A Dhaka court today placed 11 people on one-day remands each in connection with a case filed for vandalism during yesterday’s written test of the Bangladesh Bar Council enrollment exam.

Twenty-two accused of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad murder case have filed a petition with the High Court for transferring the case from the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka, apprehending that they “will not get justice” from the tribunal.

Najmun Nahar, also known as “Bangladeshi Flag Girl”, visited Abinta Kabir Foundation School on December 17. The institution for underprivileged girls accorded her a reception for her achievement of travelling 144 countries of the world.

Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) student Efaz Ahmed is going to participate in the prestigious Global Student Entrepreneur Awards after winning its local chapter. At the GSEA Global Phase, he will have the opportunity to win USD 40,000 in grants and awards for his start-up “Let’s Furnish”.

Another 250kg bomb was found buried at the construction site of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport’s 3rd terminal in the capital yesterday.

A seven-year-old boy was found dead at a 14-storey building in the capital’s Mirpur-10 yesterday, two days after he went missing from Mirpur-6 area from near his residence.

BNP Vice Chairman Maj (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed yesterday said he felt insulted as the party’s senior joint secretary general issued a show cause notice to him in an “attacking language” violating courtesy and protocol.

Bangladesh has significantly improved its score on cigarette taxation policy, from 0.87 in 2014 to 2.38 in 2018, according to a new global index.

On December 17, the High Court Division wanted to know from the authorities concerned of the Anti-Corruption Commission and the government the names and addresses of Bangladeshi nationals who have laundered money abroad and purchased houses in foreign countries, including in Canada, Singapore, and Malaysia.

Gonoforum president Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday claimed that the party has settled its internal disputes and there is no problems within the party at the moment.

The public hearing over the acquisition of century-old Birchandra Ganapathagar and Nagar Milonayton (the town hall) in Cumilla as a heritage property was scheduled to start at 11:30am yesterday.

Against the backdrop of two sculptures being vandalised in Kushtia recently, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner (DMP) Shafiqul Islam yesterday

A group of 42 distinguished citizens have urged the President to constitute the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to investigate the allegations of financial irregularities, corruption and gross election-related misconduct against the present Election Commission under the leadership of Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda.

Rab arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 40,000 pieces of yaba pills from a cattle-carrying truck in Dhaka’s Darussalam area last evening.

The government will launch a study to find possible routes for mass transit network (MTN), which may include one or more metro rail lines and dedicated bus service lines, in Chattogram metropolitan area.

Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee yesterday expressed serious concern over vandalism of revolutionary Jatindranath Mukherjee’s sculpture in Kushtia. Popularly known as Bagha Jatin, Jatindranath was a freedom fighter who rebelled against British rule in India.

The first time I saw a wild lioness was in Kenya’s Maasai Mara last year. It was fast asleep on a large slab of granite and least bothered by several tourist vehicles that stopped to watch. I was disappointed. I had hoped to catch its eyes on camera and this one’s eyes remained firmly shut.

The Ministry of Cultural Affairs will hold a mass hearing on Cumilla Town Hall premises today over acquisition of Birchandra Ganapathagar and Nagar Milonayton (the town hall) as a heritage property.

Thakurgaon Sugar Mill, the largest sugar mill in the northern part of the country, started its production from yesterday afternoon.

Election to the executive committee of Dhaka University Teachers’ Association (Duta) will be held on December 30, with the pro-BNP “white panel” not contesting.