A defence lawyer yesterday challenged the chief prosecutor’s earlier claim that bombs were planted inside a secret Rab-run detention centre to kill investigators.

The migrants said they had been working at a construction site close to the Thai-Cambodian border but fled the area on December 9 following bombings.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said defeated fascist forces are trying to derail the upcoming national election, while another force is attempting to create divisions among people by using religion.

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday said his party will prioritise ensuring law and order and tackling corruption if voted to power.

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed yesterday said many judges in the past were directly and indirectly involved in injustice and unfairness and helped sustain a system of misrule.

Three persons were arrested yesterday in connection with the killing of a tea vendor in Chattogram city on November 28.

A sand-laden bulkhead sank in the Buriganga river near Narayanganj’s Fatullah launch terminal following a head-on collision with a launch yesterday.

Residents of Alokdia village in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram yesterday formed a human chain demanding an immediate stop to illegal sand extraction from the Sandwip Channel of the Bay of Bengal.

At least two persons were killed and another was injured as their goods-laden pick-up van lost control and hit the road divider on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila early yesterday.

A rare Himalayan griffon vulture was rescued in the Amlapara area of Sirajganj municipality yesterday.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) personnel yesterday busted an illegal factory that had been manufacturing adulterated soap inside a rickshaw garage in Shikalbaha area of Karnaphuli upazila in Chattogram.

Two VP contenders among those withdrawing ahead of Dec 30 poll

No casualties were reported, say police

Abu Shadik Kayem urges student mobilisation to demand arrest of perpetrators involved in shooting of Hadi

With the latest deaths, number of Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed in UN missions rises to 174

Chief Adviser Yunus issues directive; govt to bear all expenses

Detentions were made in separate raids across Dhaka and Narayanganj

Dr Shamim was speaking at discussion marking Martyred Intellectuals’ Day

CEC says shooting of Hadi felt like 'a bolt from the blue'

Arrangements underway to transfer the seriously wounded to better-equipped hospitals, he says