The two accused arrested by CID on Monday in connection with the killing of UP member Hamidul Sharif in Gopalganj on December 12 murdered him as part of their plan to frame the local chairman, with whom one of them had previous enmity.

Detectives claimed to have arrested five members of a fraud gang from Dhaka’s Kamalapur area on charge of deceiving people, luring them with jobs.

BNP yesterday alleged that the government is misleading the country’s people in the name of development.

The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to former chairman of Teknaf upazila Zafar Ahmed in a corruption case involving Tk 4.9 crore.

A platform -- comprising of development organisations and civil society groups -- is a positive initiative indeed to achieve Bangladesh’s SDG 2030 targets, says Dr Gowher Rizvi, international affairs adviser to the prime minister.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday asked the engineering section and contractors to take necessary steps to finish all development works timely.

With an aim to detect narcotics rings and the masterminds behind it, the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has proposed to buy a mobile tracker system.

A new political party, Gono Adhikar Parishad, will officially be launched soon, said former Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur yesterday afternoon.

The Chattogram Zila Parishad has installed a new sculpture in Sitakunda as a tribute to martyred Freedom Fighters and members of Indian allied forces.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday termed BNP’s programme centring border issues an “eye wash” and said the government is very sincere about keeping stability in bordering areas.

Detectives claimed to have arrested the mastermind of a mugging gang which targeted people in auto-rickshaws and posed as co-passengers on different city streets.

A woman died after falling from the rooftop of a building in Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar area this morning.

New political party Gono Adhikar Parishad will debut soon officially, said former Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur this afternoon.

Police yesterday arrested a man on charge of raping his neighbour’s daughter in Narayanganj.

Honours and masters examinations at Rajshahi University, postponed earlier due to the Covid-19 pandemic, has been scheduled to be held from January 2, 2021.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu is expected to arrive in Dhaka today on a two-day visit.

The Department of Environment in Chattogram has knocked down three brick kilns in Lohagara upazila, in line with a High Court directive declaring them illegal.

Around a hundred people from all walks of life stood for freedom of press and protested the misuse of the controversial Digital Security Act at a human chain in Sylhet city yesterday afternoon.

Protesting the move to demolish the historic Cumilla town hall to construct a “new and modern establishment”, reserved seat lawmaker Anjum Sultana Sima yesterday alleged that Cumilla-6 MP AKM Bahauddin Bahar, one of the initiators of the move, is trying to do so for business purposes.

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed has asked superintendents of police (SPs) in the districts to act as changemakers to serve people and become role models for others.