Youth and sports ministry officials are left frustrated for what they said was "continuous misbehavior" by Deputy Minister Arif Khan Joy. They alleged Joy had ransacked the room of a joint secretary of his ministry on Sunday as his name was not included in the banner as a guest at a national youth day programme.

It's good news for Magura but bad news for many other districts. The small town of 1.5 lakh people is going to have an exclusive gymnasium with modern facilities. Credit goes to the state minister for youth and sports, Biren Sikder, who allegedly abused his power to appropriate Tk 8.51 crore for the gym from a Tk 50-crore fund, meant for development and renovation of playgrounds across the country.

A BNP-backed platform of eminent citizens yesterday held the government responsible for Saturday's killing of Faisal Arefin Dipan of Jagriti Prokashani.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday alleged that the country saw the rise of militancy during the rule of the Awami League government. It was the BNP that had arrested all militants and tried them after it came back to power in 2001, she claimed.

A Bangladesh Chhatra Union leader was beaten up allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists while he was campaigning for todays' hartal at Dhamrai Government College in Dhaka yesterday.

The High Court yesterday granted ad-interim bail to BNP leader Rizvi Ahmed in two cases over a petrol bomb attack on a bus in Chauddagram upazila on February 2.

Protesting the killing of Faisal Arefin Dipan and attack on Ahmedur Rashid Tutul, writers and publishers have staged silent procession in different parts of Dhaka.

A 13-year-old schoolgirl has been allegedly gang-raped in Sreepur upazila of the district.

Bangladesh Chhatra League yesterday suspended one of its Chittagong city unit leaders as he allegedly entered into an examination hall and tried to take photos of a question paper by force during a recruitment test.

Another suspect yesterday confessed to a magistrate that he along with two others were directly involved in the killing of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella on September 28.

BNP yesterday urged the government to convene a meeting of all political parties to stop recurrence of such killings like Faisal Arefin Dipan.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday accused the BNP-Jamaat alliance of carrying out secret killings in the country.

At least 10 leaders and activists sustained minor injuries in a factional clash at a meeting of the ruling Awami League at Talbag in Savar

A mobile court in Barisal sentenced a Chhatra League leader to one month's imprisonment for providing BCL activists with answers to

A Dhaka court yesterday recorded statement of one more prosecution witness in Zia Charitable Trust graft case in absence of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Judge Abu Ahmed Jomadar of the Special Judge Court-3 recorded statement of Mesbahul Haque, a former official of Sonali Bank's Prime Minister Office

BNP vice-chairman and former diplomat Shamsher M Chowdhury has resigned from the party citing health reasons. But party sources said he was “disappointed and upset” with the party high-ups, particularly with Tarique Rahman for his “undue” interference in party decisions in recent months.

Depicting their living and livelihood related vulnerabilities, speakers in a consultation meeting in Rajshahi city yesterday observed that there should be adequate measures and interventions for rehabilitation of the physically challenged people to free them from their plights.

Sher-e-Bangla Medical College (SBMC) in Barisal remained closed for around three hours yesterday following scuffles

Police yesterday arrested at least 15 Jamaat-Shibir men and recovered 19 crude bombs from different spots in the capital allegedly for attempting to commit subversive activities through flash procession.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case.