The International Criminal Court can exercise the territorial jurisdiction to try the perpetrators who forcibly drove out Rohingyas from Myanmar into Bangladesh, a former ICC prosecutor said yesterday.

The government will re-impose 28 percent duty on import of rice to protect the growers as the country got a bumper paddy production in the boro season, said Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday.

The High Court has issued a set of guidelines for lower court judges for properly conducting judicial inquiry into cases and dealing with those and finding solutions to the problems they are facing.

Two years after the murder of former SP Babul Akter's wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, police are going to wrap up the investigation and file the charge sheet.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said democracy stands on a solid ground in Bangladesh now, with the economy being strong enough.

An Iraqi court yesterday jailed a French woman for 20 years for belonging to the Islamic State group, as her lawyers accused authorities in Paris of "interference" to prevent her returning to France.

Six militants have been killed after a thwarted attack on Pakistan army posts along the country's border with Afghanistan, the military said yesterday.

Two alleged drug dealers were killed in what law enforcers claimed “gunfights” in Tangail and Rangpur early yesterday, taking the death toll to 131 during the anti-narcotics drive in last 20 days.

At least four persons sustained bullet injuries during an altercation between two factions of local Awami League (AL) unit of Sikalbaha union under Karnaphuli police station in Chittagong Saturday night over establishing their supremacy.

Even though presidents and general secretaries of Dhaka city Awami League (north and south) got the jobs over two years ago, they are yet to announce fully-fledged committees for their units.

A number of senior BNP leaders are seeking to retain control over the party's city units by incorporating local leaders loyal to them in the committees.

Despite complaints about overcharging for tickets ahead of Eid, private bus operators yesterday urged the government to increase the price of each ticket by Tk 50.

The bodies of 35 migrants have been recovered off Tunisia's southern coast, the country's defence ministry said yesterday, revising upwards an earlier government death toll.

The government is going to take up a massive $17.2 billion or Tk 137,666 crore programme for secondary education for the first time under the revenue budget in the next fiscal year.

Five policemen have been sued for threatening a Swechchasebak League leader in Narsingdi with death in crossfire and taking a confessional statement from him about involvement of three Awami League men and a DB police official in narcotics trade.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday put emphasis on creating a social movement against drugs like the one against militancy.

Myanmar is willing to take back all 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled to Bangladesh if they volunteer to return, the country's National Security Adviser Thaung Tun said yesterday.

An under-construction bridge collapsed in Dakkhin Chandpur of Harirampur upazila in August last year and it has been lying untouched with the authorities concerned trading blame instead of taking action.

The government will set aside around Tk 500 crore in the next budget to bring new private secondary educational institutions under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme which has been suspended for the last seven years.

An investor needs up to a year and a half to get approvals from 42 desks of different government offices for starting a business, which according to the businesses is depriving Bangladesh of the much-needed foreign direct and domestic investments.