A special court yesterday convicted deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her two children on corruption charges, handing them different jail terms in three cases filed over plots in Dhaka’s Purbachal.

BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia was shifted to the coronary care unit (CCU) at the capital’s Evercare Hospital yesterday, where she is being treated for lung and heart infections.

Two labourers arrested with a sand-carrying bulkhead from the Halda river in Chattogram were sent to jail yesterday by the Chattogram Senior Judicial Magistrate Court-6.

Five students were stabbed during a clash between two groups in a madrasa in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila over a trivial matter yesterday.

More than two decades after the Teesta Railway Bridge in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila exceeded its lifespan, around 20 passenger trains continue to cross the weakened structure every day, putting thousands of commuters at risk.

A protest march and a rally were held yesterday on the Dhaka-Kishoreganj highway in Gazipur’s Kapasia upazila in protest against the proposal to abolish the Directorate General of Nursing and Midwifery (DGNM) and merge it with another department.

More than 1 lakh residents of around 15 villages in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria have long been facing difficulties with connectivity due to absence of a permanent concrete bridge over the Chettra River.

Early nutritional support may play a decisive role in improving pregnancy outcomes in settings where micronutrient deficiencies remain widespread, said Prof Keith P West of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health of USA, yesterday.

A 15-day craft and cottage industry fair is being organised on the playground of Mro Residential High School in Suwalak union under Bandarban Sadar upazila without permission from the school authorities and at a time when students’ annual examinations are underway.

Secondary teachers threatened a shutdown, while government primary teachers resumed a nationwide work abstention yesterday, as both groups pressed for long-pending pay-grade reforms.

BNP yesterday announced a six-day programme, titled “Plans to Build the Country”, involving its wings and affiliated bodies, including Chhatra Dal, Krishak Dal, Ulama Dal, and Swechchhasebak Dal.

A total of 136 police inspectors have been transferred ahead of the upcoming national election.

Bangladesh must urgently address postpartum haemorrhage, convulsions, preterm labour and anaemia in pregnancy -- the leading causes of maternal deaths -- speakers said at a seminar in the capital yesterday.

A Dhaka court has strongly criticised Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) and the Ministry of Housing and Public Works for continuous unlawful practices in public land allotment.

At least seven dengue patients died while 567 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

The Election Commission (EC) yesterday directed law enforcement agencies to strictly enforce the electoral code of conduct from the first day of the campaign.

Incident stemmed from a turf war, says police

All are residents of St Martin’s Island

This will reduce such heinous crimes in society, hopes public prosecutor

No casualties reported