A good portion of the government subsidised fertilisers, meant for producing different food crops, is going to the wrong hands -- growers of harmful tobacco in Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat districts.

Police on Friday arrested a madrasa teacher in connection with a case for attempting to rape a Class III girl student of his institution in Jashore’s Sharsha upazila on Thursday.

Two youths sustained critical bullet wounds when unidentified criminals opened fire on them in Jashore’s Monirampur upazila early yesterday.

An accused in a murder case was killed in an attack allegedly by his rival men in Muladi upazila on Friday.

A 14-year-old girl from Bandarban was allegedly raped inside a missionary compound at Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Mostafizur Rahman Sumon, a crime reporter of online news portal Agami News, has been attacked while taking photos of a gathering of Awami League activists at Zafrabad in Mohammadpur.

Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation Ahmad Sajedul Haque Rubel claimed that there were incidents of crude bomb blasts in parts of the city, to induce fear among the voters so that they do not show up at the polling stations.

Gonoforum President and Jatiya Oikyafront Convener Dr Kamal Hossain is not satisfied with the election atmosphere as presence of voters is thin at polling centres.

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda said polling agents should have the strength to stay put at polling centres.

A group of men beat up a voter for apparently casting his vote for “sheaf of paddy”, the BNP symbol, near Curzon Hall at University of Dhaka campus.

The turnout rate of voters in Dhaka North and South City Corporations elections today, compared to the last city corporations’ elections, is seemingly very low.

Awami League’s mayor candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation Atiqul Islam said he will accept the election result, whatever it is.

BNP nominated mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Tabith Awal presented a set of allegations and cast his doubts over today’s elections being free and fair.

Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Awami League’s mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation election expresses hope that Dhaka residents will cast their votes in favor of the “boat” symbol to help ensure a developed city.

Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral candidates Atiqul Islam and Tabith Awal cast their vote at their respective centres.

Vote counting in Dhaka North and South City Corporations begins after the voting ended at 4:00pm.

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda calls upon all polling agents not to leave their respective voting centres of their own accord during Dhaka North and South City Corporation Elections to be held tomorrow.

Bangladesh had a mixed record on human rights in 2019, as it continued to host nearly a million Rohingya refugees and inched towards the progressive realisation of economic and social rights while some freedoms remained under attack, Amnesty International says in its annual report titled “Human Rights in the Asia Pacific: Review of 2019”.

Three persons are killed in a road accident involving a motorcycle and a tractor today in Jagusha village under Maheshpur upazila in Jhenaidah.

Dhaka District police have suspended seven members of its Detective Branch for their alleged involvement in taking Tk 4.5 lakh in extortion from a businessman after ‘threatening to kill him in crossfire’.