Three Bangladeshi nationals, alleged to be cattle-smugglers, were lynched to death by a mob in Assam’s Karimganj district, Indian police have said.

Cox’s Bazar Hotel-Motel and Guesthouse Officers’ Association has submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina through the district administration, seeking her permission on reopening business establishments and tourist spots in the coastal area.

Expressing concern over rise in abuse of domestic workers, Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has condemned torture of a 10-year old domestic help Achhia in the capital’s Mirpur area.

The High Court today wanted to know what measures have been taken for the management of medical waste across the country.

Bangladesh Water Development Board has warned of a recurrence of the flood in the country.

The government is going the start the online process for enrolling students to Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent courses for the next academic session from August 9, amid the pandemic.

A poacher along with 10 dead wild birds of different species was arrested from a hilly forest area under Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar early today.

Convicted war criminal ATM Azharul Islam today filed a petition with the Supreme Court, seeking review of its verdict that upheld his death penalty for his involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.

Detectives claimed to have seized an SUV belonging to Regent Group chairman Md Shahed from Dhaka’s Uttara area and recovered a firearm and some bottles of alcohol in it.

Mohsin Hossain Bablu, editor and publisher of local newspaper Daily Ajker Potrika, died showing symptoms of Covid-19 at his residence in Satkhira town early today.

The bodies of an unidentified woman and a youth have been found in the Teesta and Dharla rivers of Sadar and Patgram upazilas under the district on Friday.

Hailing from a poor family in Chalbala union, Priyanka Rani has to spend Tk 65 transport fare for a day to reach her college in Kaliganj upazila, about nine kilometres away from the union. She has to go to college by battery-run auto-rickshaw and easy-bike. Priyanka, a resident of Sonahat village, is an HSC first year student of Kakina Uttar Bangla University College.

Work on a much-needed water treatment plant in Tangail municipality is not yet completed, though five years have passed since work began. Originally meant to be completed in two years, construction was delayed due to errors in planning and unscrupulous contractors.

The government has appointed M Shaheen Iqbal as the chief of Bangladesh Navy after promoting him to the rank of vice-admiral from rear-admiral.

Railway Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan today said fencing projects were underway at stations so that no one can enter without tickets.

Two children drowned in floodwaters in Ulipur upazila of Kurigram today.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader calls upon the authorities concerned to restore the patients’ confidence in hospitals, ensuring proper environment during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

Road communication between Bogura and the flood-affected Sariakandi upazila remained snapped since this morning after an overloaded cement-carrying truck damaged a bailey bridge in Bogura’s Gabtoli upazila.

A madrasa student has reportedly been raped by her teacher in Sharsha upazila of Jashore.

Police arrest an imam of a local mosque from Sherpur upazila of Bogura under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for making “defamatory remarks against the prime minister, spreading anti-state propaganda and communal statements through Facebook.”