Dhaka South City Corporation Administrator Md Abdus Salam yesterday declared the first Saturday of every month as “cleaning day” to prevent Aedes mosquito-borne dengue and chikungunya and keep the city clean.

Defence counsel for Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) president and former minister Hasanul Haq Inu yesterday told the ICT-2 that key prosecution witnesses gave contradictory and unreliable statements that do not match documentary and digital evidence.

A man detained in 2022 told a tribunal yesterday that he was taken to a windowless, black-walled cell measuring about four feet by four feet, where nails were allegedly fixed into the floor, and an electric chair stood in a corner.

Limon’s body was flown back to Bangladesh earlier today

High Commissioner Pranay Verma pays farewell call on Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman

Limon’s father says the family still does not know the motive behind the killing, wants the perpetrator to face the highest punishment

Victim rescued after husband called 999; police say one suspect still at large

Allows it to be placed before another HC bench

Protesters allege favouritism in the newly announced district committee

Stresses easing access to loans to boost private investment in closed state-owned mills and factories

Forty-nine newly elected women MPs took oath yesterday

Justice Nozrul forced to complete journey in police car

Traffic movement on both sides came to a halt in Muktagacha

Lawyer raises concerns over legality, national interest and constitutional compliance

Supreme Court lawyer seeks probe into Prof Muhammad Yunus

Family members break down at Dhaka airport as slain student’s body arrives from US

Remains reach airport this morning

Amid public anger over child deaths, key health adviser to interim govt says outbreaks usually result from several long-term factors and that vaccine procurement approvals were given on time

The government has sent 17 more top police officials, including 16 deputy inspector generals (DIGs), on forced retirement in “public interest”.

A man was stabbed to death in Durgapur upazila of Netrokona on Saturday night, said police.