No important documents were harmed in the fire that broke out at the Election Commission Building in Dhaka’s Agargaon area early today.

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) yesterday detained a man allegedly involved in releasing 22 consignments from Chattogram port through user IDs of two former officials of Chattogram Customs House (CCH).

Speakers at a roundtable yesterday said a taskforce should be formed to monitor disbursement of the government’s climate budget.

A construction worker died after a wall collapsed on him in Khulna city’s Newsprint Mill area yesterday.

The government will impose a 22-day ban on catching, selling, storing and transporting Hilsa from October 9 to 31, to ensure safe spawning of the national fish during its peak breeding period.

A German business delegation arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a five-day visit to discuss trade and investment issues with their Bangladesh counterparts.

A Narayanganj court yesterday placed two associates of Ajmeri Osman, who were arrested early Friday in connection with a case filed for extortion and beating up a businessman, on one-day remand each.

A banker was killed when a truck hit his motorcycle on Khulna-Satkhira highway in Nijkhamar area of Khulna yesterday.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the government is conspiring to send their ailing chairperson Khaleda Zia back to jail from hospital, giving people an impression that she is “now fine”.

A section of Jahangirnagar University (JU) teachers yesterday observed work abstention for three hours, protesting alleged corruption of the authorities and unplanned development work on campus.

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A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging the legality of appointments of 70 deputy attorney generals (DAGs) and 105 assistant attorney generals (AAGs).

A section of Dhaka University (DU) students yesterday protested the “illegal enrolment” of 34 former and incumbent Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders into a specific department of the Faculty of Business Studies.

The 2nd death anniversary of Shaafi Hossain Chisty Yousha was observed yesterday. On that day in 2017, he died while undergoing treatment at United Hospital, Dhaka, says a press release.

Science and Technology Affairs Minister Yeafesh Osman yesterday said that the installation cost of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) is higher compared to that in India, as Bangladesh is new in implementing such project.

Mohammad Musa, a Language Movement veteran and former president of Brahmanbaria Press Club, died at his residence in Mourail area of Brahmanbaria town early yesterday. He was 86.

The Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday opposed a proposal to include Ansar members in anti-narcotics drives, saying that the force is not a “law enforcement agency”.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday reclaimed a total of 30,000 square feet areas demolishing around 200 illegal establishments, including some semi-concrete structures, sheds and shops at the capital’s Gabtoli bus terminal and its adjoining areas.

Two patients infected with dengue disease died in Dhaka and Khulna yesterday.

Speakers at a science exhibition in port city urged students to clean up their surroundings to keep the environment pollution free.