Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) yesterday filed cases against 10 companies after finding harmful heavy metals in their pasteurised milk.

The two bombs that police found and detonated in the capital’s Paltan and Khamar Bari areas early yesterday were powerful enough to kill people and destroy properties in the surrounding areas, police said.

Satellite images have captured continued destruction of residential buildings in Rakhine state since 2017, raising serious questions about Myanmar’s willingness to repatriate tens of thousands of Rohingyas , who fled to Bangladesh following a brutal military-led crackdown.

Aysha Siddika Minni, who was allegedly forced to confess her involve-ment in the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif, wants to withdraw her previous statement and submit a new one.

Long before their alleged involvement in the killing of Rifat Sharif, brothers Rifat Farazi and Rishan Farazi were already known as two terrorising figures in the small town of Barguna.

The High Court yesterday observed that Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority would get appreciations if it could solve all its issues and supply safe drinking water to citizens.

Stocks rallied the best in six-and-a-half months yesterday after sinking for more than three weeks. The bounce back was due to the central bank and the capital market regulator teaming up to prop up the flagging market.

The government has been making good progress in buying rice from millers but it is lagging far behind its target for buying paddy from farmers, who had protested recently for not getting decent price for their produce.

Md Siraj, 28, died because he loved his daughter. When a mob descended upon him, suspecting him to be a kidnapper, the deaf man could not even express his innocence for he could not speak.

Boris Johnson yesterday won the race to become Britain’s next prime minister, heading straight into a confrontation over Brexit with Brussels and parliament, as well as a tense diplomatic standoff with Iran.

Infected with dengue haemorrhagic fever, Abdur Razzak was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Saturday.

State-run Janata Bank’s provisioning shortfall has hit a whopping Tk 8,256 crore, the highest-ever deficit for any bank in the country, putting depositors’ money at risk.

The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday arrested the prime suspect in the killing of Taslima Begum Renu by a mob on Saturday in Dhaka’s Uttar Badda.

Unidentified assailants shot dead two top Awami League leaders in Bandarban and Satkhira yesterday.

Josna Khatun was taking her intellectually challenged mother Hasina Khatun to the doctor’s along with other family members yesterday morning. As they were about to get into an auto-rickshaw near the crowded Daulatpur Bazar area of Kushtia, Josna lost her mother.

Even a month ago, their household was like that of any other family’s. They would spend time together, have meals together, and sometimes children would play on their yard.

The overall dengue situation in the country remains grim as 403 new dengue patients have been admitted to hospitals in 24 hours since 8:00am Sunday, the highest in a single day this year.

Goods worth around Tk 10,000 crore have been left abandoned by importers at the Chattogram Port for the past five and half years, depriving customs of revenue and leading to a space crisis.

As floodwater started receding across the country, different kinds of waterborne diseases have begun spreading in some districts.

Dengue may be fatal for those who had already contracted the disease before, with doctors suggesting immediate treatment at the first sign of a fever for everyone.