Who is this man whose arrest has sparked outrage and condemnation from global bodies and media, including Amnesty International, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), PEN International, SAMDEN (South Asia Media Defenders Network) and publications such as the Guardian, The Washington Post and many South Asian media?

The proposed Road Transport Act-2018 is rather soft on transport owners, as it holds drivers solely responsible for deaths and casualties in road crashes.

Japan Tobacco Inc., one of the five largest tobacco companies in the world, yesterday acquired Akij Group's tobacco business for $1.47 billion (about Tk 12,430 crore), in what would be the biggest ever single foreign direct investment in Bangladesh.

Journalists across the country and global media watchdogs have strongly condemned the recent attacks on media persons covering student protests for road safety. They also demanded the immediate arrest and punishment of the attackers.

It is heartening to see police checking documents of vehicles on the streets as part of their announced Traffic Week that began across the country on Sunday."

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday told her cabinet colleagues that false information on Facebook is misleading many people over the student agitation for road safety.

Noted photographer Shahidul Alam seemed to be walking with difficulty as policemen held his arms and helped him go in and out of a Dhaka court yesterday. He told his lawyers and family members at the court that he had been tortured in custody.

A draft law approved by the cabinet yesterday proposes a maximum punishment of five years' imprisonment for causing death to a person by reckless driving, drawing strong criticism from road safety campaigners who termed the sentence insufficient to end anarchy on roads.

Police did not attempt to drive away the armed youths; rather, they charged teargas canisters into the campus, witnesses and students said.

At least nine people including five photojournalists are injured allegedly in BCL attacks in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi and Science Lab areas during student protests demanding safe roads. It was apparently a synchronised attack by police and alleged BCL men on the students, mostly from universities, who took to the streets yesterday protesting the assaults on school children in the capital's Jhigatola area on Saturday.

At least five photojournalists are injured as activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student front of ruling Awami League, allegedly swoop on them at Science Lab intersection in Dhaka.

The United Nations, Bangladesh, has urgently called upon all parties to keep everyone, including children and young people, safe on the roads and safe from any kind of violence.

How dare you hit my children! These are the children whom we protect every single moment from every single harm. We leave nothing to chances as far as their security is concerned. Our children on the streets have come under attack, and we, the parents, have every right to ask who has given them the right to touch our children.

Journalists of The Daily Star, stationed at different points, share their experiences of what happened on the streets in the capital's Dhanmondi area yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked guardians and teachers to take their children back to schools.

At least 20-25 students are injured as alleged activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and police launch an attack on the student protesters at Dhanmondi 3 near Jigatola in Dhaka.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police has decided to take strict measures against traffic offences, amid widespread protests demanding safe roads.

Police and alleged BCL men beat up three journalists of The Daily Star and molested another in the capital's Jhigatola yesterday afternoon.

Road-wise, Bangladesh remained a student republic for the last seven days. It's about time it went back to what it is: a people's republic.

Being thoroughly outclassed in the first game, Bangladesh will be looking to save the three-match T20I series against West Indies when they take the field for the second game at the Central Broward Regional Park in Florida tomorrow.