BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas today sent a letter to the party clarifying his recent statement on the disappearance of Ilias Ali.

Waliyar Rahman, the father of Hefajat-e-Islam Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque's second wife Jannat e Jharna, has been taken into police custody for interrogation.

A Dhaka tribunal today took cognisance of the charges against Abdul Malek, a driver of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), in a case filed over possessing an illegal firearm and ammunition in September last year.