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says mass awareness campaign will be continued across the country for a week and asked the authorities concerned not to file any case during the time under the new Road and Transport Act that went into effect yesterday.

Brazilian federal police said they have arrested Saifullah Al-Mamun, born in Bangladesh and considered by authorities one of the world’s most prolific human traffickers.

As many as 75 Bangladeshi migrant workers return home from Saudi Arabia amid a deportation spree of undocumented migrant workers by the Gulf country.

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni says law enforcers are vigilant about those who spread rumours on social media about question paper leak.

Students of Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST) besiege the vice-chancellor’s residence demanding removal of the VC, proctor and student adviser bringing allegation of corruption and irregularities against them.

A section of teachers of Jahangirnagar University seek intervention of President Md Abdul Hamid, also the chancellor of the university, to resolve the ongoing crisis as students are observing an indefinite strike demanding resignation of the Vice Chancellor for her alleged involvement in graft.

Extending their full support to the Road Transport Act, 2018, transport owners call upon everyone to abide by the new law.

A total of 66,194 candidates are absent on the first day of Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations while 38 students are expelled for resorting to unfair means.

The Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) was shut down for an indefinite period today after a clash between two groups of students over a football match.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon all national and international organisations for taking combined efforts to ensure voluntary blood donation and posthumous eye donation in the country.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said that his government is adamant in a bid to free the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, from the grip of bandits.

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed says the fall of the current government is a matter of time because of its widespread corruption.

A bus service from Pirojpur to India’s Kolkata has been inaugurated. Deputy Commissioner Abu Ali Md Sazzad Hossain and Police Superintendent Hayatul Islam Khan inaugurated the service at Pirojpur Zila Bus Terminal in the morning.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the Road Transport Act has been enacted aiming to bring discipline on roads and highways of the country.

Onion prices go beyond the capacity of general people as the prices of the essential cooking ingredient have already broken the previous records.

Train communication between Dhaka and Mymensingh resumes after seven hours of suspension following derailment of five bogies of a train at Fatema Nagar in Trishal upazila.

Three people were electrocuted in Gaibandha and Jhalakathi districts yesterday and the day before, report our correspondents.

A schoolboy, beaten for alleged theft at Maldhara village in Sridharpur union under Jashore’s Abhoynagar upazila on Tuesday, is undergoing treatment at the upazila health complex.

Two Bangladeshi nationals sustained bullet injuries as Indian Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire on them near Fultola border in Juri upazila yesterday.