Rapid Action Battalion detained Moinul Haque Manju, councillor of ward No 39, along with alcohol and firearms during a raid at his office in Tikatuli area of Dhaka.

An eight-year-old boy who was injured in the gas cylinder blast in Dhaka’s Rupnagar area, succumbs at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), raising the death toll to seven.

Railway authorities of Bangladesh and India will work together to assess viability of operating a passenger railway service on the Rajshahi-Kolkata route.

The Supreme Court yesterday fined two private universities Tk 20 lakh for admitting students beyond the approval of Bangladesh Bar Council and University Grants Commission (UGC).

Bangladesh yesterday signed a $100 million financing agreement with the World Bank to ensure improved water supply, sanitation, and drainage system in 30 selected municipalities, benefitting about 6 lakh people.

A bright student, Ariful Islam Sajal aspired to be an engineer. His impoverished family had high hopes from him.

Mirza Md Ali Ispahani has passed away yesterday in Dhaka. He was 88 years old.

Legal expert Prof Dr Mizanur Rahman wants a shift in the country’s justice system -- from offender-centric to victim-centric -- to ensure wellbeing of the affected.

Chittagong University (CU) authorities have postponed the result of D-unit admission test for 2019-20 academic session, citing technical glitches.

The chaos in the country’s sporting sector is a reflection of the current state of governance in the country, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that granted bail to BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid in a corruption case in which he was jailed for five years by a lower court.

Workers Party of Bangladesh yesterday suspended six of its central committee leaders who had sought to refrain from joining the upcoming 10th congress of the party -- scheduled to begin in Dhaka on November 2.

A Dhaka court yesterday allowed the prosecution to produce three additional witnesses before it, in a case filed against suspended Sonagazi OC Moazzem Hossain over filming Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi’s statement and circulating the footage on social media without her consent.

The health condition of former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation and BNP vice chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka, who has long been receiving treatment in the USA for cancer, has turned critical.

Customs officials recovered 50 gold bars, weighing 5.8kg, from an aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday morning.

The High Court yesterday directed authorities concerned not to destroy bird nests at a mango orchard in Khordo Bausha village of Bagha upazila in Rajshahi.

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam yesterday said his office will take necessary steps so that the High Court hears and disposes of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case quickly.

The cabinet committee on economic affairs yesterday gave retrospective approval of a project worth Tk 154 crore, to build model villages in Rangpur, Gopalganj and Bogura district, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.

Workers of a readymade garments (RMG) factory in Savar yesterday demonstrated in front of their factory, demanding arrear salaries.

Jahangir Alam, an accused in the Holey Artisan attack case, yesterday gave his statement before a Dhaka court.