A court in Chattogram yesterday acquitted apprentice lawyer Samar Krishna Chowdhury from an arms case filed with Boalkhali Police Station.

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Rab yesterday claimed to have arrested four militant suspects from the city’s Dakkhin Khan area.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday produced names and relevant particulars of its 11 officials who were investigating 26 corruption cases in which jute mill worker Jaha Alam was wrongly implicated and suffered in jail for three years -- before the High Court.

Mominul Haque Majumder, previously director (finance and accounts) of Daffodil International University (DIU), joined as the new treasurer of DIU on Monday as selected by President Abdul Hamid, also DIU Chancellor.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said some NGOs are cooperating with Myanmar, while BNP is using the Rohingya issue as a political tool against the government.

Today is the 13th death anniversary of Jahan Ara Begum, a former teacher of New Govt Girls High School in Dhaka’s Armanitola and mother of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) leader Sajjad Jahir Chandan.

A High Court bench yesterday cleared the issue of VIPs (very important person), saying all the ministers and judges of the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court are VIPs as per relevant law.

A section of Dhaka University students yesterday formed a human chain demanding that the authorities build a makeshift library until construction of the new library complex begins.

A central leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League yesterday allegedly beat up a flower vendor of Shahbagh, calling him “an activist of BNP” as the latter refused to give him extortion money.

Distressed Children & Infants International (DCI) and Rights and Sight for Children (RSC) provided sarees, lungis and mosquito nets to victims of the Mirpur slum fire. This initiative aimed to support 50 of the most affected families, said a press release.

A Dhaka court yesterday again asked the Anti-Corruption Commission to submit the probe report on a money laundering case against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others by October 2.

Razia Begum, wife of late Bengal Civil Service officer Ahmadullah, passed away on Sunday at the capital’s United Hospital.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said all television channels in the country are enjoying full freedom.

At least six people were killed and five injured in road accidents in two districts in the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.

President M Abdul Hamid yesterday sought the Chinese government’s continuous support to ensure safe and dignified repatriation of Rohingyas to their homeland in Myanmar, when Li Jiming, new Chinese Ambassador to Dhaka, presented his credentials to the President at Bangabhaban.

Bangladesh will brief diplomats stationed in Dhaka about the latest situation on the Rohingya issue today, as two consecutive efforts to begin the repatriation of the displaced people failed amid their unwillingness and distrust in the Myanmar government.

Seven people were sentenced to life term imprisonment in a case filed for murder of a youth in Siddhirganj area of Narayanganj on February 26, 2010.

A Dhaka court yesterday rejected a bail petition of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Mizanur Rahman, in a case filed for transaction of Tk 40 lakh as bribe.

The High Court (HC) has granted permanent bail to Tanzila Haque Chowdhury Mitu in a case filed for provoking her husband Mustafa Murshed Akash, to suicide, clearing the way of her walk out of jail.