BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will surrender before a Dhaka court tomorrow to seek bail in a case filed over an arson

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday urged journalists to be fearless and sincere and write more to educate the coming generations about the Liberation War's spirit.

The Supreme Court comes up with 40 observations about the code of conduct of its judges.

An official of Drik Picture Library Limited is found dead in Siddhirganj of Narayanganj hours after he went missing from Dhaka.

Vuvuzela, matches and lighters have been banned at Mongol Shovajatra brought out from the Institute of Fine Arts in Dhaka every year to celebrate the Bangla new year, the home minister said today.

Protesting murder of college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu and demanding punishment of killers, Progressive Students' Alliance and Anti-Imperialist Students Union will lay siege to the home ministry on April 7.

Around three hundred students of Dhaka University yesterday blocked the capital's Shahbagh intersection for around half an hour and rallied in front of Shahbagh Police Station, demanding trial for the death of marketing student Sujan Mridha.

A memorial programme marking the 12th death anniversary of Dhaka University Professor Noorunnahar Fyzennessa, an educationist and women's rights activist, was held at the Daily Star-Bengal Arts Precinct yesterday.

Teachers and students of Dhaka University yesterday protested the government's plan to build a 22 storey residential building for the police force in the university's property.

The newly opened Bangladesh embassy in Copenhagen hosted a gala reception at the prestigious historic hall Bygningskulturens Hus

The National Film Day-2016 will be observed today in a under the auspices of the Information Ministry and the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC).

A Rapid Action Battalion member was killed as an unknown vehicle hit him in the capital's Uttara early yesterday.

Police arrested four alleged extortionists in Chittagong city's Halishahar area early yesterday.

Europe chapter of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee has been formed with Tarun Kanti Chowdhury as its president and Ansar Ahmedullah general secretary.

Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque yesterday stressed the need for cooperation between police and media.

When Farzana Ahmed was studying hard to achieve the highest score in the SSC examinations in 2013, her father was struggling to put together a paltry Tk 2,000 required to register for the public exam.

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin across the country today.

Formation and growth of tender litchi have been continuing smoothly amid favourable climatic condition, predicting excellent output of the juiciest, tasty and fleshy fruit this season in the northern districts.

The construction of buildings could be more earthquake resistant with cost effective simple reinforcement of the ground floor columns, experts said at a roundtable discussion in the capital yesterday.

Veteran freedom fighter Md Rafiz Uddin Refaz, who was bed-ridden for two years, died for lack of better treatment at Muktagacha Upazila Health Complex in Mymensingh Friday noon, aged 84.