BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday asked his ruling party counterpart Obaidul Quader to put his own house in order instead of regularly criticising the opponents.

They gave up the common thinking of enjoying a relaxed retired life. Instead, they chose to do something worthwhile, not just for themselves, but for people around their community.

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque today alleged that the anti-liberation forces spread a video of him receiving the Covid-19 vaccine as part of their propaganda to embarrass the government.

The Digital Security Act has been formulated to stop general people from speaking against injustice and irregularities and to legitimise oppression, said economist Prof Anu Muhammad today.

A move is underway to make the power distribution system in Dhaka city fully automated to better address the complaints of consumers, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said.

Leaders and activists of left leaning organisations remembered Shaheed Moin Hossain Raju, an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra Union, who was gunned down at Dhaka University campus area, where the Anti-Terrorism Raju Memorial Sculpture is situated now, on this day in 1992 while protesting terrorism in the name of student politics.

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has raided three factories in Dhaka’s Keraniganj area and destroyed fake and substandard cosmetics worth Tk 10 lakh.

Women from different strata of life brought out a procession in the capital yesterday, demanding that the government create an environment for democratic practices in the society to uphold dignity and rights of women.

Five people were killed and six injured in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

There’s already an exception to this year’s Ekushey Boimela. Held forever in February, the beloved book fair had to be shifted to the second half of March this time around, due to the unceasing pandemic.

Shikra is a bird of prey found all over Bangladesh in forests, village groves, orchards and tea gardens. It is a handsome bird, the size of a large pigeon, with a fine bluish-grey back.

Police early yesterday claimed to have arrested four members of an abduction gang for kidnapping a bank official and extorting Tk 2 lakh in port city’s Rahattar Pul area.

The government is progressing with preparations for the 10-day programme, to be hosted at the capital’s National Parade Square, to mark the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of the country’s independence.

A group of women from different organisations brought out a procession earlier today for democracy in Dhaka.

A two-day voting for electing new leadership of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) ended yesterday afternoon.

Sylhet city unit of Awami League suspended its organising secretary Saleh Ahmed Shalim over an allegation of extortion against him.

Jatiya Party Chairman and deputy leader of the opposition GM Quader yesterday said Bangladesh cannot be called a democratic state due to “autocracy” and lack of good governance.

The government has turned down the proposal of buying mobile trackers for the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC).

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday framed charges against Abdul Malek, a driver of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), in a case filed over possessing an illegal firearm and ammunition in September last year.

A Dhaka court yesterday again asked Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) to submit by April 21 the probe report of a case filed over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.