Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi scored a dramatic election victory yesterday, putting his Hindu nationalist party on course to increase its majority on a mandate of business-friendly policies and a tough stand on national security.

The long wait for thousands of teachers and employees of non-government educational institutions for MPO is likely to be over soon, as the government has decided to allocate Tk 1,150 crore for the pur-pose.

Amir Hossain made two desperate attempts to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe. He first tried once last year and again on May 9 this year.

Good tidings are piling up for Bangladesh as the team prepare for their World Cup challenge starting with their opening match against South Africa on June 2 in London.

At least 63 percent of the 1,818 buildings in the capital, 10 storeys or higher, lack fire safety measures, the housing and public works minister said yesterday citing Rajuk findings.

India beefed up security ahead of the scheduled release of Lok Sabha election results today as opposition dismissed “fake” exit polls which predicted a clear victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The National Board of Revenue yesterday nearly doubled the import duty on rice to discourage importers, as tens of thousands of farmers are incurring losses with paddy prices plummeting in the year’s biggest season, Boro.

An estimated 60 percent of the country’s schools and colleges are yet to form sexual harassment complaint committees despite a 10-year-old High Court directive and government orders issued to prevent such offences on campus.

The selectors’ announcement in Dhaka yesterday confirmed what those who have followed the Bangladesh team since the start of the series in Ireland had already suspected -- that the 15 selected for the ICC World Cup starting from May 30 would meet requirements for the Tigers’ tilt at a first ever World Cup semifinal, and beyond.

India’s main opposition parties yesterday alleged voting fraud in the country’s general election, days after exit polls predicted a comfortable win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling right-wing party.

The Supreme Court administration yesterday said making and publishing reports, for which the court’s image and dignity become tarnished and the trial proceedings are influenced, is not expected.

The government may give migrant workers a three percent cash incentive to encourage them to send remittance through official channels.

Rice prices have fallen to a nearly three-year low impacted by downturn in paddy prices at the farmers’ level in the wake of good harvest as well as higher private and public stocks of the grain.

Monowara Khatun had received a phone call from her son Rashed Mia early Monday. He said he was coming home from Tunisia.

The High Court yesterday observed that the country’s banking sector is no longer business-friendly, rather banks have become organisations of usurers.

The High Court yesterday sought enquiry reports from the housing and public works ministry on alleged irregularities in purchasing furniture and other household items for officials and other employees of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.

The number of Bengal tigers in the Bangladesh part of the Sundarbans has increased slightly, according to a latest tiger census.

What if the fruit you love is available in the market not only for a few months, but throughout the whole year? And what if this very fruit does not need to be imported but is grown locally and sold at a street cart in your neighbourhood?

The managing director of Ananda Shipyard and Slipways Ltd in a rejoinder to a report headlined “Ship-builder eating away Meghna”

Halfway into an eviction drive at Char Betagi in Munshiganj’s Gazaria yesterday, the BIWTA withdrew as a curious drama unfolded over the legal status of two slipways built by a dockyard on the Meghna’s foreshore.