Some eminent personalities yesterday demanded Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna's immediate release, providing him the scope for self-defence and ensuring his proper treatment for, what they said, ailments resulting from mental torture following arrest.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to take necessary steps to recover the US $101 million hackers recently stole from Bangladesh Bank's account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Terming baseless and unrealistic Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics's (BBS) projection of achieving a growth of 7.05 percent for the first time, BNP yesterday said it was the government's “statistical stunt” in its bid to hang on to power.

The ministry of agriculture yesterday commended role of newspapers and journalists in pointing out anomalies in the construction work of a building under the ministry where bamboo sticks were being used in place of iron rods.

Acknowledging that there is a water crisis in some pockets of the capital, including those in Rampura, Moghbazar and Jatrabari, the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) yesterday said they were doing their best to solve the problem.

Petrol and CNG refueling stations in Sylhet went on an indefinite strike from yesterday morning protesting the attack on a CNG filling station at South Surma on Monday afternoon.

Dhaka University has taken a host of security measures to celebrate the Bangla New Year with traditional festivities tomorrow.

Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) was closed for an indefinite period following a chase and counter chase between two groups of students yesterday.

Nek Parvin Chowdhury of Borhanuddin Chowdhury family in Bhola died from lung ailments at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in the capital on April 5, says a press release.

Police yesterday arrested four war crimes accused of Netrakona, hours after the International Crimes Tribunal-1 ordered the arrest of five men who allegedly committed crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.

The School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised a talk on ethnocentrism, strategic culture and leadership language on its Bashundhara campus in Dhaka yesterday.

The Supreme Court yesterday sentenced Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) activist Amjad Ali to imprisonment until his death in two cases filed for killing a litigant and injuring some others by carrying out a bomb attack on a Lakshmipur court in 2005.

A Dhaka court yesterday for the second time deferred to June 7 for hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 10 others in Niko graft case.

A special taskforce of Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC) yesterday snapped the electricity connection to a high-rise hotel in the capital's Moghbazar for using electricity illegally.

Abul Mansur Ahmad Smriti Parishad will hold a discussion on two books about Abul Mansur Ahmad today at Nalini Kanta Bhattashali Gallery of Bangladesh National Museum at 4:30pm.

An on-duty traffic police lost his both legs after a truck ran him over in Muktapur of Munshiganj yesterday.

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Demanding their five months' due salaries, Barisal City Corporation employees surrounded office of the chief executive Ranajit Kumar, for up to two hours yesterday noon.

The American Embassy will remain closed on April 14 to celebrate the Bangla New Year, a Bangladeshi national holiday.

The High Court yesterday prohibited construction of a “commercial park” in the government land near the district judge court in Noakhali for three months.