Jamaat-e-Islami leader, former lawmaker and freedom fighter Major (retd) Akhtaruzzaman has been denied bail in a case filed over obstructing government work and assaulting a security officer at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
The investigation agency has submitted its report to the prosecution against seven senior leaders of the banned Awami League over alleged crimes against humanity during the July uprising, prosecution sources said on Monday.
Maritime ports across the country have been advised to hoist Distant Cautionary Signal No 1 as a deep depression over the east-central Bay of Bengal and adjoining southeast Bay moves westwards and is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm.
The parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sought detailed information from the ministry about the execution of two Bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia. The committee has also recommended measures to prevent similar incidents and disciplinary action against any consular officials found negligent in the case.
Five more children have died from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours leading up to 8:00am on Sunday, raising the overall death toll from the ongoing outbreak to 1,227.
At least seven dengue patients died and 2,249 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours until 8:00am today, marking the highest single-day hospitalisation figure, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).