A Dhaka court yesterday placed two people, including an assistant sub-inspector of Shahbagh Police Station, on a three-day remand each, in connection with a case filed over snatching 125 tola (apprx 1.25kg) gold in Dhaka’s Shahbagh area.

Economists and rights activists at a seminar yesterday urged the government to protect land rights of marginalised communities in the country, particularly the poor and ethnic minorities, to help them live a dignified life.

The government has appointed Rabab Fatima, current ambassador of Bangladesh to Japan, as the new ambassador and permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday said they have already taken initiatives for a five-year long project proposal to control Aedes mosquito.

Today marks the 12th death anniversary of Alhaj Foyez Baksh Bhuiya, a renowned businessman and social worker from Lalmonirhat.

Detectives of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) detained 18 persons, including 17 Bangladeshi passport holders, suspecting them to be Rohingyas from port city’s Khulshi area yesterday noon.

At least seven people were killed and two injured in road accidents across the country yesterday, our correspondents and news agencies report.

A Khulna court yesterday sentenced two people to death for killing a minor of Bastuhara Colony after gang rape in Khulna city in 2009.

Authorities of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU) yesterday withdrew the suspension of Fatema Tuz Zinia, amid countrywide protests and criticism.

The government awards CIP (Commercially Important Persons) cards to 182 businessmen as recognition of their outstanding contribution and performance in export and trade in 2017.

High Court has directed owners of seven factories for setting up separate effluent treatment plants (ETPs) in order to stop dumping their wastes into the Buriganga river and to save it from pollution.

A Dhaka court places two people including an assistant sub-inspector of Shahbagh Police Station on a three-day remand each in connection with a case filed over snatching 125 totals of gold in the city’s Shahbag area.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says the party has formed 12 sub-committees for holding its next national council.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detain 142 people from a "casino" in Dhaka’s Fakirerpool area.

Officer-in-Charge of Pabna Sadar Police Station Obaidul Huq, who allegedly arranged the marriage between a gang-rape victim and one of the alleged rapists in an attempt to cover up the crime, has been suspended for his controversial role.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the nursing education and training in Bangladesh will be upgraded to international standards as the country needs a large number of trained nurses.

A former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Chittagong University (CU) unit goes on a token hunger strike on the campus demanding removal of two teachers from the university’s administrative posts.

The ongoing conflict of Grameenphone and Robi with the BTRC over the payment of the telecom regulator’s dues will be resolved through discussion within three weeks, says Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.

A woman attempted to take her own life by ingesting poison yesterday, after a court acquitted her husband in a dowry case.

Wife of the prime accused in a case filed over the killing of Savar Awami League leader Abdul Mazid in a confessional statement before a Dhaka court has said Mazid was killed in a planned way, according to investigators.