Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) today launched a quick response team for women and children undergoing abuse.

Mohammad Erfan Salim, son of MP Haji Salim, will be sacked from the post of councillor as he was sentenced to imprisonment by a mobile court.

Police arrested another accused in the case filed for assaulting a navy official.

For a country that has the world’s largest mangrove forest the Sundarbans, the port of Chattogram, world’s longest natural sea beach Cox’s Bazar, the Teknaf peninsula and Saint Martin’s Island, “sea tourism” can help beat Covid-19 blues by generating billions of dollars. All that’s needed is an integrated initiative to connect these popular destinations by marine terminals, say experts.

Only strong farmer organisations and cooperative methods of agricultural production and marketing can save the country’s agriculture sector whereas 82 percent of the farmers have become landless, said speakers at a webinar yesterday.

The likelihood of COVID-19 being spread on shoes and infecting individuals is very low. As a precautionary measure, particularly in homes where infants and small children crawl or play on floors, consider leaving your shoes at the entrance of your home. This will help prevent contact with dirt or any waste that could be carried on the soles of shoes.

On October 10, a group of socially concerned citizens went to protest the gang-rape that occurred at Sylhet’s MC College. After protesting, some of the participants entered the college campus and found that part of a historic hillock was reportedly being razed.

Today marks the 26th death anniversary of Rokeya Begum, mother of Hasan Jahid Tusher, a deputy press secretary to the prime minister, says a press release.

Eminent medicine specialist and former vice chancellor of Banga-bandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Prof DR Mohammad Tahir passed away yesterday at a hospital in Dhaka.

With an aim to explicate various international issues -- from health to foreign policy -- Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) hosted a series of webinars on October 22, on the UN Global Day.

President M Abdul Hamid is returning home this morning after completing his health check-up at a hospital in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

An NGO along with three other organisations is providing cash support of Tk 1.53 crore to the poor in Satkhira and Khulna.

Criticising the political strategy of BNP, Awami League General Secretary Obadidul Quader yesterday said BNP wears the mask of democracy as their political inheritance characterises blood and conspiracy.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury yesterday urged the government to abolish the Digital Security Act for strengthening democracy and removing the obstacle to investigative journalism.

A total of twenty-four dengue patients are currently taking treatment at different hospitals across the country.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said those who are involved in crime will be brought to book irrespective of their identities.

Filmmaker Tokon Thaakoor, who was arrested on Sunday in a case filed by Ministry of Information over misappropriating government funds, was granted bail yesterday by a Dhaka court.

The Rapid Action Battalion today uncovered a “torture cell” made by Erfan Salim, son of Awami League leader and MP Haji Salim, at a multi-storey building in Old Dhaka.

Erfan Selim, son of Awami League leader and MP Haji Selim, and his bodyguard Zahidur Rahman have been sentenced to one year in jail for possessing illegal alcohol and walkie-talkies.

Erfan Selim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Selim, has been arrested after a case was filed against him on charge of "attacking" Lt Wasif Ahmed Khan of Bangladesh Navy in Dhanmondi area of Dhaka last night.