Police have decided to conduct dope tests on the two arrested suspects in connection with the murder of retired Rangpur Zilla School teacher Ganapati Chakraborty, his wife, and their two children . The move comes as investigators seek to verify claims of drug addiction, which police have cited as a motive for the killings.
Nusrat Jahan Shahida and her "planted brother" Kabir Hossain have given confessional statements before a court in the case over the murder of Shuraya Akhter, also known as Falani, in the capital's Sabujbag area. After recording the statements on Wednesday, the court ordered them sent to jail. The other four accused in the case have also been sent to jail after the conclusion of their remand period.
The government has given approval to 38 more agencies to participate in Hajj operations in 2027. The Ministry of Religious Affairs has published the list of eligible Hajj agencies in the sixth phase, subject to conditions. Earlier, in five phases, the government had allowed 642 agencies to take part in the upcoming Hajj operations.
The bodies of nine of the 16 Bangladeshi workers killed in a recent fire at a sofa manufacturing factory in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will arrive in the country tomorrow, Thursday, August 27.
Bidisha Ershad, former wife of late former President Hussain Muhammad Ershad, has been sent to jail after being sentenced to two years in prison in a fraud case filed with Gulshan Police Station in the capital.
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Jeddah to Chattogram made an emergency landing at Muscat International Airport in Oman after a female passenger fell seriously ill mid-air. Local doctors later declared her dead after examination.