Police have arrested three suspects following a case filed against more than a hundred members of Jamaat-e-Islami and its affiliate organisations over an attack on the Shah Ali Baghdadi shrine in Dhaka's Mirpur.
Bangladesh Jubo Union has staged a protest rally demanding the arrest of former interim government chief adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus and former health adviser Nurjahan Begum, labeling them child murder.
Rain or thundershowers may occur in the capital and surrounding areas by night, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department has said.
Sheikh Zahidul Islam has been appointed as the Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Ramna division.
Police have arrested Professor Md Hasibur Rashid, former vice-chancellor of Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur.
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has condemned the attack on Dhaka's historic Shah Ali shrine, calling it contrary to the spirit of Bangladesh's independence and the July uprising, and has demanded exemplary punishment for those involved.