One word, three syllables, and loads of sugary syrup -- jilapi -- is a magic spell bound to get your salivary glands going. The sweet item needs no introduction, and receives special celebrity status come every Ramadan when it is seen everywhere in this city. Restaurants and even hole in the wall food stalls compete to one up each other with their “special” jilapis.

I broke the big rule about going outdoors in summertime, which is to start early. Owing to unexpected traffic, it was almost ten when I reached Satchori National Park. The forest seemed enveloped by heat and humidity and I heard few bird calls.

Detectives detain 23 suspected Rohingyas, two other women and a man from Dhaka’s Khilkhet area.

Doctors at Sylhet Women’s Medical College and Hospital have demonstrated alleging intimidation on a female physician by an activist of Chhatra League.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines suspends operation of its ten flights on four domestic routes till Monday due to shortage of aircraft following Wednesday’s Biman flight accident at Yangon Airport.

The ongoing mild to moderate heat wave sweeping over Dhaka, Rajshahi and Khulna divisions may continue in the next 24 hours as of 9:00am tomorrow, says a met office bulletin issued in Dhaka.

Leaders of two left-leaning women’s organisations call upon the countrymen to forge a mass movement for building strong resistance against the rampant incidents of rape and repression on women.

Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of police yesterday claimed to have arrested an IT operative of Hizb ut-Tahrir in South Keraniganj area of Dhaka.

A Dhaka University (DU) student met a tragic end last night, after he fell off a coconut tree on the campus.

A mobile court yesterday fined a super shop in Narayanganj Tk 50,000 for selling and storing expired food items, not having price list and selling goods at higher price than retail markets.

A construction worker died after falling from the third floor of an under-construction building in Ashulia of Savar yesterday.

Police on Wednesday recovered the hanging body of a man from his house in Noya Bazar area of Chattogram.

Three people were killed and four injured in road accidents in three districts during the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.

A worker died in a landslide while illegally extracting stone from a hillock at Shah Arefin Tila area of Companiganj upazila in Sylhet yesterday morning.

Eminent criminal law expert Khandker Mahbub Hossain yesterday told the Supreme Court that 5,209 prisoners, who have been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, do not know how long they will have to serve in jails, although life sentence refers to 30 years’ prison term as per law.

At least 44 children were either raped or subjected to attempted rape in the nine days between May 1 and 9, according to rights body Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF).

Additional Inspector General of Police Rowshan Ara Begum, who was killed in a road crash in Congo on Sunday, was laid to eternal rest yesterday.

Leading economists and policy analysts have rejected the idea of providing Rohingyas access to local labour market in Cox’s Bazar, and suggested their quick repatriation to ease pressure on Bangladesh.

A mobile court yesterday fined three shops Tk 35,000 for selling beef at high prices in Hathazari upazila of Chattogram.

Novartis associates in Bangladesh on Sunday organised different activities to support autistic children.