The Traffic Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has filed 2,550 cases against traffic law violators during a special two-day drive in the capital. During the drive, 865 vehicles were dumped and 498 towed for various offences.
The newly appointed ministers and state ministers have paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War at the National Memorial in Savar.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested 482 people in drives across various areas of the capital over the past 24 hours. A total of 32 cases have been filed in connection with these incidents.
Train services on several routes in northern Bangladesh were disrupted on Saturday (August 22) after a bogie of the Barendra Express broke down in Joypurhat, narrowly averting a major accident involving hundreds of passengers.
The parliamentary seat of Thakurgaon-1, represented by Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, has been declared vacant following his assumption of office as the 23rd President of the country. A by-election will be held for the seat.
Customs officials have seized illegal goods worth nearly Tk 2.73 crore in a series of operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka over five days, including gold paste, high-end smartphones, foreign liquor and cigarettes, prohibited creams and medicines.