Two brothers who allegedly ran a casino illegally were arrested in Dhaka’s Keraniganj yesterday.

As a farmer’s wife in a remote village of Lalmonirhat, Aklima Begum’s life was never easy. She and her husband used to grow rice in her 90-decimal land in Ramdash village in the district. With the crop, they could hardly meet the expenditures of her seven-member family.

Coal-fired Payra power plant in Patuakhali began test production yesterday, making it the first large-scale plant to come into operation since the Awami League swept to power a decade ago.

The government is going to build the country’s longest bridge over the Tentulia river to connect island district Bhola with Barishal.

A suspected drug dealer was killed and two others, including a woman, were shot in the legs during what Rab said was a shootout in the capital’s Malibagh area yesterday morning.

The cold wave sweeping over the country is likely to linger one or two more days.

At least 69 BNP-backed councillor candidates in Dhaka city are facing more than a thousand cases while only six Awami League-supported aspirants are facing 10 lawsuits, show their affidavits submitted to the returning officers.

The Election Commission would wait for High Court directives on whether to change the election date for the Dhaka city corporations, which is now January 30, an election commissioner said.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to form anti-ragging committees and squads at all educational institutions, especially at universities and their affiliated colleges, within the next three months.

Despite a court directive to stop the over-the-counter sale of antibiotics, the health authorities have taken no concrete steps in this regard, raising the spectre of superbugs, which cause some seven lakh deaths globally per year.

The race for the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) title begins today with Dhaka Platoon taking on Chattogramm Challengers in the eliminator match in today’s first fixture at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

Khulna Tigers opener Najmul Hossain Shanto became the first local player to score a century in the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) during his side’s eight-wicket win over Dhaka Platoon under lights at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

Tension has grown between the ruling Awami League and Election Commission over MPs participation in the Dhaka city polls campaign.

A woman was killed in a bus by its driver after he failed to rape her in Dhaka’s Dhamrai upazila on Friday, said police.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday urged the vice-chancellors of public universities to perform their duties with dedication and honesty and stay away from corruption and irregularities.

Iran said yesterday it “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people aboard, in an abrupt about-turn after initially denying Western claims it was struck by a missile.

Traffic lights at each side of Kakrail intersection turns green every 160 seconds. But you would probably get into trouble if you abided by the signal while on foot or behind the wheel.

A road crash yesterday killed a 10-year-old girl near Bijoy Sarani intersection in Dhaka.

Iran’s civil aviation chief yesterday denied that a missile downed a Ukrainian airliner which crashed killing all 176 on board, dismissing claims of a catastrophic mistake by Tehran’s air defences.

A 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped in the capital’s Kamrangirchar area on Thursday night.