Prices of some items such as sugar and edible oil may go up due to a spike in customs tariff and imposition of VAT for the fiscal 2019-20, Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, chairman of the National Board of Revenue, said yesterday.

Factions of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists and Dhaka Union of Journalists yesterday protested the recent statement of Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (Noab) on the 9th Wage Board proposals, saying such a statement would create a “hostile relationship” between the owners and media workers.

Terming border killings “unfortunate deaths”, Indian Border Security Force (BSF) Director General Rajni Kant Mishra yesterday said such incidents had increased this year.

Kabirul Hossain Molla’s offence was that he trespassed on Indian soil near the border in Satkhira on May 10. He wanted to bring some packs of tea leaves.

The practice of submitting wealth statements by the Supreme Court judges to the chief justice has been stalled for the last eight years.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday announced that it would knock every door in the capital to update citizens’ information as it feels that there are threats of terror and militant attacks. DMP Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia made the announcement at a press briefing in the DMP Media Centre

A group of suspected muggers stabbed a young man to death and injured another in the capital’s Uttarkhan Batulia area yesterday.

Beijing confirmed Saturday that a Chinese vessel hit a Philippine fishing boat in a collision which has increased tensions in the disputed South China Sea, but denied claims it was a “hit and run”.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam yesterday indefinitely delayed a proposed law that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, in a dramatic retreat after anger over the bill triggered the city’s biggest and most violent street protests in decades.

Two men allegedly beat a 13-year-old boy with sticks and hammer over allegation of theft in Gazipur on Thursday.

A suspected drug peddler was killed in what po-lice said was a gunfight in Teknaf early yesterday.

A sub-inspector was held with 10,000 yaba tablets in Chattogram yesterday.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday strongly condemned the proposed amnesty for black money in the budget for fiscal 2019-20 and termed it “unconstitutional, immoral and discriminatory”.

President Abdul Hamid has sought cooperation from Tajikistan in resolving the Rohingya crisis.

Tens of thousands of security personnel were on the streets of Jakarta yesterday as a court heard a defeated presidential challenger’s claim that Indonesia’s 2019 election was rigged -- allegations that spawned deadly rioting last month.

Iran said yesterday it was alarming and wrong of the United States to blame Tehran for attacks on two oil tankers at the entrance to the Gulf, after an incident that has raised concerns about a new confrontation in the vital oil shipping route.

Bangladesh Embassy in Libya has warned Bangladeshis there not to take the risky sea journey to Europe, citing the risks of drowning as well as Tunisia and European countries’ strong stance against illegal entry into their territories.

“So unfair!” is what middle-class taxpayers were left mouthing upon seeing the budget for the fiscal year 2019-20.

The World Heritage Centre of Unesco has decided to put the Sundarbans on the list of World Heritage in Danger.

Vessel operations on Chattogram Port channel remained suspended for two and a half hours yesterday following a tanker-container ship collision.