Egypt's Mohamed Salah's shoulder injury will keep him out of action for three to four weeks, Liverpool's club physio said, as the forward tries to recover in time for the World Cup.

The International Criminal Court has sought to know Bangladesh's opinion on whether it can exercise jurisdiction over the deportation of Rohingyas from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

A record 14 people were killed in so-called shootouts in a single day yesterday, taking the tally of those killed in such incidents to 122, amid the countrywide anti-narcotics drive which has been going on for the last 16 days.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said steps would be taken if any innocent became a victim of the ongoing anti-narcotics drive.

Tofayel Ahmed Joseph, one of the top criminals in the police list of the 1990s, has been “secretly” freed from jail after a presidential clemency that cut short his life sentence for murder.

The High Court yesterday expressed utmost dissatisfaction and disappointment with the Anti-Corruption Commission for the long delay in completing investigations in the cases over BASIC Bank loan scams.

Owners of industries, including garment factories, would have to pay the Eid festival bonus to workers by June 14 to avoid any untoward incident ahead of Eid, Mujibul Haque Chunnu, state minister for labour and employment, said today.

With the national elections only months away, the government has taken up five mega projects involving Tk 3,368.21 crore for developing and widening district roads in five of the eight zones in the country.

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed the High Court orders that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two criminal cases filed in Comilla.

Ahead of arguably the biggest event in the world of sports many have tried their hands at predicting who will lift the World Cup trophy.

So-called shootouts in the ongoing anti-narcotics drive keep claiming lives with the number of deaths standing at 108 until last night.

The Election Commission yesterday announced mayoral polls in Rajshahi, Barisal, and Sylhet city corporations on July 30, creating the ground for another round of battle of ballots in the runup to the parliamentary elections likely in December.

The family members of Teknaf municipal Ward Councillor Akramul Haque, who was killed in a “gunfight” with RAB-7 on May 27 in the ongoing anti-narcotics drive, have demanded a judicial investigation into the killing.

We are talking about the body counts -- the deaths in “gunfights” in the current anti-drug war. After all, we are now witnessing the bloodiest anti-crime drive with death tolls already surpassing that of the Operation Clean Heart (57 deaths) or even the anti-militant drive after the Gulshan attack (80 deaths).

Lionel Messi is so desperate to win the World Cup with Argentina that he would trade success with Barcelona to triumph in Russia this summer.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday secured High Court bail in two criminal cases filed in Comilla, but was denied bail in a defamation case lodged in Narail.

The ongoing investigation into the BASIC Bank loan scam cases by the Anti-Corruption Commission has slowed down on the question whether the bank's former chairman Abdul Hye Bacchu will be made accused.

With a third of Ramadan gone, many have started wondering how their holiday trip home would be. Some fear that their journeys on roads would not be easy and their fears are not unfounded.

Diplomats, stationed in Dhaka, yesterday expressed deep concern over the "extrajudicial killings" in the ongoing nationwide anti-narcotics drive.

Twelve men, who according to law enforcers were suspected drug dealers, got killed in what officers said were gunfights early yesterday.