Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne will arrive in Dhaka today on a three-day official visit, to attend the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Blue Economy ministerial meeting, as well as meeting Bangladesh high-ups to address the Rohingya issue.

An elephant of Dhaka’s The Lion Circus has died of heat stroke due to the hot spell prevailing for couple of days in Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat.

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Unit Chief Monirul Islam has said the Jamaat-Shibir activists are engaged in carrying out attacks after being angered by the police actions.

The cabinet has approved the draft of a law that will pave the way for depositing the idle money to the public exchequer as Tk 2,12,100 crore remained unused till May this year.

Police claims to have arrested eight teenage boys in connection with murder of a 16-year-old boy in Dhaka’s Lalbagh area on Thursday.

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow on a three-day official visit to attend Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Blue Economy ministerial meeting as well as to meet Bangladesh high-ups to address the Rohingya issue.

The Dhaka stocks continue to bleed for the last four days to its one and half-month low due to the thin participation of institutional investors as well as general investors amid the confidence crisis.

A total of 651 birds of different species have been rescued from Savar and the capital’s Kamrangirchar.

One more patient has died of dengue, mosquito-borne disease, at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), taking the countrywide death toll to 128.

A section of teachers and employees of Jahangirnagar University brought out a human chain to protest allegations of corruption and irregularities in development projects on the campus against the vice-chancellor and her family members.

The “hijacker” who allegedly killed biker Milon at Malibagh flyover near the CID office in Dhaka has been arrested.

Police Bureau of Investigation arrested the bus driver responsible for the incident in which a female government official lost her left leg in the city’s Banglamotor area on August 27.

A police constable, who was ploughed by a motorcyclist during an anti-narcotics drive on Saturday night, died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital yesterday evening.

State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday said the quality of new dredgers to be purchased for Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) will be ensured.

Rapid Action Battalion members (Rab) claimed to have arrested an alleged operative of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) in Siddhirganj of Narayanganj.

Five people were killed and three others injured in road accidents in five districts in the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.

Although four days have passed, police are yet to find any lead regarding the murder of Sheikh Farid Alom, 32, who was killed by masked criminals in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka on Thursday.

“I no longer have to worry about stalkers or harassers on the streets now that I know basic self-defense techniques,” said ninth-grader Mohima Akter of Savar Girls High School, after a group of thirty students of the school received a short training on karate.

A Sylhet court yesterday sentenced 10 people to life imprisonment for hurling acid at two persons to grab their land.

Classes and examinations were suspended at Chittagong University (CU) yesterday, after Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists allegedly halted shuttle train and teachers’ bus service following a factional clash in the early hours.