Police yesterday arrested a jailer with over Tk 44 lakh, fixed deposit receipts (FDRs) and Phensedyl from a train heading for Mymensingh in Kishoreganj's Bhairab.

A suspected drug peddler was killed in what police claimed was a tripartite clash involving the law enforcers and two gangs of yaba dealers at Teknaf early yesterday.

Indian authorities have frozen the bank accounts of Amnesty International after a raid on its country office, the human rights watchdog said yesterday, accusing the government of treating rights groups "like criminal enterprises".

Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, who had retired from BNP politics as its vice-chairman in 2015, yesterday joined Bikalpadhara Bangladesh ahead of the 11th parliamentary election.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan yesterday urged Saudi Arabia to disclose who ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, as well as the location of his body, heightening international pressure on the kingdom to come clean on the case.

After being sued in land grabbing and extortion cases, Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury now stands accused in a case filed for stealing fish and fruit, among other charges.

Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor yesterday said the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate was premeditated, reversing previous official statements that the killing was unintended.

A Chattogram court yesterday placed BNP leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on a one-day remand in a case filed under the ICT Act and Special Powers Act.

The Election Commission is likely to announce polls schedule following its meeting with President Abdul Hamid at the Bangabhaban on November 1.

Humpback whales are famous for their eerie, underwater songs. But researchers in Japan said Wednesday these massive marine creatures stop singing, at least temporarily, when human-driven ships are nearby.

The Dhaka University authorities have sent a rejoinder to a report headlined “Gha Unit Exam: DU finds proof of question leak” published in The Daily Star on October 24.

With the government declaring it will not make any changes to the Road Transport Act for now, people are likely to face another bout of suffering as transport workers are determined on observing work abstention from Sunday over their demands to amend some sections of the act.

The three ruling party men, allegedly picked up by plainclothes men from Narayanganj's Rupganj, returned home yesterday.

With the three-match ODI series already sealed with a game in hand, Bangladesh will be looking to experiment with the team combination in the third and final game against Zimbabwe at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium in Chattogram today.

Rivals killed a local Sramik League leader after severing his arms below the elbows allegedly over a jhut (leftover pieces of garment fabric) trade feud in the district's Sreepur upazila yesterday.

India and Bangladesh yesterday signed three agreements for allowing New Delhi to use Mongla and Chattogram ports as transit points to access India's northeastern states for trade.

The government has promoted 256 senior assistant secretaries to deputy secretaries and 574 assistant professors to associate professors.

Saudi Arabia's crown prince yesterday denounced the "painful" murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and vowed justice would prevail, in his first public comments on the case, without addressing US accusations of a monumental cover-up.

Police yesterday recovered the bullet-hit body of a youth from Leda village in Teknaf of Cox's Bazar.

A Medical board formed to provide necessary treatment to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University yesterday described her condition stable.