The civil society's concerns about the shrinking space for public engagement should be taken very seriously, said Heiner Bielefeldt, UN special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief.

At least 35 people were injured in a clash between students of East West University and police in the capital's Badda area yesterday. The students were demonstrating against the VAT imposed on tuition fees of private universities.

The authorities of a garment factory in Gazipur's Konabari suspended its production yesterday after over a hundred of its workers fell sick allegedly after

Detained BNP leader Mizanur Rahman Minu was admitted to the intensive care unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital with "serious chest pain" yesterday, soon after he was administered "local anesthesia" for his root canal treatment.

More than 2,000 illegal easy bikes are operating in Chittagong city, violating a recent ban and adding to traffic congestion and the risk of accidents. Though the battery-run three-wheelers are seen in large numbers, police claimed that they were checking the vehicles' presence. Introduced in 2012, the three-wheelers do not have the fitness certificate and route permit and are unregistered. These are imported from China, and each costs Tk 1.5 lakh locally.

Workers of three readymade garment factories blocked Bayezid Bostami Road in Chittagong city for two hours yesterday demanding their annual earned leave allowance of 20 days.

A bank official, who had been abducted from DEPZ bus stand on Monday evening, was released yesterday in Baruipara of Ashulia in

Forty female students, of Boldighat JM High School in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur, became senseless during lightning yesterday.

Family members of Fauzia Rahman Chapa, who was brutally killed in Barisal 26 years ago, yesterday urged the prime minister not to

Protest against cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife Nrittya Shahadat spilled over onto the street yesterday from social media for torturing their domestic help.

No new commission would be formed for increasing salaries of government staff, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said yesterday.

The sharp division between teachers of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust), created around the protest demanding the vice chancellor's removal, is becoming more prominent day by day with one group accusing the other yesterday of pursuing personal interests.

Director General of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Robert S Zeigler visited Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) yesterday in Gazipur, said a press release.

At least three people are injured as a speedy CNG-run auto-rickshaw flips several times after hitting road divider at Hatirjheel in Dhaka.

At least 30 people, mostly cattle traders, fell seriously ill and became unconscious after having breakfast at an eatery in City Bypass Haat area on the outskirts of Rajshahi city yesterday.

Bangladesh Passengers' Welfare Association yesterday demanded inclusion of representatives from passengers in the government committees which fix and revise public transport fare.

Senior journalists Nurul Huda and Aminul Haque have been elected president and secretary respectively of the Dhaka Sangbadik Griho Sangsthan Samabay Samity for the next three years.

Police are yet to confirm whether the death of Sylhet Gonojagoron Mancha activist Shahriar Majumdar was a suicide or murder.

Teachers yesterday called a strike for Tuesday across all the public universities demanding revision of the proposed eight national payscale and a separate one for them.

Eminent citizens yesterday requested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's initiative to ensure justice for the brutal murder of Tanwir