Eleven-year-old twin sisters were raped allegedly by their maternal cousin in Mugda area of Dhaka on Wednesday.

A Dhaka court today granted bail to Dr Abdullah Al Mamun, a director of Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-Addiction Hospital, in connection with the case filed over the death of Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Mohammad Anisul Karim on November 9.

A special plan and a national data bank will be set up to transform Dhaka into a modern and livable city, LGRD Minister Tajul Islam -- also convener of the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) -- said today.

Monir Hossain, widely known as “Golden Monir”, has been placed on an 18-day remand in three cases filed against him with Badda Police Station.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police authorities have so far terminated 10 policemen for failing drug tests while 8 were suspended.

A fire broke out at Banani T&T Colony area in Dhaka this afternoon, and has since been brought under control.

Three-year-old Laxikanto Paul is suffering from eye cancer. His father Sunil Kumar Paul serves as a head teacher at Kurma Tea Garden Non-Government Primary School for a meagre monthly wage of Tk 1,200. Along with mother Rina Rani Paul, they live in the tea garden under Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar.

Dhaka University Statistics Department Alumni Association (DUSDAA) has decided to award Dr M Ataharul Islam with its highest accolade, “DUSDAA Outstanding Leadership Award”, said a press release.

Even after two years, a government move to generate solar power using the rooftops of Dhaka University buildings has made little headway.

A security guard of a building in the capital’s Dakkhinkhan area has confessed to a magistrate that he had strangled a 15-year-old house help to death after raping her on November 8.

Detectives have arrested four alleged members of a fraud gang, which produced counterfeit revenue and postal stamps and circulated those in markets, in Dhaka.

Educated people indulging in corruption is inhuman, and such individuals possess barbaric traits, said AFM Aminul Islam, commissioner of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said their party never engages in politics of vengeance as it is not good for democracy.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department yesterday forecast rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind at one or two places over five divisions of the country -- Khulna, Barishal, Rajshahi, Dhaka and Chattogram -- in the next 24 hours, commencing 9am.

The long-cherished Padma Bridge is likely to be opened for public in the first half of 2022, as the installation of all spans is expected to be completed next month, officials said.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday called for collective global efforts in combating the Covid-19 pandemic as the world is facing the threat of a second surge of the deadly virus.

Chiefs of the three military services yesterday paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on occasion of Armed Forces Day.

After a month of submissions and selection, three ideas were awarded yesterday in “Young People Igniting Transformation - Youth Innovation Challenge 2020”, an ideation competition jointly organised by ActionAid Bangladesh and The Daily Star.

Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Motijheel division arrested three persons earlier today, for allegedly being involved in torching a bus in the capital's Paltan area on November 12.

Rapid Action Battalion arrested a businessman -- Monir Hossain, known as "Golden Monir" -- from his Badda residence in Dhaka earlier today on charges of possessing illegal firearms and drugs.