“…Then after dark, a tentative ‘Joy Bangla’ in the back streets. Older men came out and persuaded the lads back into their homes; ‘there is still a curfew’. Then a more determined ‘Joy Bangla’. The Mukti Bahini had taken over the streets.

Chattogram Challengers returned to winning ways with a six-wicket win over Rangpur Rangers in yesterday’s first Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League game while Dhaka Platoon got a second win of their own as they beat Sylhet Thunder by 24 runs in the second match.

Protests against a divisive new citizenship law raged in India for the fourth day yesterday as Washington and London issued travel warnings for northeast states following days of violent clashes.

Considering General Niazi’s ceasefire proposal, the allied force declare to stop air attacks on Dhaka from 5:00am. Besides, the allied force also tell the Pakistan army that no truce would take place before the military surrenders. “If the Pakistan army does not surrender within 9:00am on December 16, then the air attack will resume,” they say.

Shaheda Begum does not seek justice for her son any more. Actually she does not dare.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday vowed to “get Brexit done” after his thumping election victory cleared the way for Britain to leave the EU after years of political paralysis.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been ranked 29th in this year’s Forbes list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.

It was around 8:00pm. A sudden knock at the door of house F-1237 in Ghoramara area of Rajshahi broke the eerie silence of the wintry night in 1971. The knocking sent chills down the spines of Mir Abdul Quayum and his wife.

Tamim Iqbal finally returned to the groove with a fifty that, coupled with Thisara Perera’s all-round performance, helped Dhaka Platoon register their first win of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League as they beat Cumilla Warriors by 20 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

Myanmar’s admission before the top UN court that its army could have committed crimes against humanity in Rakhine State comes as a primary victory for the Rohingyas, say analysts.

Three Bangladesh-origin female politicians known as Tin Kanya (three daughters) achieved victory in Thursday’s UK general elections.

The United Nations human rights office yesterday voiced concern that India’s new citizenship law is “fundamentally discriminatory in nature” and called for it to be reviewed.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan have cancelled their scheduled trips to India.

All of the matches played on the second day of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) were one-sided affairs as Rajshahi Royals and Khulna Tigers romped to easy wins in their respective fixtures at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

The Gambia yesterday said Aung San Suu Kyi’s “silence” over allegations of sexual violence and rape carried out against Rohingya people “says far more than” her words, a day after the Nobel peace laureate defended Myanmar against genocide charges at the UN’s top court.

Violent mobs in India’s northeastern state of Assam torched buildings and clashed with police yesterday, leaving two dead and 11 with bullet wounds, as protests grew over a new citizenship law for non-Muslim minorities from some neighbouring countries.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday rejected BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s petition for bail in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the government officials to remain alert to bribery and corruption as these social diseases spoil the development of the country.

With burns all over his body, 20-year-old Mehedi Hasan kept asking his sister whether he would be able to attend yesterday’s college entrance exams.

It did not look like a factory or a workplace; rather, it looked like a large compound for confinement. The fire-ravaged plastic factory in Keraniganj, with around 15,000 sqft floor space, had a single gate for entry and exit and no emergency exits whatsoever. It had six large rooms inside, but everyone there had to use that one gate to get out.