Tension continued to simmer in and around northeast Delhi for the fourth consecutive day despite calls for calm as the death toll in the clashes over a controversial citizenship law rose to 27.

India yesterday decided to lift the ban on onion export to protect the interests of its farmers as prices in the domestic market are expected to fall sharply thanks to the bumper rabi crop.

US President Donald Trump concluded a showy state visit to India yesterday with plenty of impressive photos but without major announcements on trade or security.

The politically biased process of recruiting Anti-Corruption Commission’s chairman and commissioners holds back the ACC from working independently and going for an all-out drive against the “big fishes”, Transparency International Bangladesh’s Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman said yesterday.

In the densely populated Old Dhaka, Lane-1 of Lalmohon Saha Street has recently earned its own reputation, as the arrested “casino brothers” Enamul Haque Enu and Rupon Bhuiyan have 33 flats in that otherwise inconspicuous alley.

Jahangirnagar University yesterday decided that it too would not adopt the uniform admission test proposed by the University Grants Commission last December.

Under gloomy skies and the imminent threat of rain, Bangladesh managed to overcome all uncertainty and finally snapped their six-match losing streak by registering their first win in Tests yesterday, exactly 450 days after their last success in cricket’s longest format.

Lane-1 of Wari’s Lalmohon Saha Street is just five feet wide.

Thirteen people have been killed and over 150 injured in clashes between opposing groups of protesters in New Delhi, police said yesterday, as violence over a contentious citizenship law roiled India’s capital for a second day.

After 24 years of his death that sent shockwaves across the country, the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has concluded that iconic silver screen actor Salman Shah was not murdered, but died by suicide in 1996.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad resigned yesterday in a shock move after his political allies sought to form a new coalition in a bid to block the succession of leader-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain why sections 25 and 31 of the Digital Security Act, 2018 should not be declared unconstitutional.

Nine out of 10 children experience some form of violent disciplining by their caregivers, according to a recent survey by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and Unicef, released yesterday.

The finance ministry mulls providing a single depositor a maximum of Tk 2 lakh within six months of a bank’s closure.

After Buet and CU, Dhaka University and Rajshahi University yesterday decided not to adopt the uniform admission test proposed by the governing commission last December.

It was a day of records for Bangladesh and Mushfiqur Rahim as the experienced cricketer took himself to a new height by smashing a Bangladesh-record third double-hundred while skipper Mominul Haque also scored his ninth Test hundred.

India and the US are committed to defend their people from radical Islamic terrorism, resolved to significantly expand defence ties and are working on a “fantastic” trade deal, said US President Donald Trump yesterday while asserting that his country “loves” and is “loyal” to India.

The High Court yesterday sought information about the medical treatment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now in the prison cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.

Sensible and composed batting helped Bangladesh build a platform for a big first-innings lead as the hosts reached 240 for three and were trailing by just 25 runs at the end of the second day of the lone Test against Zimbabwe at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

Private transport owners are obstructing the BRTC initiative to launch new buses, mostly double-deckers, on different routes in the country as they fear this will slash their income.