A Dhaka court places five members of the militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a five-day remand over the bomb attack on Shia Muslim community headquarters, Hussaini Dalan, in Dhaka.

The European Parliament (EP) will see a debate on a motion to adopt a resolution on the freedom of expression in Bangladesh.

Discarded end-of-life electronic and electrical devices, or e-waste, are the fastest growing waste stream in the world.

The result of written examination of 9th Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission (BJSC) is published.

A Supreme Court lawyer sends a legal notice to the government, requesting it to lift the restrictions on Facebook, Whatsapp and Viber within 24 hours.

Police have shown “extreme inefficiency and negligence” in investigating a case filed over rape of a student of Viqarunnisa Noon School, a Dhaka court observes while delivering verdict in the case.

The High Court questiones the legality of executive magistrates running mobile courts.

Rangpur Riders crush Dhaka Dynamites by 69 runs on the back of a superb bowling effort from Shakib Al Hasan and Thisara Perera in the 7th match of BPL-2015 at Mirpur today.

An emergency meeting of Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) and Awami League Parliamentary Board (ALPB) will be held tomorrow.

The Supreme Court may have five more dates left to hear the appeal of Motiur Rahman Nizami challenging his death penalty for war crimes.

Porimol Joydhor, a teacher of Viqarunnisa Noon School, gets life term imprisonment for raping a class-X student in 2011. The court also fines him Tk 50,000, in default to serve six months more in jail.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will skip tomorrow’s hearing in Zia Charitable and Zia Orphanage Trust corruption cases due to her illness.

A local leader of Bangladesh Hindu-Bouddha-Christian Oikya Parishad, who was hacked by unknown miscreants, was shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital from Faridpur.

Detectives have detained a man for allegedly conducting propaganda in favour of Islamic State (IS) though internet. Nahid Hossain was arrested from Badda in Dhaka last night.

Eminent historian Prof Muntassir Mamoon has filed a general diary (GD) seeking security following recent threats by militant outfits.

Newspaper owners demand that the online media is run under existing laws instead of a mandatory separate registration for such outlets.

The government has decided to appoint Rabab Fatima, currently serving as director general (East Asia and Pacific) in the foreign ministry, as Bangladesh’s next ambassador to Japan.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan reiterates there is no organisational existence of terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) in Bangladesh.

The High Court orders Dhaka Medical College Hospital authorities to provide Nazma Begum, an acid victim of Chandpur, with treatment in the burn unit of the hospital at its own cost until she gets fully cured.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approves the much-hyped multilane road tunnel project under the Karnaphuli River involving Tk 8,446.64 crore.