The government is reviewing whether to reduce the tenure of life imprisonment, particularly for elderly inmates, Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said yesterday.

Two people were killed over theft allegations in separate mob beating incidents in Gazipur and Feni yesterday.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday stressed that there is no alternative to consensus on the July Charter, warning that any delay or dispute could endanger the nation’s hard-won stability.

A Dhaka court yesterday expressed dissatisfaction over the delay in completing the probe into the case filed over murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in 2012.

The bodies of three people, including two children, who went missing following a speedboat capsize in the Dhanu river in Khaliajuri upazila of Netrakona on Friday, have been recovered.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-9) on Saturday night arrested suspended BNP leader Shahab Uddin, prime suspect in the case filed over the looting of large-scale white stone from Sada Pathor area in Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila.

Gono Odhikar Parishad has warned of besieging the Secretariat and the CA’s residence Jamuna if action is not taken within 48 hours against those responsible for the attack on its President Nurul Haque Nur.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday voiced deep concern over the rise of what he described as dangerous forces in the country, saying they pose a serious threat to democracy, religious freedom, and cultural diversity.

Speakers at a discussion yesterday called for stronger government and private sector initiatives to protect children left at home by their working parents from harm in both the physical world and cyberspace.

At least 22 development projects under the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in Patuakhali have been stalled for over a year, causing immense suffering for residents.

Around 160 students of Narendrapur Government Primary School in remote Narendrapur village under Mymensingh’s Nandail upazila have long been suffering, as construction of the school’s new building has remained incomplete for the past two years.

For residents of Jamalpur municipality, waterlogging is no longer just a monsoon nuisance but a year-round ordeal.

Incident occurred over drug trade, say police

No scope to bring back old debates, Jamaat leader Hamidur Rahman Azad says

Female participation remains low

Police recovered the three bodies from a tin-shed house

Legendary singer, who carried Lalon’s spiritual songs to the world, was buried in her parents’ graves

Its trials on monkeys proved the vaccine to be completely safe and effective

Attackers had personal disputes with the victim, says cousin

Indian international affairs expert Sreeradha Datta tells The Daily Star