A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion has fined Advanced Chemical Industries (ACI) Ltd Tk 1 crore for using harmful methanol in its Savlon hand sanitiser.

Two out of four “missing” leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad were remanded yesterday in a rape case filed by a Dhaka University student.

It took only 54mm rain to turn many parts of the capital into swamps yesterday, disrupting normal life and creating a traffic chaos.

Afsar Mirza likes to cycle, a lot. He is known to take his two-wheeler out for a ride to Crescent Lake Road, adjecent to the Chandrima Uddyan, and back to his home at Asad Avenue, Mohammadpur. He says it’s the burst of sunlight and the light breeze caressing his skin while cycling past familiar roads that draws him to cycle.

Around 45 percent of the people in Dhaka city have already been exposed to the coronavirus infection, said a study by the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).

Police arrested a man and his elder sister on charge of raping a 20-year-old girl in Ashulia of Savar.

The High Court today asked the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) not to continue relocation of stray dogs from its area until further hearing of the writ petition filed to this effect.

Two accused -- Saiful Islam and Nazmul Huda -- were placed on a two-day remand each after detectives arrested them in a case over rape of a Dhaka University student. The case was filed on September 20.

Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Atiqul Islam and his wife Dr Shayla Shagufta Islam have been infected with Covid-19, according to a press release.

Police recover the body of an unidentified man from the waters of Dhaka’s Hatirjheel area.

Police have detained a 50-year-old man for allegedly trying to rape a five-year old girl in Rangpur city’s Nilkantha area.

A journalist of a local newspaper has been hacked to death in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj.

A court in Chattogram yesterday placed Chairman of Regent Group Md Shahed on a four-day remand in a case filed with Double Mooring in connection with misappropriating Tk 91.25 lakh from a motor parts importer through fraudulence in port city.

Language Movement veteran Prof Dr Mirza Mazharul Islam died at a hospital in Dhaka yesterday morning. He was 96.

The Supreme Court yesterday said Md Eunus Ali Akond, a lawyer, is a habitual contemnor and he should go on retirement.

Speakers at a virtual talk yesterday said self-awareness can be a tool for the youth to deal with their mental health issues.

Barishal Senior Judicial Magistrate Enayet Ullah yesterday offered unconditional apology and expressed grief to the High Court for sending four children, who were arrested in a rape case, to the custody of a child development centre beyond his jurisdiction.

Owners and workers of goods-carrying vehicles yesterday “postponed” their countrywide 48-hour strike, supposed to start from today, for 15 days.

Rab claimed to have arrested a youth from Dhaka’s Khilkhet area on charges of making provocative posts on Facebook against anti-rape protests and inciting rape.

The rate of child marriage in Bangladesh is on an alarming rise, as girls are mostly staying home owing to the closure of educational institutions during the Covid-19 pandemic.