One person is arrested in connection with the murder of AKM Nurul Azam Chowdhury, a former sub-inspector and a freedom fighter in Chattogram’s Raozan upazila.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the victory of Bangladesh in the ICC Under-19 World Cup is a gift for the nation in Mujib Borsho.

The Supreme Court stays for eight weeks a High Court verdict that cancelled appointments of three teachers of Crop Science and Technology Department of Rajshahi University.

Firefighters have put out the fire, that erupted at a multi-storey building in the city’s Elephant Road, after half an hour of frantic effort.

A Dhaka court has taken cognisance of charges against SM Golam Kibria Shamim, a top government-listed contractor, and Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan, an expelled leader of Jubo League, in two separate cases filed under the Narcotics Control Act.

Members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrest five alleged members of the banned militant group Ansar-Al-Islam from Sabujbag area of Dhaka.

Police arrest three people in connection with gangraping two adolescent girls in Dhaka’s Kadamtali area.

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed for four weeks the trial proceedings of a 12-year-old corruption case filed against former BNP communications minister Nazmul Huda and his wife Sigma Huda.

The construction work for Sylhet-Akhaura rail track will start soon, said Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujon yesterday.

All five accused including a suspended sub-inspector of Pallabi Police Station in their self-defence statements at a Dhaka court yesterday claimed themselves to be innocent in a case filed over custodial death of Ishtiaque Ahmed Jonny.

Police yesterday recovered an AK-22 rifle and ammunition from the residence of a top listed terrorist in port city’s Bayezid Bostami area, after his arrest in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Police arrested four persons with 40,000 yaba pills and 1,200 British pounds on Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway early yesterday.

Referring to Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain’s Saturday’s comments on ousting the government, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said Dr Kamal is badmouthing instead of speaking in political terms.

Law and Life Foundation, a rights organisation, yesterday sent a legal notice to the government, requesting it to take necessary measures including formation of a high-powered monitoring cell within 48 hours in order to combat coronavirus.

His “profession” involved taking advantage of the emotions of expatriates, mostly migrant workers.

The High Court yesterday directed Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) to settle within 15 days the application filed by 62 families challenging BIWTA’s action for establishing pillars in their land adjacent to the bank of Turag river in Savar.

As readers of Dhaka throng Bangla Academy and Suhrawardy Udyan premises for the Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela, bookworms in Sylhet need not lose heart.

Today is the 12th death anniversary of Prof Khaleda Akhter Banu, former head of Bangla at Abujar Gifari College.

While literary fiction remains the heavyweight at Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela, a loyal fan base has kept poetry well and truly alive at the month-long book fair.

Nilufar Khanam, wife of martyred freedom fighter Sergeant Shamsul Karim Khan, passed away on January 31, said a press release.