Police recovered bodies of two unidentified persons in Dhaka’s Khilgaon and Bosila areas yesterday morning.

The High Court has granted ad-interim bail to Md Raju, an accused of a case filed for killing Taslima Begum Renu in a mob beating in Dhaka’s Badda area in July last year.

The High Court yesterday granted six months’ ad-interim bail to Didarul Islam Bhuiyan, an activist of a platform called “Rastrachinta”, in a case filed against him under the Digital Security Act, clearing the way of him to walk out of jail.

A woman was stabbed to death allegedly by a thief as she recognised him while stealing in their house in Dhaka’s Sabujbagh area on Monday night.

Earlier this week, death-row convict Sheikh Zahid was acquitted by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, after 20 years of his languishing in prison.

The High Court yesterday granted bail to Mosammat Shanjida in a case filed over the killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya on May 28.

Bangladesh has been elected a member of the executive board of the UNDP, UN Population Fund and the UN Office for Project Services, securing the highest votes (53 out of the 54 votes with 1 abstention) for the term 2021-2023 beginning in January next year.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) will restart carrying passengers with full capacity from today, around three-and-a-half-month after the authorities resumed operations of passenger trains on a limited scale.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday demolished over 300 illegal billboards and signboards in Gulshan-2, Banani-11 and Pragati Sarani areas.

As the world economy is shifting towards the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh should play a role in deepening ties among the seaside countries to harness the potential of marine resources instead of allowing confrontations that can destabilise the region, said foreign relations experts yesterday.

Although plying of battery-run rickshaws and rickshaw-vans in the capital is illegal, no one gets surprised when they see these vehicles parked at the corner of a street or moving throughout the alleys in full speed.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) arrested three people in possession of 2.65 lakh yaba pills in separate drives in Chattogram early yesterday. The drives were conducted at the port city’s Bakalia area and Anwara upazila.

A ten-year-old girl was raped allegedly by the security guard of a house in Dhaka’s Tejgaon industrial area.

The High Court has granted ad-interim bail to Md Raju, an accused of a case filed over the murder of Taslima Begum Renu in a mob beating in Dhaka’s Badda area in July last year.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) today demolished over 300 illegal billboards and signboards in Gulshan-2, Banani-11 and Pragati Sarani areas.

Police recovered two bodies from Dhaka’s Khilgaon and Bosila areas this morning.

A tribunal in Dhaka today framed charges against all 25 accused in connection with the murder of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad.

Arif Shafique, Co-owner, Tokyo Express, talks to The Daily Star about his aspiration to become a restaurateur, setbacks and how he and his team are adapting to the new normal during this pandemic, to serve the customers to their best capacity.

A housewife was stabbed to death allegedly by a thief as she recognised him while stealing in their house in Dhaka’s Sabujbagh area last night.

Police have arrested four people on charge of gang raping a teenage girl in Jashore and a woman in Rangpur in separate incidents.