Authorities of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj detained a prisoner this afternoon, 10 hours after he escaped from Mitford Hospital where he had been receiving treatment.

Ustad Sunil Kumar Dhar, one of the most prominent classical music maestros of the country died of a heart attack at a city hospital Thursday. He was 87.

Two people were killed and two others injured in separate road accidents in Mymensingh yesterday morning. The accidents took place in Bhaluka and Muktagachha upazilas.

A schoolgirl was injured by a stray bullet in Mistripara area of Khulna yesterday.

Police recovered bodies of a couple from a house in Dhaka’s Nakhalpara area yesterday morning.

If one can even remember a time before the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the most familiar scenes on the streets of Dhaka were people gathered around tea stalls – snacking, smoking and chatting with friends, colleagues or even total strangers. And almost inevitably around every such gathering would be a friendly canine face or two, waiting eagerly for a kind soul to throw a piece of cookie or cake.

In Arshad Hasan’s 100 square feet apartment at Mirpur section-11’s Bihari camp, there’s barely enough room for his family of four.

Barishal has been experiencing unprecedented waterlogging for over a week due to tidal surge from the river Kirtankhola, causing immense suffering to city-dwellers.

With no visitors interfering, the animals of Chattogram zoo have spent a blissful summer this year, thanks to the pandemic. At least 50 offspring of different animals were born at the zoo in the past two months, which includes tiger cubs, deer fawns, and peacocks.

Benvenuto Cellini from the Italian Renaissance was an artist and a sculptor, but he is remembered for his autobiography.

Today is the 20th death anniversary of Rasel Bhuiyan, an industrialist and founder of Russel Park, says a press release.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) said they arrested 15 Nigerians from Dhaka’s Pallabi area for their alleged involvement in embezzling money from people using a fake Facebook ID.

Officials of Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) claim to have arrested a top member of Neo-JMB from Dhaka’s East-Bashabo area under Sabujbagh Police Station.

The authorities of General Post Office in Chattogram yesterday handed over two of its staff to police on the charge of embezzling clients’ money of Tk 45 lakh.

Detectives claimed to have arrested a medical technologist of Kushtia’s Mirpur Upazila Health Complex for providing fake coronavirus certificates.

Today is the eighth death anniversary of Dr Akhlakul Hossain Ahmed, a Liberation War organiser and member of the Bangladesh Constituent Assembly of 1972, said a press release. He was also a member of the erstwhile East Pakistan Provincial Assembly.

The 12th death anniversary Alhaj Shamsul Hoque Mojumder, a retired engineer of PWD and a social worker, will be observed today, says a press release.

Developing a new in-home learning strategy for the Rohingya children will help them overcome the education challenges faced by the coronavirus pandemic, recommended global child rights organisation Educo.

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday framed charges against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed in an arms case.

A house help allegedly looted a house in Dhaka’s South Rajarbagh area after poisoning six members of the family.