A lucky Diego Costa goal handed World Cup hopefuls Spain their first win of the World Cup although dogged Iran came close to causing a major upset on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government was formulating an anti-narcotics law keeping a provision of death penalty for the patrons of drug traders, drug syndicates and the godfathers.

Partners in the Awami League-led 14-party alliance are pushing the AL for finalising their share of nomination in the 11th parliamentary elections slated for December.

Both public and private banks have decided to lower lending rates to single digits from July 1 -- a move that comes weeks after the government showered them with a raft of privileges, drawing criticism from different quarters.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was enjoying more benefits in jail than those mentioned in the Jail Code.

Mayor and ward councillor candidates of Gazipur city polls yesterday demanded that law and order be maintained centring the elections so that people could vote in a festive mood and without intimidation.

With hands on hips, shoulders slightly slumped, eyes wide shut, he looked into an emptiness from the middle of the stadium. As if time just froze with the long whistle from the referee. And the king was just defeated.

The Rohingyas, the third largest refugee group in the world last year, are now in critical need of international protection as their condition is worse than the others, the UN Refugee Agency has said.

Sit tight! Some nail-biting affairs are on the cards as the World Cup has already promised to be quite unpredictable for fans and pundits alike.

The return of Mohamed Salah from injury could not prevent World Cup hosts Russia virtually sealing their place in the last 16 by beating Egypt 3-1 yesterday.

The BNP plans to make preparations for the next national election while resuming street agitation alongside the legal battle to have its party chief freed from prison, said party insiders.

At first glance, it might look like a heavily bombarded area pitted with craters. Some of the larger ones are filled with rainwater. A closer look, however, would reveal diggers and labourers rushing at the place close to Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway in Satkania.

Sweden won an opening World Cup game for the first time since 1958 and ended a worrying goal drought with a 1-0 victory over South Korea in a must-win match if they want to progress from a tricky-looking Group F.

A number of students of schools and colleges in Chawra Barogachha union of Nilphamari wanted to do something different during the Eid holidays. They rented a pickup to go to popular tourist spot Swapnapuri in Dinajpur the day after Eid.

Myanmar has not met the minimum standards in investigating or prosecuting those engaged in the violence against the Rohingyas, said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein yesterday.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim are likely to visit Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar soon, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said yesterday.

Lt General Aziz Ahmed, quarter master general of the Bangladesh Army, has been appointed as the new chief of the force for the next three years.

With the campaigns for the Gazipur city polls resuming yesterday, the ruling Awami League wants to focus on resolving internal divisions as the party leaders say it's the organisational unity that earned them victory in Khulna.

Captain Harry Kane came to the rescue with two goals, the second a dramatic injury-time winner, as England began their World Cup Group G campaign with a stuttering 2-1 win over Tunisia yesterday.

A man and his two daughters were crushed to death by a train while they were taking a selfie on the rail tracks in Narsingdi sadar yesterday.