Dhaka University has decided to slash development fees for all students for the ongoing academic session by half, considering financial crises during the pandemic.

A tense situation is prevailing at Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) in Barishal industrial area for the last one month ever since some industrialists and industries were allegedly attacked by miscreants, demanding extortion.

Jagannath University (JnU) student Tithy Sarker, who was suspended from the university for making “derogatory” comments about religion on social media, has been missing since October 25, alleged her family members.

A nationwide survey has found evidence of implicit or explicit support for domestic violence against women. The all-male survey, titled “Male Youth and Their Sexual and Reproductive health and Rights (SRHR) in Bangladesh”, found that 63 percent men agreed to the fact that “A man can hit his wife if she does not have sex with him”, while 62 percent believe that “There are times when a woman deserves to be beaten.”

Jagannath University students yesterday formed a human chain to press home a decade-old demand of reclaiming their dormitories from illegal occupants.

Abul Hossain, owner and managing director of Crescent Hospital in the capital’s Mohammadpur, like any doctor, has a private room inside the hospital building, with an X-ray viewing box right next to his seat.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday proposed to incorporate road safety issues in the upcoming 8th five-year plan, as a priority matter.

China Railway Group Limited, also known as CREC, the contractor of the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP), will have to pay for damaging the newly-built Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga expressway by operating overloaded trucks with construction materials.

Jagannath University students today stood in a human chain to press home a decade-old demand -- they want their dormitories back. Some 12 dormitories are currently occupied by different factions, the students alleged, including lawmaker of the area Haji Salim.

Six people including three hospital owners were sentenced to different terms by a mobile court in the capital’s Mohammadpur and Shyamoli areas last night.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced four people, including three former officials of AB Bank Ltd, to 13 years’ rigorous imprisonment in absentia for misappropriating Tk 3.78 crore from the bank.

A Cox’s Bazar court yesterday placed suspended Teknaf OC Pradeep Kumar Das’ associate constable Rubel Sharma on a five-day remand in a case filed over the killing of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan.

To ensure youth empowerment, the government needs to formulate an action plan to implement the National Youth Policy 2017, speakers at a webinar urged. They also called for the formulation of a ‘Youth Council’ to ensure youth empowerment.

The government has reorganised the cabinet committee to finalise the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) prepared by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipokkho (Rajuk) following its detailed review.

Family members of a fisherman, who has been missing since the trawler he had boarded from Chattogram’s Patenga Ghat for deep sea returned ashore over two weeks ago, have been denied filing a general diary with police.

Newly-appointed Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) Commissioner Nisharul Arif has said those involved in the killing of Raihan Ahmed will be brought to justice.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan yesterday said the prime minister will unveil the foundation stone of Bangabandhu Railway Bridge on Jamuna river through videoconference on November 29.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has reopened its fresh food corners at Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar, allowing trade and business activities to resume after months of closure due to Covid-19 prevention measures.

Unidentified criminals shot a man and snatched Tk 5.7 lakh from him in broad daylight at Savar’s Bhakurta area near Turag bridge yesterday.

BNP senior joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi returned home today after receiving treatment for over two weeks at a private hospital for cardiac problems.