TV personality Faridur Reza Sagar, singer Ferdous Ara and five others survived a helicopter crash in Rajshahi's Godagari upazila yesterday.

After six years of legal battle, the High Court has finally cleared the way for the Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate the operations of National Warehouse and even sue the company for any illegal imports or sales of liquor.

A child born today in Bangladesh would be more productive than his peers in India and Pakistan, as the country fared better than its larger regional competitors in a new World Bank ranking.

It was the cabinet's oath-taking night after the 2001 parliamentary elections. The phone rang in the newsroom of The Daily Star. On the other end of the phone was the quivering voice of a man who, in his Dhaka University student days, was an infamous “armed cadre” of a political party.

A court observation in the August 21 grenade attack case verdicts highlights the expertise of the attackers.

As the BNP and Juktofront negotiate forging a “greater unity”, disagreements persist over bringing checks and balances if the parties involved assume office.

Janata was almost a sound bank, the best among its state-owned peers until last year. It saw a dramatic fall in just six months since January this year.

The grenades used in the August 21 attack to kill Sheikh Hasina were supplied by former deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu's brother Maulana Tajuddin.

August 21, 2004...

The day before August 21, 2004, Dhaka city Awami League leaders had an informal meeting with party chief Sheikh Hasina for her directives on the next day's rally on Bangabandhu Avenue.

Rivalry between the ruling and the opposition parties is inevitable in politics, but it is utterly unacceptable that attempts will be made to make the opposition leaderless, a special court observed in its verdict in the August 21 grenade attack cases yesterday.

The BNP yesterday rejected the verdicts in the August 21 grenade attack cases alleging that those were delivered at the “behest of the government with a political motive”.

The ruling Awami League yesterday said it was neither unhappy nor fully satisfied with the verdicts in the grenade attack cases and that it would request the government to seek a stricter punishment for BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman.

Survivors and family members of the victims of the August 21 grenade attack said they were saddened that the court fell short of giving capital punishment to Tarique Rahman, who was convicted of conspiring and planning the carnage.

The government takes stringent security measures in Dhaka city as a special court is set to deliver August 21 grenade case verdict.

The United Nations Human Rights office has called for urgent revision of the Digital Security Act in a bid to ensure checks and balances against arbitrary arrests and other undue restrictions.

A two-judge High Court bench yesterday delivered a split order in a writ petition submitted over “fictitious” cases filed against activists of the BNP and other political parties.

Truck owners and drivers yesterday postponed their indefinite work abstention in Dhaka division until October 31.

A senior UN official has warned that the international response to the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh is severely underfunded and sought more funds to cope with the challenges.

The BNP will not go for any tough street agitation over the verdicts in the August 21 grenade attack cases as the party thinks the ruling Awami League might use the “judgments as a weapon” to carry out a campaign against it during electioneering for national polls.