Evening Brief

Court orders fresh sample test for cocaine-oil  A Chittagong court has ordered the investigation officer of the country’s biggest cocaine haul case to collect the samples from all 107 drums of the container in which existence of liquid cocaine was found and conduct a fresh laboratory test.

Proteas win first T20 against Tigers  South Africa have won the  first T20 match of two-match series by 52 runs against Bangladesh in Sher-E-Bangla National Stadium in the capital's Mirpur. Bangladesh scored 96 runs in 18.5 overs in the chase of a modest target of 149 set by visiting South Africa.

4 killed in Comilla road accident  At least four people have been killed and 11 others injured as a bus knocked down a truck in Noyabazar area under Chauddagram upazila in Comilla. The identities of the deceased could not be ascertained yet.

1 held with 178,200 pieces of yaba tablets  Members of Rapid Action Battalion have detained a person with 178,200 pieces of yaba tablets from Savar. Isa Khan was detained with the yaba tablets from in front of Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre in around 11pm Saturday.

Body of 4-murder assassin found  Police recovered the body of a suspected murderer from near a pond at Bashati village in Nandail upazila of Mymensingh yesterday, a day after the killing of a man and his three sons in the upazila on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Jamal Hossain, 22, son of Lal Miah, who along with his family members allegedly killed his brother and his three nephews over family feud.