A three-member probe body was formed yesterday to investigate the allegations of “recruitment business” over appointment of some administrative posts in Dhaka University’s Ruqayyah hall.

Potentials of blue economy in the Indian Ocean, which is worth $25 trillion, remain largely untapped due to shortage of investments and absence of comprehensive research on marine resources, according to experts.

The government yesterday formed a “high-level” taskforce led by Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan to curb road accidents and bring discipline in the transport sector.

Bazlur Rahman Bachchu, a social worker and younger brother of Millat Group Chairman Miah Abdullah Wazed, has died at the age of 70, says a press release.

Armed Police Battalion (APBn) officials arrested a flight attendant with 82 gold bars -- weighing 9.5kg -- at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday.

Former engineer of Power Works Department and eminent social worker Alhaj Shamsul Hoque Mojumder’s 11th death anniversary will be observed today, said a press release.

Seven people were killed and three others injured in road accidents during the last two days, our correspondents report.

The 23rd death anniversary of Prof Mohammed Noman -- an eminent educationist, former vice chancellor of Jahangirnagar University and recipient of Ekushey Padak -- will be observed today, said a press release.

Dhaka University’s student counseling and guidance office held a discussion, celebrating the 10th anniversary of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Foundation Bangladesh, at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of DU yesterday.

Md Mahtab Uddin, a senior journalist and former professor, has been suffering from thyroid cancer for more than three years.

Workers of an RMG factory in Ashulia, which was declared shut on Wednesday, have threatened to go for a tougher movement if the authorities failed to resume operation by tomorrow.

Cox’s Bazar municipality authorities launched a drive to cull dogs on Wednesday, in violation of a High Court injunction.

With priority to mosquito control activities and waste management, Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Atiqul Islam yesterday announced a Tk 3,057.24 crore budget for 2019-20 fiscal, Tk 489.79 crore higher than last year’s.

Students and teachers besieged the two administrative buildings of Jahangirnagar University (JU) for the third consecutive day yesterday, protesting alleged corruption of the authorities and unplanned development work which they claim will endanger the biodiversity of the campus.

Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) has issued a circular, banning the sale of tobacco products within 100 yards of educational institutions.

Technical experts from Election Office in Dhaka were supposed to visit Chattogram to investigate the incident of uploading 73 dubious applications on the Election Commission (EC) database for issuing national identity card (NID) yesterday.

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Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Secretary AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon yesterday demanded that the chief justice immediately withdraw judicial powers of Magistrate Mohammad Tofazzal Hossain and take punitive action against him for sending Barrister Mainul Hosein to jail.

The case was filed against him in 1994, alleging him of embezzling money and causing loss to the state exchequer.

DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam announces Tk 3,057.24 crore budget for 2019-20 fiscal, putting priority to the mosquito control and garbage management activities.