After several months, the clay is being moulded, the paintbrushes are running, and idols of deities are on their way to mandaps for the big celebration.

A Dhaka court yesterday took cognisance of the charges against GK Shamim, a top contractor of government projects, and his seven bodyguards in a money laundering case.

Three more prosecution witnesses, including a police sub-inspector, today gave their depositions before a Dhaka tribunal in connection with a case filed over the rape of a DU student in the city's Kurmitola area.

The High Court today questioned Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority's (Wasa) decision of hiking the water price by 25 percent since April 1 of this year.

The trial of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad’s murder case against 25 accused began at a Dhaka tribunal today, with the deposition of the complainant.

A Dhaka court yesterday set October 27 for delivering judgment in a case filed against five members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) over the murder of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu murder in 2015.

The launching ceremony of the first community based award programme under The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award was held on Saturday at the Pink City Model Town in the capital, said a press release.

Police foiled a coffin procession, organised by workers demanding reopening of closed state-run jute mills, in Khulna city’s Khalishpur area yesterday.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines resumed direct flights to London from Sylhet yesterday after nine years.

Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) has presented its annual “Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award” to Ahmed Kabir Kishore, who was arrested under the Digital Security Act in Bangladesh over five months ago.

Police yesterday arrested two accused in a case filed for raping a 12-year-old girl of Sardarergaon village of Sylhet Sadar upazila.

BD CSO Process, a forum of around 700 civil society organisations and local NGOs, will hold a virtual conference from Tuesday, with 15 international speakers.

Colleges across the country have started online classes for the newly-admitted grade XI students from yesterday.

After months of stalling, the Bus Route Rationalisation (BRR) committee -- formed to bring discipline to Dhaka’s chaotic bus operations -- is set to sit next week, to set up the first of the six proposed routes stretching from Ghatar Char in Basila to Narayanganj.

Indian High Commissioner-designate to Bangladesh, Vikram Doraiswami, has visited Tripura and a number of connectivity projects between India and Bangladesh before his scheduled arrival to Dhaka today.

Incidents of rape have been making headlines on a daily basis for quite a long time now. An alarming increase in the number of this gruesome sexual violence, now requires us to revisit the rape laws in play in Bangladesh and review the entire criminal justice system in this regard as well.

Cultural activists of Barishal yesterday organised a human chain and rally to protest irregularities in construction of the divisional Shilpakala Academy. They demanded immediate handover of the building.

Today is the 32nd death anniversary of MA Rashid, a former secretary, says a press release.

Two people were killed and at least five injured yesterday after a car and bus collided head-on in Habiganj’s ​​Bahubal upazila.

A Dhaka court has observed that arrest warrants are not needed for cases filed over cognisable offences after a petition was filed before it by a Dhaka University student seeking warrants for former Ducu-VP Nurul Haque Nur and five others in a case filed under the Women and Children Repression and Prevention Act.