Rubel gets bail
A Dhaka court has granted bail to national Cricketer Rubel Hossain until submission of a police report in a rape case filed by actress and model Naznin Akter Happy.
Dhaka Metropolitan Acting Session Judge Imrul Kayes passed the order on Sunday afternoon.
Trucks reappear around Khaleda’s office
Six trucks have been reappeared in front of BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office.
The trucks carrying sand, cement and wood were parked there around 12:35pm on Sunday.
Akheri Munajat ends seeking divine blessings
The first phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after Hajj, has ended with Akheri Munajat seeking divine blessings of the Almighty Allah.
The Akheri Munajat (final prayer) ended 11:45am on Sunday.
Jessore arson victim dies at DMCH
A bus helper of Jessore, who recieved burn injuries, has succumbed in the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday morning.
Partha Sankar Pal, resident physician of burn unit, told the Dhaka Tribune that arson victim Murad died around 8:20am.
Chashi Nazrul Islam dies
Ekushey Padak and National Film Award winner noted filmmaker Chashi Nazrul Islam has passed away on Sunday morning. He was 73.
He had been suffering from liver cancer for a long time.
Fire breaks out at Mohammadpur slum
A fire has broken out at a slum at Katashur in the capital's Mohammadpur area.
The fire originated around 8:28am on Sunday, said Fire Service and Civil Defence Control Room Officer Md Mostafa.
BNP calls hartal in Gazipur for Monday
The BNP-led 20-party alliance has called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Gazipur for Monday amid the countrywide blockade.
Fazlul Haque Milon, president of Gazipur unit of BNP, confirmed about hartal to the Dhaka Tribune on Sunday morning.
57 killed in Pakistan road accident
At least 57 people have been killed and scores wounded in a collision between an oil tanker and passenger coach in Pakistan.
The death toll increased as both vehicles caught fire after the accident on Saturday night, reports Pakistan-based the Dawn.
World leaders gather for mass Paris rally
World leaders are gathering in Paris ahead of a march in the French capital to show unity after three days of terror that left 17 people dead.
Some 40 leaders are to go to the rally, expected to dwarf Saturday marches that saw 700,000 take to the streets.
German paper that ran Mohammed cartoons attacked
A German newspaper that reprinted the Charlie Hebdo cartoons came under arson attack overnight.
The incident happened at the Hamburger Morgenpost at about 2am local time. Unidentified people threw stones and incendiary devices into the building housing the “Hamburger Morgenpost” tabloid newspaper in Hamburg.