Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan, in London for the Inter Parliamentary Cricket World Cup, said yesterday that he wants Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza to call time on his cricket career with a match at home.

Shirin Akter, mother of slain Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, fainted in the witness stand yesterday afternoon after describing to the court how Nusrat had to endure sexual harassment and was burnt to death.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday sued former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others for misappropriating and laundering about Tk 4 crore from the then Farmers Bank in 2016.

Three people were arrested on charges of rape in Chattogram and Savar yesterday. In Chattogram, Md Shahadat Hossain Raju, 30, and his friend Md Mohabbat Ali, 25, were arrested on charge of raping a 21-year-old garment worker.

The High Court yesterday rebuked the lawyer of BSTI for claiming that the court expressed satisfaction with its test report on pasteurised milk of 14 brands.

Rain was the major actor at Old Trafford yesterday, but unlike in the group stages it will probably not have the final say when the first World Cup semifinal between New Zealand and India will resume at 10:30 am (3:30 pm Bangladesh time) on the reserve day today. New Zealand will resume

The High Court yesterday observed that some deputy commissioners and officers-in-charge of police stations consider themselves as “zamindars” and act as if they are “all in all”.

The number of recorded dengue fever cases in May and June was more than five times that of the corresponding months of last year, and things are getting even worse.

Police yesterday arrested a man for allegedly killing his mother in Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila on Sunday night. Abdus Salek, 32, was arrested from a restaurant in Kurigram Sadar upazila around 7:00pm, said Jahangir Alam, OC of Godagari Police Station said.

After more than five weeks of high-octane cricketing action, the 2019 World Cup has boiled down to three matches and four teams.

A total of 95 percent hospitals and healthcare institutions in the country do not have all of the 10 basic instruments required to treat children, according to a government survey.

Police yesterday recovered a sharp weapon used in the killing of Rifat Sharif from a ditch near the Barguna Government College hostel.

Catch a snatch of a conversation between party leaders of any level in Barguna and you will learn that Awami League politics in the district is actually the show of two men: Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu and Jahangir Kabir.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said people should accept the gas price hike for the sake of the country’s development as the government had to import LNG at a higher cost.

Several thousand rickshaw-pullers yesterday blocked Atish Dipankar Road, protesting the new ban on rickshaws on three major roads in the capital.

The suspect took Samia Afrin Saima to the roof of the eight-storey building, saying that he would show her the view and raped the seven-year-old girl inside an empty flat.

The High Court yesterday ordered Dhaka Wasa to explain why its water was contaminated with bacteria.

The government’s subsidy expenditure has soared 29.36 percent to Tk 46,385 crore this fiscal year largely due to its concessions on demands from pressure groups.

Expectations were high ahead of the World Cup in England but upon the team’s return home yesterday, captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza spoke of his disappointment of not meeting their own expectations in the coveted tournament, although he lauded the poise from the youngsters.

The countrywide half-day shutdown enforced by Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) protesting the recent gas price hike passed peacefully yesterday.