A case has been filed over the alleged rape of a Dhaka University student in the capital’s Kurmitola area last night.

Santrash Birodhi Chhatra Oikya, a new alliance of 12 student organisations of Dhaka University, blocks Shahbagh intersection for an hour protesting alleged rape of a university student in the capital’s Kurmitola area last night.

A female student of Dhaka University is raped allegedly by an unknown man in Dhaka’s Kurmitola area.

A battery-run auto-rickshaw driver was killed in Narayanganj yesterday.

One of the accused in Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case, Moniruzzaman Monir, yesterday submitted a petition to a Dhaka court for withdrawal of his confessional statement given earlier before a magistrate.

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to wife and daughter of former chairman of Farmers Bank Audit Committee Mahabubul Haque Chisty in two corruption cases.

The High Court yesterday ordered the government to stop sand extraction from the Titas river near Sheikh Hasina Titas Setu (bridge) in Bancharampur upazila of Brahmanbaria in 48 hours to protect the bridge and flow of the river.

The High Court yesterday sought a probe report from the sexual harassment prevention committee formed by the foreign ministry over the alleged sexual and mental harassment of a ministry official.

Farhana Ahmed Boishakhi is vying against her husband, sacked councillor AKM Mominul Haq Shaeed, for ward-9 councillor post in the upcoming Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) polls.

BNP yesterday urged the Election Commission to drop the decision of using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the upcoming elections to Dhaka north and south city corporations.

Police in separate drives yesterday arrested three persons with 252 bottles of foreign liquor and 7,000 yaba pills from port city’s DT road area of Double Mooring, and Parki bazar under Anwara upazila.

As soon as you enter the premises you’ll come face-to-face with a crocodile with its jaws wide open -- as if it is anxiously waiting to devour its prey. As you turn your eyes, a huge 13-feet python, with its body forming a twisted pattern, reveals itself.

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Director General Manuel Sager arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a five-day visit to better understand the key development challenges facing Bangladesh, especially the Rohingya crisis.

Election Commissioner Rafiqul Islam yesterday said they have asked returning officers to serve show-cause notices to those candidates breaching electoral code of conduct.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood’s mother-in-law Nur-e-Chashma passed away on Saturday evening in the capital’s Adabar area.

At least 421 people, including 46 children, were killed and 366 were injured in 393 railway accidents between January 1 and December 31 last year, Shipping and Communication Reporters Forum (SCRF) said in a press release.

The High Court yesterday summoned the Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) chairman to appear before it on January 26 and to explain for not complying with an HC order to remove all illegal structures along the Karnaphuli river in the port area.

Police in separate drives on Friday night and early yesterday arrested three people on the charge of killing a woman whose decomposed body was recovered from Jamshing area in Savar municipality on December 28.

Three more crude bombs exploded near Dhaka University’s Kalabhaban (Arts building) and Ducsu building yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the bail petitions of suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman in connection with two corruption cases file by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).