Two separate High Court benches refuse to hear a writ petition that sought its directive on the law enforcers to arrest in 24 hours all the accused in a case filed over the murder of Rifat Sharif in Barguna.

Parliament passes the Tk 5,23,190 crore national budget for 2019-20 fiscal themed as “Bangladesh on a Pathway to Prosperity: Time is Ours, Time for Bangladesh.”

Covering their faces in black cloths, journalists today formed a human chain in front of the Anti-Corruption Commission’s headquarters for not withdrawing what they claimed an “indecent summon” of their fellow.

The High Court seeks the report of Dhaka University’s Pharmacy Faculty and Biomedical Research Centre that found detergent and antibiotics for humans in packaged milk available in kitchen markets and grocery shops.

At least four people have sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast at Dhaka's Green Road. The blast took place on the ground floor of Comfort Hospital building around 10:00am, police said.

Law enforcers have seized the bus of “Mohammad Ali Paribahan” linked to an accident in which Feroz Sarker, a Rajshahi College student, lost his forearm on Friday.

Eminent freedom fighters and citizens yesterday demanded that the government bring the then Pakistan army under trial for carrying out war crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.

A road safety organisation yesterday demanded amendment to the Road Transport Act-2018 to make third party insurance for road crash victims mandatory, and called for creating accident compensation fund immediately.

Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar yesterday said the government will be able to ‘directly interfere’ on social media sites such as Facebook and YouTube after September, to contain rumours on social media.

China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. has sent a rejoinder to two reports headlined “Police recover mutilated body of ex-army man” and “Murder of ex-army man: Police begins investigation” published in The Daily Star on June 17 and June 18 respectively.

Safe and inclusive urbanisation in keeping with the global SDGs will remain a far cry unless political hooliganism and corruption in development process are tackled, said urban experts at a discussion yesterday.

BNP high command has decided to intensify their efforts -- continuing ongoing movement and fighting a legal battle -- to ensure release of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The party said it will come up with a “package movement” within four weeks.

The Jahangirnagar University authorities have finally initiated to hold the long-pending Jucsu election in face of students’ demand.

Police arrested a youth in Ashulia of Savar yesterday, in a case filed over raping a woman.

Police detained 14 youths from an apartment in port city’s Dampara area yesterday afternoon, following a complaint against them of harassing students of Asian University for Women (AUW).

Eleven people were killed and ten injured in road accidents in six districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

The eviction of 1,200 families from Rajshahi city’s Zianagar between December 2017 and January 2018 to build a hi-tech park was improper and in violation of human rights, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.

At least four people were injured in a clash between activists of Awami League and Swechhasebok League in port city’s Lalkhan Bazar area yesterday, over establishing supremacy.

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Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque yesterday in parliament asked the authorities concerned to remove Ziaur Rahman’s grave and other structures, constructed going beyond the original design of the Jatiya Sangsad, from the premises of parliament.