Mohammad Erfan Salim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker and Awami League leader Haji Md Salim, was sentenced to one year in prison yesterday for illegally possessing walkie-talkies and foreign liquor.

President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden yesterday were to storm swing states in the final week of campaigning before the Nov. 3 election, as surging coronavirus cases and an uncomfortable admission by his chief of staff keep the focus of the race on the pandemic.

An assistant sub-inspector of Rangpur police was suspended yesterday on charges of gang-raping a ninth grader with two others.

Two people were arrested in cases filed over rapes of a teenage girl and housewife in Noakhali’s Begumganj and Hatiya upazilas yesterday.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Saudi Arabian Airlines have ferried over 31,316 stranded Bangladeshi migrant workers to their workplaces in Saudi Arabia in 31 days since September 23.

An energized Joe Biden and Barack Obama on Saturday accused Donald Trump of a massive screw-up in his handling of the coronavirus, but the US president remained ebullient despite trailing in polls with 8 days to go until the election.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged journalists to write reports based on facts and perform their duties to the country and the nation, shunning unethical journalism.

At least 25 river police personnel were injured when fishermen attacked the law enforcers conducting a drive against hilsa catching and selling at Chandpur’s Laxmirchar in the Meghna yesterday.

Proshanta Kumar Halder, director of International Leasing and Finance Service Limited (ILFSL), who allegedly embezzled crores of taka from NBFIs, did not return to Bangladesh though he was supposed to yesterday.

The government has asked public and private organisations not to provide services to people without a face covering as it aims to curb a possible second wave of Covid-19.

The World Bank joined hands with Brac to implement a programme to halve fatalities on roads by 2030.

A Rohingya teenage boy was killed in a landmine explosion on the Myanmar side of the border along Bandarban on Friday afternoon, said police.

An intellectually-challenged child was raped allegedly by her neighbour on Wednesday while a suspended Jubo League leader, who was arrested for raping a housewife, was sued in another rape case in Noakhali.

How crooked can a cop get?

Jatiya Party (JP) founder and late president Hussain Muhammad Ershad has been regarded a dictator, though he never admitted it, till his death. Even the current leadership of the party does not acknowledge it. Now, his younger brother Golam Mohammed Quader has been made party chairman.

In a country where political divisions go deep down, he was one of the very few personalities from any profession who was trusted by all sides of the political spectrum. It speaks volumes of his wisdom, sagacity, impartiality and sense of fairness that political archrivals sought his legal counsel in situations of crisis.

The government is aggressively seeking financial assistance from development partners to procure Covid-19 vaccine as soon as it hits markets.

The government is set to start the process of giving students of classes 6 to 9 assignments from November 1 in the absence of annual examinations.

The deep depression formed in the Bay of Bengal made landfall around noon yesterday, causing moderate to heavy rain across the country.

Beijing on Thursday informed Dhaka about Myanmar’s assurances of taking back the Rohingyas.