A Dhaka court sentences one person to death in a case filed over the murder of Risha, a class VIII student of Willes Little Flower School, who was brutally killed in 2016.

Activists under the platform Muktijuddho Mancha set fire to an effigy of Jubo League Chairman Mohammad Omar Faruque Chowdhury on the Dhaka University campus.

Saudi Arabian authorities send back 93 more migrant workers to Bangladesh -- as part of a crackdown on undocumented workers in the kingdom.

Police arrest three people including Chhatra League leader Amit Saha in connection with the brutal murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad.

A Sylhet court yesterday sentenced four people to death for killing an 11-year-old boy in 2011.

Police yesterday detained three youths, including the prime suspect in the murder of a college student at Gulpukurpar in Mymensingh city Tuesday night.

Although the number of hospital admissions from dengue are coming down steadily, the death toll continues to tick up.

Urging the government to take actions to implement laws for persons with disabilities in its entirety, eminent rights activist Sultana Kamal yesterday said the allowance provided for them is not sufficient.

Demanding speedy trial of Abrar’s killers

A labour court in Dhaka yesterday issued an arrest warrant for Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus in connection with three cases filed over sacking of three employees of Grameen Communications.

BNP yesterday expressed solidarity with demands of demonstrating students of Buet over the death of Abrar Fahad.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the public administration ministry to take necessary steps to resolve the problems faced by vision-impaired jobseekers.

Saudi Arabian authorities sent back 105 Bangladeshi migrant workers on Tuesday and yesterday -- as part of a crackdown on undocumented workers in the kingdom.

Left Democratic Alliance yesterday demanded that the government make public the bilateral documents it signed with India during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent visit to the neighbouring country.

Supply of fuel was suspended yesterday in 15 districts of Khulna division and greater Faridpur, following a 10-hour strike enforced by tank-lorry workers, demanding withdrawal of a case filed against two fellow workers over a road accident.

Three students of Buet were placed on a five-day remand each yesterday in connection with the murder of Abrar Fahad.

The UK has pledged further support of £30 million for mitigating the Rohingya crisis, to help with food, healthcare, sanitation and counselling for victims of sexual violence.

A mobile court on Tuesday night sentenced a man to three months in jail for posing as an official of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and possessing fake documents of different government offices.

A Khulna court yesterday sentenced two people to life imprisonment for killing BL College student Abdullah Al Faisal alias Shiblu Mollah, 27, in Daulatpur area of Khulna city.

Students from universities in and outside the capital yesterday continued protests against the murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad, while Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activists -- student front of BNP -- came under attack during a demonstration at Jagannath University (JnU).