Terming the RCBC's defamation suit against the Bangladesh Bank baseless, a top BB official yesterday said it would not put any pressure on the central bank.

Policemen would also face dope tests if suspected of being drug addicts, said Mohammad Javed Patwary, inspector general of Bangladesh police.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) and a number of other trade bodies yesterday joined a growing list of groups and people who are demanding scrapping of the government's plan to increase gas price further.

Air pollution causes 790,000 premature deaths every year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide, doubling recent assessments, according to a study released Monday.

Four independent candidates, who lost in Monday's Ducsu election, began a fast unto death yesterday at the base Raju Sculpture on the Dhaka University campus, demanding re-elections and resignation of the vice-chancellor.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh-India bilateral relationship is a role model of good neighborliness for the rest of the world.

The International Criminal Court has no barrier to carrying out preliminary examination, investigation and subsequent trial against the perpetrators of crimes against the Rohingyas.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani yesterday arrived in Iraq for his first official visit, as Baghdad comes under pressure from Washington to limit political and trade ties with its neighbour.

Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling Awami league, alleged that “a drama was staged” at Dhaka University's Rukayyah Hall to “bring controversy in the Ducsu election”.

Protests erupted in Dhaka University yesterday immediately after most of the prominent panels boycotted the Ducsu election citing mass irregularities.

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” between two groups of drug dealers at Hoyaikong Satghoria Para of Teknaf early yesterday.

Airlines in Ethiopia, China and Indonesia grounded Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets yesterday as investigators recovered the black boxes from a brand-new passenger jet that crashed outside Addis Ababa a day earlier, killing all 157 people on board.

A schoolgirl was allegedly raped by a local youth in the district's Companiganj upazila on Sunday night.

Had the Bangladesh Bank played the role of a guardian and properly inspected commercial banks, the scams would not have taken place in the banking sector, Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Iqbal Mahmood said.

Consumer rights groups, energy experts, industrialists, and left-leaning politicians yesterday vehemently opposed the government's plan to raise gas price.

Back in 2001, Bangladesh embarked on their maiden tour of New Zealand and the first two days of the first Test against the hosts were washed out without a ball being bowled. Over the next three days of play, the visitors went on to lose the match by an innings and 52 runs.

Six men were caught in the act of gang-raping two teenage girls at Benapole in Jashore yesterday, said locals.

Several thousand workers of nine state-run jute mills took to the streets in Khulna and Jashore yesterday, demanding payment of arrears, removal of corrupt officials from the mills and implementation of an already proposed wage commission.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue yesterday urged government to discontinue the Speedy Supply of Power and Energy Act immediately as the country progressed a lot in meeting energy needs in recent years.

Imprisoned BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday once again refused to be treated at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.