Finance Minister AMA Muhith will retire after his current term and will not run in the upcoming election.

Parliament last night unanimously adopted a thanksgiving motion greeting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for brightening Bangladesh's image globally by winning two international awards, in a four-and-a-half hour long discussion.

Bangla daily Prothom Alo in a statement said yesterday that a rumour was being spread on social media that the paper conducted a survey on barrister Mainul Hosein's objectionable comment about female journalist Masuda Bhatti.

Australia yesterday slapped travel and financial sanctions on five top Myanmar military officers, accused of overseeing brutal violence against Rohingya Muslims by units under their command, following similar moves by the European Union and United States.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent barrister Mainul Hosein to jail after rejecting his bail petition in a defamation case filed for slandering female journalist Masuda Bhatti on a television programme.

The Dhaka University authorities yesterday decided to retake tests of around 18,500 students who cleared the “Gha” unit admission tests, citing they found proof that the questions were leaked.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for the trial in Istanbul of the Saudi suspects in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a crime that he said was intricately planned days in advance.

Saudi Arabia called the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at its Istanbul consulate a "huge and grave mistake," but sought to shield its powerful crown prince from the widening crisis, saying Mohammed bin Salman had not been aware.

At least 35 people, including 10 policemen, were injured as police and workers of a closed readymade garment factory clashed at Adamjee EPZ in Narayanganj city yesterday.

Disaster-prone developing nations, including Bangladesh and Indonesia, are exposed to crippling losses when storms, floods or earthquakes strike because they suffer from a dangerous lack of insurance, industry experts said yesterday.

At least five of the nine people killed in Friday's landslide in Penang are Bangladeshis, Malaysia's state news agency Bernama reported yesterday.

The Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation yesterday announced that it will enforce a two-day work abstention next week if their eight-point demand, including bringing amendments to the Road Transport Act, 2018, is not met.

British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday urged her increasingly mutinous party to back her strategy over Brexit, insisting a deal with the EU was close even as she once again rejected the bloc's proposal for the Irish border.

The High Court yesterday ordered a five-member committee to fix fees of medical tests in all public and private hospitals, laboratories and diagnostic centres within next two months.

A Bangladeshi man was killed yesterday in what appeared to be a BSF firing near the border in Chapainawabganj's Shibganj upazila.

Writhing in pain on the floor of the female ward of Dhaka Medical College Hospital's burn unit, Anjuara Begum still kept looking beside her to check on her son who was sedated and placed next to her.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday admitted his failure in bringing discipline to the road transport sector.

The United Sates has said it continues to call on the Bangladesh government to protect the civil liberties, especially the freedom of speech and freedom of press.

The High Court yesterday directed Impact Masudul Hoque Memorial Community Health Centre in Chuadanga and IRIS Enterprise, a medicine supplier, to pay Tk 10 lakh in compensation to each of the 17 victims who lost their eyesight following surgery at a health camp.

President Donald Trump said Washington will exit the Cold-War era treaty that eliminated a class of nuclear weapons due to Russian violations, triggering a warning of retaliatory measures from Moscow.