Two accused -- Saiful Islam and Nazmul Huda -- were placed on a two-day remand each after detectives arrested them in a case over rape of a Dhaka University student. The case was filed on September 20.

Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Atiqul Islam and his wife Dr Shayla Shagufta Islam have been infected with Covid-19, according to a press release.

Police recover the body of an unidentified man from the waters of Dhaka’s Hatirjheel area.

Police have detained a 50-year-old man for allegedly trying to rape a five-year old girl in Rangpur city’s Nilkantha area.

A journalist of a local newspaper has been hacked to death in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj.

The judgment in the arms case filed against expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon is set to be delivered by a Dhaka tribunal today.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced two former employees of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd to five years’ imprisonment for taking Tk 5,000 as bribe from a sweater factory in 2007.

Following media reports critical of the quality of Bangladesh Railway’s (BR) bottled water brand “Rail Pani”, the railway authority has decided to stop selling the product for the time being.

A court in Chattogram yesterday placed Chairman of Regent Group Md Shahed on a four-day remand in a case filed with Double Mooring in connection with misappropriating Tk 91.25 lakh from a motor parts importer through fraudulence in port city.

Language Movement veteran Prof Dr Mirza Mazharul Islam died at a hospital in Dhaka yesterday morning. He was 96.

The Supreme Court yesterday said Md Eunus Ali Akond, a lawyer, is a habitual contemnor and he should go on retirement.

Speakers at a virtual talk yesterday said self-awareness can be a tool for the youth to deal with their mental health issues.

Barishal Senior Judicial Magistrate Enayet Ullah yesterday offered unconditional apology and expressed grief to the High Court for sending four children, who were arrested in a rape case, to the custody of a child development centre beyond his jurisdiction.

Owners and workers of goods-carrying vehicles yesterday “postponed” their countrywide 48-hour strike, supposed to start from today, for 15 days.

Rab claimed to have arrested a youth from Dhaka’s Khilkhet area on charges of making provocative posts on Facebook against anti-rape protests and inciting rape.

The rate of child marriage in Bangladesh is on an alarming rise, as girls are mostly staying home owing to the closure of educational institutions during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Manusher Jonno Foundation yesterday said some 7,800 out of 30,313 child labourers who were involved in risky jobs have switched to “riskier jobs” in eight districts between July and September.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday said although experts are warning about a surge in Covid-19 infection during the coming winter, government preparations are not in sight to fight it off.

The coronavirus outbreak has brought the activities of art galleries and event spaces to an abrupt halt.

The mysterious death of a 33-year-old man, allegedly in police custody in Sylhet city, sparks a protest.