For the past few days, there has been a rather surprising change in the way things go on at the Agargaon passport office in the capital.

The High Court yesterday observed that Sub-inspector Masud Shikder of Mohammadpur Police Station should be dismissed from service as suspension is not enough for detaining and torturing Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabbi.

Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has derided the idea of day-night Test cricket, accusing administrators of "messing with the greatness" of the five-day game.

Two Turkish fishermen rescued and resuscitated a Syrian toddler they luckily found floating unconscious in the Aegean Sea.