Bangladesh has been identified as the “country with the highest risk” in terms of bribery threats in South Asia, according to the latest Global Bribery Risk Index.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government would probe if there was any ill motive and conspiracy behind the recent train accidents and take necessary action after completion of the investigation.

Mobile courts run by the BRTA and district administrations are getting the power to enforce the much-anticipated Road Transport Act 2018 next week. But the courts will not have the full force of the law behind them.

Terming the crisis artificial, senior treasury and opposition bench lawmakers yesterday came down heavily on the government in parliament for failing to check skyrocketing onion prices.

As police yesterday pressed charges against 25 Buet students in the Abrar Fahad murder case, family and friends of the slain student demanded quick trial and exemplary punishment of the culprits.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the drive against casinos and all kinds of corruption was going on and it would continue until the crimes are eliminated from all levels of the society.

Onion price has hit a record high with each kg selling for Tk 180 and above yesterday evening, a day after Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun said the prices were under control.

The accused in Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case had turned so rowdy that they would torture general students to create terror on the campus.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan yesterday in parliament said the driver of the Turna Nishita was likely responsible for the deadly train accident on Tuesday.

Bangladesh will begin their World Test Championship campaign with the first Test against India at Indore today with a new Test captain at the helm in the form of Mominul Haque.

Despite a concerning shortage of manpower in the railway sector, the government has made little effort to address the situation and has instead focused on massive infrastructural development projects.

“Soha moni [dear], where have you gone?... How could you take my daughter, Allah?” Nazma Akter groaned in pain as she asked these questions at intervals, with her bandaged legs placed on a pillow in the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (Nitor) in the capital.

The government is considering schemes to help more than 50,000 farmers affected by cyclone Bulbul in southern districts, said Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque yesterday.

It was around 3:00am yesterday. A Chattogram-bound train from Sylhet -- Udayan Express -- was changing its track to allow Dhaka-bound train Turna Nishita Express from Chattogram to pass byMandobagh Railway Station in Brahmanbaria’s Kasba.

“I was sleepy when I heard a bang and soon found myself flung up in the air. The compartment I was in was tossed up several feet high above the ground.”

The driver of Turna Nishita Express was possibly drowsy when the train rammed Udayan Express in Brahmanbaria’s Kasba around 3:00am yesterday, said the head of a probe committee formed by the railways ministry.

The train accident in Brahmanbaria yesterday left at least 16 dead and shattered the lives of many.

“If we could have won the game and the series, I would have felt much better,” young Bangladesh opener Mohammad Naim thus rued the Tigers’ missed opportunity of making history in India on Sunday night.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said 1.1 million Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh were not only a threat to the country’s security, but also to the region’s.

Cyclone Bulbul has affected huge areas of crops and fish farms in the southern coastal districts, according to preliminary reports by the government agencies concerned.