Police have stepped up security at the offices of the country's top two dailies, Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, following clashes between law enforcement and activists of Inqilab Mancha in central Dhaka.
Dhaka Medical College Hospital authorities have said that none of the members of the Inqilab Mancha who came to seek treatment after being injured in a clash with the police, were shot.
BNP does not believe in the politics of bigotry; the party is in favour of tolerance and communal harmony, said Salahuddin Ahmed, a member of the party's standing committee and candidate for Cox's Bazar-1 constituency.
Capital's Shahbagh intersection and surrounding areas have once again turned into a battlefield amid the ongoing movement demanding justice for the murder of Inqilab Mancha convener Sharif Osman Hadi. Police lobbed sound grenades and charged batons on the protesters to disperse them.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has stated that no firearms or bullets were used by police to disperse protesters in and around the state guest house Jamuna.
The government has appointed 1,490 candidates to different cadres through the 44th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination. The appointment orders were issued by the Ministry of Public Administration nearly seven months after the final recommendation was made by the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC).