Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says investigations were underway to expose to punitive actions against the culprits who unleashed violence in Bhola using the Facebook and expected to identify them in next three days obtaining data from the authorities of the social media.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on October 21, 2019

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seizes 232 hides of different wild animals including leopard and fishing cat from a shop in Paribagh area of Dhaka.

Police claim to have detained two persons and seize around 30kg of fox meat from their possessions in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria.

The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) reaches $3.89 billion during 2018-19 fiscal, which is 50.73 per cent higher than that of the previous fiscal.

After six successful editions, the next ‘7th Eastern Himalayan Naturenomics Forum 2019’, will be held on November 5 and 6 at Hotel Palacio, Guwahati in India.

A day after being declared as persona non grata on the campus and beaten by Chhatra League men, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leaders today entered Dhaka University campus and passed some time peacefully.

The operatives of the banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad Bangladesh (Huji) are now joining another banned militant group Ansar al Islam, responsible for killing bloggers, writers and free thinkers, Rab says.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to make a second attempt to ram his EU divorce deal through parliament and avoid the political damage of delaying Brexit next week.

A Dhaka court sentences BNP lawmaker from Chapainawabganj-3 constituency Harunur Rashid to five years’ imprisonment and also fined Tk 50 lakh in connection with a case filed for dodging taxes while importing a luxurious car in 2007.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on October 21, 2019

The High Court questions the legality of a section of the Government Service Act 2018 which says that the law enforcers have to seek permission from the government to arrest public service holders in any criminal case against them.

Nine newly appointed High Court judges are sworn in. Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain administers the oath at the judges' lounge of the Supreme Court.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against expelled Organising Secretary of Jubo League Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan and Contractor GK Shamim and his mother for amassing wealth beyond their known source of income.

Hefazat-e-Islam announces a nationwide protest programme to press home their demands including punishment of the police personnel “responsible for the death of four people” during a clash in Bhola.

Commuters in Chattogram city have been suffering immensely as owners and workers of bus, minibus and local human hauler refrained from plying vehicles on the roads.

Australia’s biggest newspapers runs front pages made up to appear heavily redacted, in a protest against legislation that restricts press freedoms, a rare show of unity by the usually partisan media industry.

After keeping an abandoned suitcase cordoned off overnight suspecting bomb inside, Mymensingh police open the luggage and find an unidentified body.

A tense situation is prevailing in Bhola town after a religious group sought permission to hold a rally protesting yesterday’s clash but was denied permission as the local administration imposed a ban on rallies and meetings in the district. Later the group placed a six-point demand instead.

The telecom sector dominated the news cycle last Wednesday. First came the news of the planned rollout of the fifth generation (5G) mobile service in Bangladesh by the beginning of 2021 -- a progressive move on the part of the government by all accounts.