The upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Trishal was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Boilor in the upazila yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. Officer-in-charge of Trishal Police Station M Moniruzzaman said the accident took place as a bus hit the motorcycle of UNO Rashedul Islam,…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Satrasta to Ramna part of the ongoing Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover Project today, reports UNB. The inaugural ceremony will be held at Officers' Club in the city. The 8.25-km flyover is being constructed in three parts -- from Holy Family Hospital to…

United States Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Sarah Sewall arrived in the capital yesterday on a three-day visit. She is leading a delegation of senior US officials that will meet with government officials, civil society, and students to discuss issues ranging…

 National and international experts have urged governments of climate-vulnerable countries to ensure the highest level of integrity, transparency and accountability in the overall management of their respective adaptation funds.  "Following the Paris Agreement, Bangladesh and other climate-affected…

Students demonstrating at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka yesterday called for a day-long strike at all educational institutions on April 3, demanding punishment to killers of Comilla Victoria College student Tonu. Nearly 400 people, including students, blocked Shahbagh intersection for more than two-and-a-half…

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said his party does not believe in terrorism and killing. It does not want to go to power through killing. He said this while addressing a party district conference as the chief guest at Zila parishad community hall room yesterday. Party’s newly appointed…

A speedy tribunal here yesterday convicted four men and sentenced three of them to death and the other life term imprisonment for killing a schoolboy after abduction in Sherpur on August 2, 2015, reports UNB. The condemned convicts are Abdul Latif, uncle of the victim boy, Aslam Babu and Rabin Hossain…

The High Court yesterday discharged a 2003 rule against the eviction of unauthorised people of Bihari community living outside the Bihari camps, reports UNB. An HC bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice JBM Hasan gave the order in a hearing on nine writ petitions filed in this connection.…

The International Crimes Tribunal yesterday accepted charges against two war crimes suspects of Mymensingh for their alleged involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation in 1971, reports UNB. The accused are Riaz Uddin Fakir and Wajuddin Fakir of Phulbaria upazila…