A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion has sentenced 22 members of a teenage gang between three and six months in prison for consumption of drugs.

At least 64 Bangladeshi female migrants return home from a shelter home in Saudi Arabia.

A Dhaka court yesterday asked for a report on the death of former Jatiya Party chairman late HM Ershad, who was an accused in connection with the Maj Gen Abul Manzur murder case.

Jatiya Ainjibi Oikyafront (JAO), a forum of pro-BNP lawyers, yesterday demanded that necessary steps be taken through the Supreme Judicial Council against all kinds of corruption in the judiciary.

Jatiya Oikyafront convener and Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday called upon people to get united like 1971 Liberation War to get rid of those who are destroying democracy.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver verdict today in a case filed against a Jamaat man of Rajshahi for allegedly committing crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.

BNP yesterday alleged that the government has had no diplomatic success in resolving the protracted Rohingya crisis, and repatriating the displaced Myanmar nationals to their place of origin from Cox’s Bazar.

The High Court yesterday asked the government to inform what steps it has taken against incidents of mob beating and its perpetrators.

A youth was stabbed to death allegedly by rivals at port city’s MES College area yesterday.

The High Court yesterday observed that the government and both Dhaka city corporations cannot avoid liability in failure to purchase effective insecticides on time to kill Aedes mosquitoes.

At least 10 were killed and 15 injured in road accidents across the country yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

Suggesting the government to find out alternative source of fuel, Professor Anu Muhammad -- member secretary of National Committee for Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports -- yesterday said waste materials and solar energy can be used as sources to generate power, to meet the increasing demand in the country.

The 11th convocation of Rajshahi University (RU) will be held on November 30, university authorities confirmed yesterday.

The government yesterday appointed Ehsan Elahi, an additional secretary of Road Transport and Highway Division, as chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC).

Ten students of Mass Communication and Journalism at Dhaka University (DU) yesterday received Prof Sitara Parvin Award for their outstanding results in BSS (Hons) examination in 2018.

Police yesterday arrested a man convicted to life-term imprisonment, two hours after he escaped from Rajshahi central jail.

Forest officials in Chattogram yesterday said a sapling plantation programme of theirs at a reserve forest in Fatikchari was foiled by staff of a tea estate.

For the first time in Bangladesh, a two-day international conference on sustainable fisheries was organised at Amanullah Convention Hall in Sylhet city and ended yesterday afternoon.

There has been an acute transport shortage on two major routes in Chattogram city for more than a year, as most public buses are being used for RMG workers after their duty hours.

Bangladesh wants to import 340MW more electricity from other parts of India instead of previously proposed Tripura, as its transmission system is said to be weak.