Tangail Awami League members attacked Khan Ahmed Shubho, an AL lawmaker of Tangail-7 (Mirzapur), after an upazila unit party conference yesterday afternoon.

A ward councillor assaulted a secondary school headmaster for not allowing him to keep construction materials on Lahini Secondary School grounds in Kushtia municipality yesterday.

Businesses yesterday called for policy assistance, policy continuity and corporate tax cuts in the upcoming budget for fiscal 2022-23 to help them thrive in the post-pandemic world. 

Fighting for his political life, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday accused “three stooges” of colluding with a foreign power to oust him as a debate on a no-confidence motion against him in parliament was postponed.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said children with special needs or physically challenged people are not the burden of the society.

The opposition MPs yesterday opposed the provision to appoint administrators in local government bodies, saying the provision is unconstitutional.

The prices of loose soybean and palm oil have gone up by Tk 150-200 per maund at Chattogram’s Khatunganj wholesale market overnight for a supply crisis although the importers maintain there is no shortage at their end.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed a case against former chief justice SK Sinha and his brother Ananta Sinha for laundering about Tk 2.35 crore ($280,000).

Three people were killed after their motorcycle crashed into a roadside tree in Dinajpur’s Nawabganj upazila early yesterday, said police.

Police yesterday arrested a college teacher and a landlord on charges of raping a college student in Sherpur town on Wednesday night.

About one in ten mobile financial services users said they have been victims of fraud, found a survey, underscoring the need for boosting the security of the platform to thwart social engineering.

Dentist Ahmed Mahi Bulbul was stabbed to death by muggers in the capital as he tried to resist them on Sunday, said police.

CNG filling stations will remain closed from 5:00pm to 11:00pm during the month of Ramadan, according to a Petrobangla press release.

A man has been sued over raping a schoolgirl in Feni.

The first trial on US soil of an alleged major figure in the Islamic State (IS) group -- an accused member of the kidnap-and-murder cell known as the “Beatles” -- will begin in earnest Wednesday near Washington.

Iran has once again denied women entry to a football stadium to watch an international match, leaving hundreds of ticketed fans locked out, Iranian media said.

Two UK Supreme Court judges yesterday resigned from Hong Kong’s top court, as the government in London said it was “no longer tenable” for its judges to serve in the former colony.

Crude bomb explosions and violent clashes took place last night as students of Dhaka College and Teachers’ Training College attacked each other.

At least five people took part in the killing of Jahidul Islam Tipu, former general secretary of Motijheel Awami League, in the capital’s Shahjahanpur a week ago.

Helena Khatun, 25, was about to give birth to her third child.