Two brick kilns that were built inside the coastal reserve forest at Uttar Kattoli along the Bay of Bengal were knocked down by a joint operation yesterday.

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of a lower court order that granted bail to Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of online news portal bdnews24.com, in a corruption case.

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned of the government to immediately block all the online and digital portals of Kanak Sarwar, a Bangladeshi journalist who is now abroad, including his Facebook and YouTube channel for running “anti-state distorted contents” through the platforms.

The Balipara Foundation has recently introduced “Latifur Rahman Naturenomics Award” -- a special award to memorialise the late founder chairman of Transcom Group, one of the leading figureheads behind ethical business in Bangladesh.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said communal forces will not be given any scope to strengthen their footing in the country that attained independence through the Liberation War in 1971.

The current government is instigating fundamentalism, claimed BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir while talking to reporters at his Thakurgaon residence yesterday morning.

Marine White Fish Trawler Owners Association has demanded amendments to the new “Marine Fisheries Act-2020”. They claimed the law is creating obstacles for fishing in the Bay of Bengal.

Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh’s permanent represen-tative to the United Nations, has been elected vice president of the UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS executive board at the elections held in New York yesterday.

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned of the government to remove all illegal structures along the Karnaphuli river at Lal Dariarchar area in Chattogram in the next two months.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday approved the charge-sheet of a graft case against online casino “kingpin” Salim Prodhan, which accused him of amassing about Tk 57.79 crore illegally.

Police claimed to have arrested four drug traders who were trying to smuggle contraband yaba pills to the USA through the parcel service of the post office.

Detective Branch (DB) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) today auctioned off 3,000 kg imported onions which were stolen from the port while unloading.

Assistant High Commissioner of India at Rajshahi has gifted two buses to Rajshahi University.

The officials of Dhaka South City Corporation faced obstruction when they went to evict illegal parts of Fulbaria Supermarket-2 in Dhaka's Gulistan area today.

Junior Chamber International (JCI) Dhaka Entrepreneurs, a non-profit international non-governmental organisation, held its 2021 general assembly (GA) at a city hotel yesterday.

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion fined Sylhet’s popular Pach Bhai and Panshi restaurants Tk 6.5 lakh for preparing and serving unhygienic food.

Police personnel should earn people’s trust through their works, said Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed in Barishal yesterday.

Bangladesh seeks Dutch investments in agriculture, water and light engineering -- the areas where The Netherlands has superior technologies that Bangladesh needs for boosting productivity and exportability in eco-friendly way.

Editor of Bangla daily the Sangram, Abul Asad, got released from jail yesterday following the bail order from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday summoned the then director general of the directorate of primary education Dr Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal, now defence secretary, and four other government officials to appear before this court on December 14 for not complying with its 2017 directive over appointing a qualified candidate to the post of primary school teacher.