Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said a commission will be formed soon to unmask and ensure the punishment of those who plotted the assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members.

The 43rd death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was observed yesterday.

Today is the seventh death anniversary of Dr Akhlakul Hossain Ahmed, a Liberation War organiser and a member of Bangladesh Constituent Assembly of 1972, said a press release.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to compensate Tk 1 crore to the family of Taslima Begum Renu -- who was killed in a mob beating at Badda on July 20.

Mohabeer Robidas, a freedom fighter, died from a cardiac arrest at his Shamsernagar tea garden residence in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar on Monday. He was 85.

A record 66,000 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country till yesterday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Bangladesh International School and College (BISC), organised a science fair and Olympiad on school premises in Dhaka Cantonment yesterday, said a press release.

The High Court yesterday directed the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) to launch a 24-hour hotline in three months, to receive complaints from consumers regarding adulterated food and to provide service on priority basis.

Three more prosecution witnesses, including two physicians of United Hospital, yesterday gave their statements before a tribunal in the Holey Artisan café attack case.

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

A tribunal in Chattogram yesterday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a girl six years ago.

Cumilla highway police arrested the driver of a Tisha Paribahan bus that rammed a CNG-run autorickshaw killing eight people, from Dinajpur on Monday night.

Praava Health celebrated World Family Health Professionals Day recently in Banani, Dhaka. The ceremony was led by Ms Sylvana Q. Sinha, Founder, Managing Director, & CEO; Dr Simeen M. Akhtar, Senior Medical Director; Dr Faisal Rahman, Medical Director; and other members from Praava’s medical services team of Praava.

The schedule for the by-polls to Rangpur-3 constituency that fell vacant following death of Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad will be announced on September 1.

Former secretary Md Sirazul Islam has been appointed as executive chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA).

A woman loses one of her legs after a bus ploughed through a footpath in Dhaka’s Bangla Motor area.

The High Court admits for hearing an appeal filed by former officer-in-charge (OC) of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain seeking bail in a case filed on charges of recording a statement of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi and circulating the video clip on social media.

The High Court directs Department of Environment to issue environmental clearance certificate to Thengamara Mahila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS) LPG Limited for establishing LPG bottling plant in Mongla near the Sundarbans.

The High Court issues a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to compensate Tk 1 crore to the family of Taslima Begum Ranu who was killed in a mob beating at Badda area in Dhaka on July 20.

The High Court directs the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) to launch a hotline in three months in order to receive the complaints from the consumers and to provide them service on emergency basis.