Four people, including two suspected lorry hijackers, were killed in separate “gunfights” with the law enforcers and BGB personnel in three districts in the last two days.

One and a half years have passed since the government sought review of the Supreme Court verdict upholding cancellation of the 16th constitutional amendment that restored parliament’s power to remove judges for incapacity or misconduct, but it is still uncertain when the apex court will hear the petition.

From now on, Jahangirnagar University authorities can expel a student for life if he or she publishes or broadcasts any “false” and “distorted” news about the university in local, national or international print and electronic media, or on social media.

Turkish authorities yesterday ordered the arrest of 249 past and present foreign ministry personnel suspected of ties to the group blamed for a failed 2016 coup, the prosecutor’s office said.

Amid widespread protests over the steep fall in paddy prices, the parliamentary standing committee on the food ministry yesterday recommended stopping import of rice.

Amid the escalating diplomatic row between the two countries, the Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad, in an apparent protest, has stopped issuing visas to Pakistanis, said an official yesterday.

The Kremlin yesterday said the corruption scandal involving Austria’s far-right party that caused the government to collapse has nothing to do with Russia.

Protesters blockaded entrances to court buildings in the Armenian capital yesterday after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called for a demonstration against judges he accuses of political bias.

Sudan’s army rulers and protest leaders remained locked in talks early yesterday to finalise a new governing body that would replace the generals who took power after ousting longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir last month.

The US has detained an Iranian scientist for nearly seven months for allegedly attempting to ship growth hormones, Iranian media said yesterday, quoting his brother as saying he is being held “hostage”.

President Donald Trump has declared himself “strongly Pro-Life”, days after two US states passed tough new restrictions on abortions, but said exceptions should be made for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest.

Democrat Joe Biden aimed his frontrunner campaign directly at Donald Trump on Saturday, attacking him as the “divider in chief” and insisting the nation’s top priority is denying the US president re-election in 2020.

US President Donald Trump has asked for files to be prepared on pardoning several U.S. military members accused of or convicted of war crimes, including one slated to stand trial on charges of shooting unarmed civilians while in Iraq, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

Moyen Uddin was overjoyed after being able to sell his Boro paddy at a government procurement installation at a fair price, thanks to the proac-tive initiative from the Kushtia district commissioner.

The Prime Minister’s Office yesterday asked the secretary of Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) to submit lists of state-run jute mill workers and their bank account details so that their arrears and retirement benefits could be paid.

The brother of an Awami League eader was shot dead in Rajbila union of Bandarban early yesterday.

The government, for the first time, has imposed a 65-day ban on fishing in the sea across the country, but apparently without taking any rehabilitation measures for the vulnerable fishermen.

Apart from thousands of unregistered vessels, nearly half the registered ones ply the country’s inland waterways without the mandatory annual fitness licences.

It operated like a one-stop service centre for jobseekers. All one needed to do was say what kind of employment they wanted. Even a recruitment test was unnecessary. The service provider would arrange the job and send the appointment letter to them.

Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection yesterday fined 12 coach operators for not hanging fare charts at ticket counters and for charging extra.