Four independent candidates, who lost in Monday's Ducsu election, began a fast unto death yesterday at the base Raju Sculpture on the Dhaka University campus, demanding re-elections and resignation of the vice-chancellor.

Turkey yesterday denounced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "blatant racism" after he called Israel the nation-state of "the Jewish people" only, not all its citizens.

Fishermen keep violating a government ban on fishing in rivers.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority yesterday knocked down some 55 structures, including one four-storey building and two three-storey buildings, in Ramchandrapur area of capital's Mohammadpur as part of their ongoing drive against the illegal establishments along the Buriganga and Turag rivers.

Felling of trees by “influential people” is damaging the biodiversity of Bhola's Manpura Island, making it prone to natural disasters.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani yesterday arrived in Iraq for his first official visit, as Baghdad comes under pressure from Washington to limit political and trade ties with its neighbour.

Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling Awami league, alleged that “a drama was staged” at Dhaka University's Rukayyah Hall to “bring controversy in the Ducsu election”.

Protests erupted in Dhaka University yesterday immediately after most of the prominent panels boycotted the Ducsu election citing mass irregularities.

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” between two groups of drug dealers at Hoyaikong Satghoria Para of Teknaf early yesterday.

Airlines in Ethiopia, China and Indonesia grounded Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets yesterday as investigators recovered the black boxes from a brand-new passenger jet that crashed outside Addis Ababa a day earlier, killing all 157 people on board.

A schoolgirl was allegedly raped by a local youth in the district's Companiganj upazila on Sunday night.

Had the Bangladesh Bank played the role of a guardian and properly inspected commercial banks, the scams would not have taken place in the banking sector, Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Iqbal Mahmood said.

Consumer rights groups, energy experts, industrialists, and left-leaning politicians yesterday vehemently opposed the government's plan to raise gas price.

Back in 2001, Bangladesh embarked on their maiden tour of New Zealand and the first two days of the first Test against the hosts were washed out without a ball being bowled. Over the next three days of play, the visitors went on to lose the match by an innings and 52 runs.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh-India bilateral relationship is a role model of good neighborliness for the rest of the world.

The International Criminal Court has no barrier to carrying out preliminary examination, investigation and subsequent trial against the perpetrators of crimes against the Rohingyas.

The Dhaka University authorities seized more than 100 cricket stumps and bats from a small shop on the campus premises near the TSC last night.

Turkey's deal to buy Russian S-400 missile defence systems had "nothing to do" with the security of the US, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday after a Pentagon warning.

Former South African president Jacob Zuma used the country's intelligence services for his own political and personal interests, most notably against his successor, Cyril Ramaphosa, a government report charges.

Tunisia's health minister has resigned after the sudden deaths of 11 newborn babies at a state maternity hospital sparked an outcry in the country, the government said.