The Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has filed 1,744 cases in a special drive against traffic rule violations across the capital, as part of ongoing efforts to improve road discipline.
The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council has claimed that at least 257 incidents of communal violence occurred across the country during the first six months of this year, leaving 44 people dead.
A high-level meeting was held to review plans for replacing the Jatiya Sangsad's existing sound system with a modern, technology-driven audio system aimed at improving the quality and efficiency of parliamentary proceedings.
Police have recovered the bodies of two unidentified women from the premises of Dhaka Medical College (Dhaka Medical) Hospital in the capital.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has resumed its direct Dhaka-Narita service once again after remaining suspended for more than a year. The route was officially relaunched late Monday (July 27) at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, where Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Afroza Khanam inaugurated the service.
A bus of Projapati Paribahan, travelling from Mohakhali towards Uttara in the capital, lost control and crashed into the premises of Kurmitola General Hospital. A hotel employee named Rafiqul Islam, who was standing on the footpath, was killed in the incident.