Former South African president Jacob Zuma arrived in court yesterday as he fights to have corruption charges against him over 1990s arms deal dropped before the case comes to trial.

The High Court has directed the government to form teams to monitor fruit markets and warehouses across the country to prevent use of harmful chemicals.

Japan said yesterday it wants to bring a bitter dispute with South Korea over compensation for wartime labourers to a panel for arbitration.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain why it should not be directed to properly implement the gazette notification that mandated the use of mother’s name along with the father’s name in all identity documents.

A staffer of Khan Brothers Slipways and Engineering Works yesterday threatened a reporter of The Daily Star with “consequences” for reporting on grabbing of the Meghna in Munshiganj’s Gazaria upazila by the private dockyard.

Four people, including two suspected lorry hijackers, were killed in separate “gunfights” with the law enforcers and BGB personnel in three districts in the last two days.

One and a half years have passed since the government sought review of the Supreme Court verdict upholding cancellation of the 16th constitutional amendment that restored parliament’s power to remove judges for incapacity or misconduct, but it is still uncertain when the apex court will hear the petition.

From now on, Jahangirnagar University authorities can expel a student for life if he or she publishes or broadcasts any “false” and “distorted” news about the university in local, national or international print and electronic media, or on social media.

Turkish authorities yesterday ordered the arrest of 249 past and present foreign ministry personnel suspected of ties to the group blamed for a failed 2016 coup, the prosecutor’s office said.

Apart from thousands of unregistered vessels, nearly half the registered ones ply the country’s inland waterways without the mandatory annual fitness licences.

It operated like a one-stop service centre for jobseekers. All one needed to do was say what kind of employment they wanted. Even a recruitment test was unnecessary. The service provider would arrange the job and send the appointment letter to them.

Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection yesterday fined 12 coach operators for not hanging fare charts at ticket counters and for charging extra.

Five policemen were closed to police lines in Kishoreganj after a handcuffed accused fled from the court premises in the district yesterday.

The US has detained an Iranian scientist for nearly seven months for allegedly attempting to ship growth hormones, Iranian media said yesterday, quoting his brother as saying he is being held “hostage”.

President Donald Trump has declared himself “strongly Pro-Life”, days after two US states passed tough new restrictions on abortions, but said exceptions should be made for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest.

Democrat Joe Biden aimed his frontrunner campaign directly at Donald Trump on Saturday, attacking him as the “divider in chief” and insisting the nation’s top priority is denying the US president re-election in 2020.

US President Donald Trump has asked for files to be prepared on pardoning several U.S. military members accused of or convicted of war crimes, including one slated to stand trial on charges of shooting unarmed civilians while in Iraq, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

Moyen Uddin was overjoyed after being able to sell his Boro paddy at a government procurement installation at a fair price, thanks to the proac-tive initiative from the Kushtia district commissioner.

The Prime Minister’s Office yesterday asked the secretary of Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) to submit lists of state-run jute mill workers and their bank account details so that their arrears and retirement benefits could be paid.

The brother of an Awami League eader was shot dead in Rajbila union of Bandarban early yesterday.