The Detective Branch of police has claimed to have arrested seven persons for leaking question papers of recruitment tests through devices.

Amid huge parking space crisis, Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) has approved 64 parking spots in the city.

The High Court directs the authorities to maintain a status quo for three months on the Rajuk mobile court order that fined Tk two lakh to Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a leading rights organisation, and asked it to leave its Lalmatia office in Dhaka.

The High Court has ordered the home secretary to provide logistic support to the mobile courts so that those can release certified copies of their orders quickly.

Some locally-made weapons are seized from four residential halls of Chittagong University following a clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on the campus.

Supply of fuel has come to a halt as petrol pump owners went on an indefinite strike in three divisions -- Rajshahi, Rangpur, and Khulna -- to press home their 15-point demand.

Four alleged members of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) have been arrested in Nikunja area of Dhaka's Khilkhet.

With an aim to help pedestrians cross an intersection safely and reduce risks of accidents, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) in October installed “push button time countdown” signal systems on a pilot basis in two of its areas.

A man was killed and 11 were injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Khulna Highway at Doulatpur area under Shibchar upazila in Madaripur yesterday.

All admission activities of B-unit were postponed and a three-member probe committee was formed yesterday by Cumilla University authorities, after a student placed 12th in the unit’s admission test despite being absent during the exam.

A local Awami League leader of Narayanganj’s Siddhirganj yesterday arranged a “doa mahfil” and feast on a high school premises, halting the final exams scheduled for the day.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday called upon teachers not to compromise with ideals and principles for personal gain.

Speakers at a seminar yesterday said one should serve people in a way that the person receiving the service feels dignified.

Unloading of imported bulk cargo from the outer anchorage of Chattogram port and different private jetties (ghats) across the country, as well as transport of previously-unloaded goods by lighter vessels through inland water routes remained suspended since early hours of yesterday, due to a wildcat work abstention enforced by a section of water transport workers.

It is not that open-market sales (OMS) of essentials at lower than market prices are unforeseen in the port city. Trucks of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) often sell rice, lentils and other daily groceries at various points of the city. However, there has been a marked difference in their latest stint of sales than previous times.

Locals from two coal-based power plant project areas in south and southeastern part of the country yesterday said their everyday life has been hampered severely due to the government’s ongoing development activities.

Rafiqul Islam Azad of English daily The Independent and Riaz Chowdhury of online news portal asianmail24.com were elected president and general secretary of Dhaka Reporters’ Unity respectively for next one year.

The government should not bow down to any “evil force”, which is obstructing the implementation of road transport act, said road safety crusader Ilias Kanchan yesterday.

National Professor Anisuzzaman was accorded the “Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Gold Medal 2018” yesterday, for his outstanding contributions to the country’s education sector.

Jatiya Party Presidium Member Salma Islam has been made new chairman of the party’s Dhaka district unit for the next two years.