The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to two accused, including a minor, in the Rifat Sharif murder case in Barguna.

Detective branch (DB) of police yesterday claimed to have arrested a member of an organised syndicate that is involved in selling firearms in the grey market, after smuggling those from India.

The office of Inspector General of Prisons yesterday submitted a report to the High Court, saying there are only 10 physicians for providing treatment to around 87,000 prisoners at 68 prisons across the country.

The Election Commission yesterday started the process of registration of expatriate Bangladeshis to enlist them into voter list and provide them with National Identity Cards.

A man was stabbed to death allegedly by his friend over a dispute centring a bet on a cricket match in Barishal city on Monday evening.

Amidst a boycott by six dissident central leaders and two politburo members, the four-day 10th national congress of Workers Party of Bangladesh concluded yesterday. Rashed Khan Menon and Fazle Hossain Badsha were once again elected the party’s president and general secretary respectively.

Fire Service and Civil Defence week will begin across the country today, aimed at creating awareness to prevent fire incidents and others disasters.

The ninth edition of Dhaka Lit Fest (DLF) will be held at Bangla Academy in the capital from November 7 to 9, organisers announced at a press conference yesterday.

The body of an unidentified young woman was found stuffed in a luggage yesterday at Khadghor in Debidwar, by Dhaka-Chattogram highway.

Celebrations marking the hundred-year anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore’s visit to Sylhet kicked of yesterday in the city.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government and the Election Commission (EC) to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to resume birth registration of people at four municipalities and 71 unions in Cox’s Bazar.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday urged members of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) to acquire world-class skills so that they can become more efficient and uphold image of the country and the force.

A murder accused was killed after an unidentified vehicle hit him in Pardiakul area in Katiadi upazila of Kishoreganj around 2:30am yesterday.

Protest and condemnations poured in to the streets of Dhaka University yesterday, over the BCL attack on protesting students, teachers and journalists at Jahangirnagar University.

A Chattogram court yesterday placed Md Shamim, an accused in the murder case of Chhatra League leader Sudipto Biswas on two-day remand.

At the first ever grantee convention of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, UN Women kicked off its annual activities for the UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women, said a press release.

A dengue patient died at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) early yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed five arrestees on five-day remand each in connection with the Dhanmondi double murder case.

The body of 10-year-old Iftakar Ahmed Wazid was found yesterday afternoon, around 48 hours after a three-storey building collapsed in Narayanganj.

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