Japan Tobacco Inc., one of the five largest tobacco companies in the world, yesterday acquired Akij Group's tobacco business for $1.47 billion (about Tk 12,430 crore), in what would be the biggest ever single foreign direct investment in Bangladesh.

Journalists across the country and global media watchdogs have strongly condemned the recent attacks on media persons covering student protests for road safety. They also demanded the immediate arrest and punishment of the attackers.

It is heartening to see police checking documents of vehicles on the streets as part of their announced Traffic Week that began across the country on Sunday."

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday told her cabinet colleagues that false information on Facebook is misleading many people over the student agitation for road safety.

At least five photojournalists are injured as activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student front of ruling Awami League, allegedly swoop on them at Science Lab intersection in Dhaka.

The United Nations, Bangladesh, has urgently called upon all parties to keep everyone, including children and young people, safe on the roads and safe from any kind of violence.

How dare you hit my children! These are the children whom we protect every single moment from every single harm. We leave nothing to chances as far as their security is concerned. Our children on the streets have come under attack, and we, the parents, have every right to ask who has given them the right to touch our children.

Journalists of The Daily Star, stationed at different points, share their experiences of what happened on the streets in the capital's Dhanmondi area yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked guardians and teachers to take their children back to schools.

At least nine people including five photojournalists are injured allegedly in BCL attacks in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi and Science Lab areas during student protests demanding safe roads. It was apparently a synchronised attack by police and alleged BCL men on the students, mostly from universities, who took to the streets yesterday protesting the assaults on school children in the capital's Jhigatola area on Saturday.

At least 20-25 students are injured as alleged activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and police launch an attack on the student protesters at Dhanmondi 3 near Jigatola in Dhaka.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police has decided to take strict measures against traffic offences, amid widespread protests demanding safe roads.

Police and alleged BCL men beat up three journalists of The Daily Star and molested another in the capital's Jhigatola yesterday afternoon.

Road-wise, Bangladesh remained a student republic for the last seven days. It's about time it went back to what it is: a people's republic.

In what appears to be an old trick to counter the ongoing student movement for safe roads, transport owners and workers yesterday suspended bus services between the capital and other districts in an undeclared strike, causing untold sufferings to thousands of people.

The road safety protesters again came under attack in the capital yesterday, a day after the students were attacked by police and “ruling party men” in Mirpur.

Reckless driving claimed five more lives yesterday amid the nationwide student protest for road safety.

Being thoroughly outclassed in the first game, Bangladesh will be looking to save the three-match T20I series against West Indies when they take the field for the second game at the Central Broward Regional Park in Florida tomorrow.

It's anarchy of an incredible scale. Consider this: There are some 35.36 lakh registered vehicles in the country. So far, the BRTA, a transport regulator, has issued 26.39 lakh driving licences. This means, around 9 lakh vehicles are in the hands of drivers who do not have licences.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia last night claimed a vested quarter infiltrated into students' road safety movement and police will take legal actions if the infiltrators create anarchy.