Three men were arrested with six loaded firearms from the capital’s Gendaria area yesterday while trading arms in broad daylight, police said.

A schoolboy sustained burn injuries as a fire broke out due to a gas pipeline blast at Khelaghar playground in Tejgaon’s Tejkunipara area yesterday.

Disapproving Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood’s comment that corruption committed in good faith is not an offence, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the government will not differentiate between corruptions.

A free eye screening camp for underprivileged people -- organised by The Distressed Children & Infants International (DCI), and Rights and Sight for Children (RSC) -- was held at Hizla Government Primary School in Keraniganj, Dhaka yesterday, says a press release.

Olik -- a four member global winning team in NASA Space Apps Challenge 2018 -- from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) was denied US visa required to attend several programmes at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida from July 21 to 23.

A man surrenders to the local police after killing his wife in Rajshahi Sadar.

A Barguna court has placed Rishan Farazi, a key suspect in Rifat murder case, on a five-day remand.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) cancels leave of all officials of its waste and health management departments in a bid to control the spread of dengue, chikungunya and other similar diseases in the city.

The High Court yesterday issued an injunction, barring two officials of the drug administration from continuing their jobs for negligence in dealing with a case filed for manufacturing toxic paracetamol that killed 28 children in 2009.

A Dhaka court yesterday could not start hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and seven others in connection with Barapukuria Coalmine graft case as Khaleda was not produced before it due to her illness.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for London today on an official visit to the United Kingdom.

The High Court yesterday asked the authorities concerned of the government to take necessary steps to make people aware so that they do not purchase or intake expired medicines.

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A rights organisation yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court, seeking its directives on the government to give Tk 1 crore as compensation to each family of 11 victims who died in an accident at a Sirajganj level crossing four days ago.

The capital’s slum dwellers with access to official water supply consume 3.5 times less water than that of the affluent people though they all pay the same price, found a study of Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD).

Amid a concerning rise in dengue cases in Dhaka, both its city corporations have decided to monitor the effectiveness of its insecticide, as the current stock was found to be ineffective in killing mosquitoes.

More than a month has gone by since Mishuk Khan, a student from Narayanganj, went traceless, said family members.

During his recent visit to Bangladesh, former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon invited Brac University President and Vice-Chancellor Prof Vincent Chang to a breakfast meeting on July 10, says a press release.

At least 25 percent of Chattogram city roads have been damaged due to nine consecutive days of rain and consequent waterlogging, hindering vehicular movement severely and resulting in immense sufferings for city dwellers.

A mobile court of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) in Chattogram jailed two persons for not keeping driving licences and fined eight vehicles Tk 18,700 yesterday for violation of traffic rules.