More than 200 vehicles especially goods-laden trucks remained stranded for the third consecutive day yesterday at Shimulia-Kathalbari terminals due to severe disruption in ferry services caused by poor navigability in a stretch of the Padma.

Judges tore up the rule book on Monday, awarding the prestigious Booker Prize for Fiction jointly to Canadian author Margaret Atwood for “The Testaments” and Anglo-Nigerian author Bernardine Evaristo for “Girl, Woman, Other”.

Thailand has unveiled eight puppies related to the pet dog of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, as the country observed the third anniversary of the monarch’s death.

The prime minister yesterday directed the authorities concerned to release shares of the metro rail company in the stock market to ensure public ownership, said Planning Minister Abdul Mannan.

The brutal murder of five-year-old Tuhin Miah was executed by his uncle and cousin with his father’s help to implicate their rivals.

Bangladesh has handed over a new list of around 50,000 Rohingyas to the Myanmar authorities for verification and subsequently expediting repatriation efforts.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday handed down death penalty to five Gaibandha men for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.

Nobody “knows” where it is. The 4,500 crore taka laundered from BASIC bank between 2009 and 2013 has apparently just disappeared.

The Bangladesh economy is tipped to clock in the third highest growth in the world in 2019 on the back of its robust exports, remittance and manufacturing sector, according to the International Monetary Fund’s latest report, which was a thumping endorsement of the country’s growth momentum.

A man was killed and 20 others injured in a clash between two factions of the ruling Awami League during the local ward unit’s council in Debgram village of Rajbari’s Goalanda upazila on Monday night.

A court yesterday issued arrest warrants for 23 people, including seven former managing directors of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL), in a case filed over coal worth Tk 230 crore going missing from a mine in Dinajpur.

The High Court yesterday stayed until October 25 a lower court order that issued an arrest warrant for Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus in three cases, filed over sacking of three employees of Grameen Communications.

The European Union yesterday adopted a sanctions framework for Nicaragua over human rights abuses and repression in the Central American country under leftist President Daniel Ortega.

Ecuador’s president and indigenous leaders reached an agreement Sunday to end nearly two weeks of violent protests against austerity measures adopted to obtain a multi-billion-dollar loan from the IMF.

Israeli police arrested the Palestinian governor of Jerusalem and a local official of the mainstream Fatah party in dawn raids in the disputed city yesterday, their lawyer said.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday he plans to continue campaigning as normal after wearing body armour the night before, a move the CBC reported was due to threats to his security.

Hungary’s opposition scored a shock win in the Budapest mayoralty election Sunday, the first electoral blow for nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban since he came to power in 2010.

The general students of Buet, the premier engineering university, warmly welcomed admission-seekers for the academic session 2019-2020 yesterday. Pens, pencils, water bottles and biscuits were handed out to the candidates and their parents.

A young Rohingya man was hacked to death at Ukhiya’s Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar yesterday. The dead is identified as Md Yunus, 25, of Lombashia-1 camp. The incident took place at the camp around 10:30am.

Counterterrorism officials yesterday claimed to have arrested two “Neo JMB” operatives for their alleged involvement in recent attacks on police in Gulistan and Science Lab areas in Dhaka.