After being trapped for nearly three hours inside the Emergency Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, six members of Notun Dhara Bangladesh, including its Senior Vice Chairman Shanta Farzana, were taken into police custody.
Journalist and novelist Shahnaz Munni has called for an immediate halt to efforts to reissue environmental clearance for a proposed mosquito coil factory in the residential area of Nayapur, Sonargaon Upazila, Narayanganj.
More than 100 people were injured as clashes, attacks and repeated chases between rival student groups left four educational institutions in Dhaka and outside the capital gripped by violence throughout Tuesday.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said his government will not use the country's electricity and gas shortages as an excuse to avoid its responsibilities, stressing that the administration is identifying the problems and working continuously to resolve them.
Folk singer, composer and music director Mujib Pardeshi has been sent to jail after appearing before a court in connection with a cheque dishonour case.
Police remained on high alert outside National Medical Institute Hospital in the capital on Tuesday evening, while activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, Jubo Dal and the BNP were seen gathered around the areas of Jagannath University and Kabi Nazrul College.