A slow loris, locally known as “Lojjaboti Banor”, and a fishing cat were rescued in Rangamati’s Bagaichhari and Naniarchhar upazilas.

The genocide of Chuknagar stands as one of the most brutal and unprecedented massacres during the Liberation War, said Shahriar Kabir, president of Ekatturer Ghatok Dalal Nirmul Committee.

Three people were killed and three others injured when a car hit a truck parked on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria yesterday.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has every right and authority to conduct further investigation into any corruption case if the initial investigation report is found defective and not acceptable in the eye of law, the High Court observed in a full text of its verdict released yesterday.

A High Court bench yesterday expressed hope that the problems regarding tree Suhrawardy Udyan’s tree felling will be resolved amicably, through discussions between the government and environmentalists.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday demanded formation of a judicial inquiry committee to investigate the harassment of senior journalist Rozina Islam.

Journalist leaders yesterday slammed the health ministry, demanding punishment of its officials who harassed Prothom Alo’s investigative reporter Rozina Islam, who was arrested on Monday in a case filed under the Official Secrets Act, and called for her unconditional release.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has suspended flights to Saudi Arabia for five days starting from yesterday.

In the last 10 years, Rajshahi University’s annual expenditures has risen by Tk 278.67 crore.

Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana, former judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, has been appointed as director general (DG) of Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI) for next two years.

Four bodies have been recovered after two separate incidents of drowning in Munshiganj district’s Lohajang upazila.

Police yesterday arrested two youths for raping a 35-year-old woman in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila.

Harun-ur-Rashid, president of Bangladesh Newspaper Agents’ Association, died at a hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday night, aged 56.

Residents of Rajshahi city had to suffer a one-and-a-half-hour blackout due to an “emergency shutdown” by the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) yesterday morning. In some parts of the city, the power outage lasted for more than two hours.

The Republic of Korea has announced $4 million in assistance for Rohingyas and host community.

Some 2,355 yaba pills were recovered from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday.

Air density at two of Dhaka’s most marginalised low-income slums is four to five times higher than the permissible limit in Bangladesh for a 24-hour period.

The Election Commission will hold by-elections to the four parliamentary constituencies in July.

Civil society bodies and eminent citizens across the nation issued statements decrying the arrest of Prothom Alo senior correspondent Rozina Islam and demanded her immediate release.

Calls for unconditional release of Prothom Alo’s investigative reporter Rozina Islam, who was arrested on Monday in a case filed under the Official Secrets Act, 1923, continue to grow louder throughout the country.