Police in a drive arrested four persons, including a husband and wife, and recovered 23,000 yaba pills and Tk 8.23 lakh in cash from a flat in New Chandgaon Residential area of Chattogram city this noon.

Ruling Awami League and BNP today traded blame over the incidents of torching nine buses at different places in Dhaka on Thursday night.

At least 22 accused who were arrested in connection with incidents of torching nine buses at different places in Dhaka yesterday, have been placed on different remand periods today.

A case has been filed against an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) for raping a 25-year-old woman in Natore.

​Nine cases were filed with different police stations in the capital in between last night and this morning in connection with the incidents of torching nine buses at different places in Dhaka yesterday.

The High Court yesterday wanted to know what step has been taken against Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) Managing Director (MD) AKM Fazlullah for his alleged corruption, irregularities and nepotism at his office.

Rajshahi district administration yesterday began looking after Dil Afroze Khuki, who has been a newspaper hawker in the northern city for 30 years.

The government is planning to introduce new legislation to ensure privacy and data localisation for locally produced data. State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak said a draft of the new law is already underway, speaking at a webinar hosted by Internet Governance Forum on November 6.

Community centres are supposed to be a place where people of a neighbourhood gather, socialise and hold cultural and social events.

Zoynul Abedin, proprietor of Hanif Paribahan, died of Covid-19 on Wednesday night at the age of 87.

M Azizul Haq, former chairman of the Board of Directors at Pubali Bank and incumbent independent director and chairman of the audit committee, died at CMH in Dhaka yesterday.

AHNA Chowdhury, an engineer, urban planner and former senior government official, died on November 11 at his Dhaka residence. He was 85, says a press release.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) yesterday formed a committee to implement Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s directive to bring public transport workers under a dope testing system.

The High Court yesterday ordered the authorities concerned of the government to take necessary steps to stop in 72 hours the encroachment on the Talma River in Panchagarh and the construction of structures in the river.

A tribunal in Dhaka yesterday fixed November 19 for delivery of the judgment in the case filed over the rape of a Dhaka University student in the capital’s Kurmitola this year.

Commemorating popular author Humayun Ahmed, the Exim Bank - Anyadin Humayun Ahmed Sahitya Puroshkar 2020 was held at the ASKB Auditorium of Bangla Academy yesterday.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday described the study report of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on good governance in facing coronavirus as partial and politically motivated.

A tribunal in Dhaka yesterday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for raping a four-year-old girl in Dhaka’s Nawabganj in 2018.

Speakers at a virtual press conference yesterday called for ending violence in the name of religion, mob lynching, attacks on religious minorities’ home and the growing incidents of violence against women and girls. They urged to ensure rule of law, human rights, accountability and justice.

JAAGO Foundation and Volunteer for Bangladesh yesterday launched a campaign titled “Apnar mask kothay?” (Where is your mask?). Supported by Beximco Pharmaceuticals, the campaign aims to encourage people to wear masks and raise awareness on the importance of wearing masks during the pandemic.