Police were yet to arrest the driver of a minibus and his helper even a day after a man was allegedly pushed off the vehicle and crushed to death on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in City Gate area near the port city.

Identifying themselves as law enforcers, a group of plainclothes men abducted a small trader from near his home in the capital's Mirpur-2 on June 10.

In an unprecedented move, the district administration of Natore has stopped movement of human hauliers and three-wheelers on the highways and introduced at least 25 buses in association with the owners association.

The government has relaxed until December 31 the requirement of experience for getting licences to drive medium and heavy vehicles.

A ruling Awami League man and his younger brother died of stab wounds at Chittagong Medical College Hospital last night after they came under attack allegedly from some party rivals on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Sitakunda upazila.

With Indian parliamentary polls just months away, opposition parties yesterday flagged before the Election Commission the alleged tinkering of Electronic Voting Machines which they claim ensures votes in favour of one party and demanded a return to paper ballots.

Every school day morning like clockwork, maths and science teacher Satyajit Biswas is to be seen on his bicycle, commuting the seven kilometres from his Kucholia village home in Jessore's Monirampur upazila to Dhopadi Secondary School.

Authorities yesterday closed the officer-in-charge of Bonpara Highway Police Station in Natore for his failure to keep illegal vehicles off the highways.

A suspected robber was killed in what police claimed was a shootout between the law enforcers and a gang of robbers in Baliakandi upazila of Rajbari early yesterday.

Facebook yesterday banned Myanmar's army chief and other top military brass after a UN investigation recommended they face prosecution for genocide for a crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to quota reform leader Lutfun Nahar Luma in a case filed over “spreading rumours on social media and instigating violence” during the recent road safety movement.

A Dhaka court yesterday directed the jail authorities to take measures to provide division to noted photographer Shahidul Alam as per the Jail Code.

The United States yesterday imposed new sanctions on Russia over the attempted assassination of a former spy in Britain using a lethal nerve agent.

Hanoi yesterday paid tribute to former US Senator John McCain, a onetime foe who helped heal the wounds of the Vietnam War after spending years as a prisoner in the city.

A couple of hundred Rohingyas have gathered across the border in the last four days hoping to enter Cox's Bazar.

A love-lorn dolphin has prompted a French coastal town to ban bathing on its beaches, fearing people may be hurt by the antics of the over-excited mammal.

Foreigners will be barred from buying properties in a planned $100-billion Malaysian city, the country's leader said yesterday, after the huge development aimed at mainland Chinese buyers sparked widespread criticism.

Tropical Storm Lane limped away from the Hawaii islands on Saturday after dumping heavy rain that triggered flash floods but caused no known casualties.

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to entrepreneur Barnali Chowdhury Lopa in three cases filed on charges of vandalising and attacking an Awami League office and instigating violence during the recent road safety movement.

It is the quintessential sound of the Mediterranean in summer, but for some French tourists the cicadas of Provence are just too noisy.