A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League was stabbed to death on his way home in Gaibandha’s Fulchhari upazila yesterday night.

CTTC unit has detected another suspected militant hideout in Madaripur area of Narayanganj yesterday evening.

Three inmates of Jashore Child Development Centre escaped from the facility sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning while other inmates were demonstrating against authorities, demanding better quality and quantity of food.

Police detained 18 Rohingyas, who fled from Noakhali’s Bhasan Char, from Mirsarai upazila in Chattogram on Saturday morning.

The High Court yesterday stayed for 30 days an order by Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) managing director for demoting its executive engineer Md Mozammel Haque for giving information to media in 2017 on irregularities of Wasa that resulted in waterlogging in Dhaka.

His report was on alleged irregularities in food given to Covid-19 patients in Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital.

Two persons were sent to jail yesterday over separate rape charges in Manikganj.

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit has cordoned off two suspected militant hideouts of Islamic-State (IS) inspired militant outfit Neo JMB in Narayanganj.

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) said tonight that they defused three powerful improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in a militant hideout in Narayanganj that they had cordoned off earlier in the day.

Miscreants attacked a team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) during a drive against illegal timber and logs in Chattogram city’s Bolirhat area under Bakalia Police Station this noon, leaving three Rab members injured.

Two people were sent to jail in connection with two separate rape cases in Manikganj today.

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit cordoned off a suspected militant hideout at Mirabari of Narayanganj’s Araihazar upazila today.

Police today recovered the body of a man from the ground of a building in the capital’s Uttara.

Members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard today arrested five Rohingyas and two brokers with a boat while they were fleeing Bhasan Char at Hatia upazila of Noakhali.

A 26-year-old man, who lost his job at a factory in Dhaka due to the lockdown imposed to curb Covid-19 surge, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his room early today in Rajshahi. Family members and police suspect he died by suicide.

Police rescued a newborn from a mahogany garden in Shibnagar village area, under Jhenaidah. 

A Thakurgaon-based journalist, who was sued and arrested yesterday for a report on alleged irregularities in food supplied to Covid-19 patients at district sadar hospital, was granted bail today.

An assistant sub-inspector, who sustained severe injuries after being hit by a car at a police checkpost on July 4, died at a Dhaka hospital this morning.

The High Court today ordered the authorities concerned to publish a list of the victims who were injured in last Thursday’s deadly fire at a Narayanganj food processing factory and to ensure their proper treatment.

Teen inmates have demonstrated against the authorities at Jashore Child Development Centre (boys) demanding better quality of food more portions.