Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Saudi Arabia, the second destination of her tri-nation tour, yesterday afternoon after wrapping up her four-day visit to Japan.

Shumi Akhtar, a student of Jagannath University, reached the capital’s Kamalapur Railway Station around 8:30am yesterday. She was supposed to catch a train in half an hour to go to her home in Gaibandha to celebrate Eid with her loved ones.

Saiful Karim, a listed yaba kingpin, was shot and killed when police exchanged fire with his associates in Cox’s Bazar yesterday, police said.

The Bangladesh squad are now faced with a test at the eleventh hour before they open their World Cup campaign with a high-pressure match against South Africa at The Oval in London tomorrow. The test is a stern one as it involves perhaps the most important player in their batting line-up -- opener Tamim Iqbal. During practice at The Oval yesterday, Tamim sustained a painful blow to his left wrist while batting in the nets, but fortunately for the Tigers, an X-Ray later yesterday revealed no fracture.

Two government lists of farmers as Boro paddy suppliers are not what they look like. Many of them are anything but farmers. They include shopkeepers, a contractor and even a former city councillor engaged in a profession other than paddy cultivation.

West Indies crushed Pakistan by seven wickets in a one-sided World Cup match at Trent Bridge yesterday, with the two-time champions showing they are a resurgent force in the one-day game.

An inmate at Chattogram Central Jail died early yesterday following a fight inside a cell, authorities said. Amit Muhuri, 32, was accused in 15 criminal cases, including several for murder. He was also a Jubo League activist, said Jailor Nasir Ahmed.

The government is planning to provide exporters with up to 30 percent incentive to promote rice export, Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque said yesterday.

Following an investigation for one and a half years, the police have finalised a charge sheet against 87 students of Dhaka University and 38 others over their alleged involvement in question leak and cheating their way into the university.

Some of the pre-match hype turned out to be unfounded as the South Africa-England game was not a humdinger and a score over 350 proved not to be a given, but the opening game of the 2019 World Cup at The Oval yesterday did provide early vindication of one forecast: hosts England

Gold traders and jewellers will be able to legalise their undeclared stock of gold and other precious metals by paying a low tax, reads a National Board of Revenue (NBR) notification on Tuesday.

The principal of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa and 15 others were charged for the brutal killing of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi yesterday.

Metro rail would not be operational until December 2021, one year behind the schedule.

Six people -- four suspected robbers and two alleged drug dealers -- were killed in “gunfights” with Rab and BGB in Bagerhat and Cumilla early yesterday.

It is not obvious if you are in London as the fanfare is not anywhere near what it is about 10,000 kilometres to the east in Dhaka, but the stage is all set for the 2019 World Cup to kick off with hosts England taking on South Africa today at The Oval.

CCTV cameras that could capture the scenes of the Gulistan and Malibagh bomb attacks, apparently targeting police, were damaged before the incidents, investigators said yesterday.

Bangladesh and Japan yesterday signed their 40th ODA deal involving $2.5 billion to implement four projects to boost ties between the two countries.

Police Bureau of Investigation would be pressing charges against 16 suspects in the Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case today and all of them could be facing the death penalty.

Hundreds of sites in rivers around the world including in Bangladesh are polluted with antibiotics that exceed environmental safety thresholds by up to 300 times, according to research unveiled at a conference Monday.

With every Eid comes a concern: How to get home? Almost every time, the holidaymakers go through nightmarish experience on highways, thanks to traffic jams caused by poor road conditions and traffic management.