Onion prices have shot up by Tk 40-50 a kg, within 24 hours of a meeting in which Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi requested retailers, wholesalers and retailers to help government prevent any price spiral ahead of Ramadan in April.

A furious Iran threatened to avenge a US strike that killed a top Iranian commander at Baghdad’s international airport yesterday, raising fears of a wider regional conflict between the arch-foes.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent a police official to jail on charges of rape.

Rangpur Rangers skipper Shane Watson’s first half-century of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League set up a 38-run win over a beleaguered Sylhet Thunder at the Sylhet International Stadium yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said a government having a well-organised party behind it could develop a country fast.

Two suspected criminals were killed in “gunfights” with police in Chattogram and Satkhira early yesterday.

Bangladeshi migrants without residence permit who are employed by Saudi Arabian companies will get an opportunity to return under an initiative taken by the Gulf country recently.

The Election Commission yesterday cancelled the nomination of Jatiya Party mayor aspirant Kamrul Hasan as his name was not on the voter list of Dhaka North City Corporation.

On assurance from the government that the National Wage Board-2015 would be implemented, leaders of jute mill workers called off their strike last night.

After the match between Cumilla Warriors and Sylhet Thunder in the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) ended in the tournament’s first draw, a brilliant performance from Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman helped the visiting team seal a Super Over win under lights at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium yesterday.

In 1998, the authorities of National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital (NICRH) bought an X-ray machine imported from Germany.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to suspend the retirement facilities of National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital (NICRH)’s former director Prof Dr Md Moarraf Hossen for negligence in preserving and protecting the hospital’s equipment, including those of the ICU.

The man with the plan, is the impression one walks away with after an audience with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal. Later, one is invariably met with the question: was he being a little too optimistic and naive?

The number of drug addicts increased in the country with an average of 114 patients taking treatment every day at public and private rehabilitation centres last year, according to the Department of Narcotics Control.

A Barguna court yesterday indicted 10 accused, including Ayesha Siddika Minni, in the much talked about Rifat Sharif murder case.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has revoked its decision to block mobile phone operators’ signals up to a kilometre from the country’s borders.

A Mercedes-Benz car, a Toyota Prado and a Mitsubishi Pajero are worth only Tk 17 lakh, believe it or not.

More than 12 years ago, the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital (NICRH) authorities had purchased eight high-end ventilator machines for its Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

They planned to form a “robber wing” of Huji in the country’s southern and northern regions.

The Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) shifts to Sylhet today as Rajshahi Royals and Rangpur Rangers seek to further their play-offs chances in the days’ first game at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.