Ruling Awami League and BNP insiders believe they have gained more than their arch rival from the just-concluded Khulna City Corporation elections.

Chhatra League men have allegedly threatened to shoot and kill quota reform activists if they do not stop their movement.

The holy Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, begins in the country tomorrow as the new moon was not sighted anywhere in Bangladesh sky yesterday.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia cannot walk out of prison right now even after winning a hard-fought legal battle for bail at the Supreme Court yesterday, as she didn't get bail in seven other cases in which she was shown arrested.

Of all the 286 polling centres in Khulna City Corporation, the one at Nayabati Haji Shariatullah Bidyapith in ward-10, stands out for recording a turnout of 99.94 percent voters.

Around 77 percent of pasteurised milk samples assessed in a study were found to have high levels of bacteria, making direct consumption of such milk unsafe.

The Election Commission yesterday said the Khulna city polls were peaceful and excellent.

Awami League mayor candidate Talukder Abdul Khaleque was leading by a wide margin in Khulna City Corporation polls marred by irregularities such as heavy showdown by the ruling party in and around polling stations, ballot stuffing and driving out polling agents of rival group yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday termed the use of force by Israel on Palestine a violation of human rights, reports UNB.

Egyptian football star Mohammed Salah set a scoring record this season that helped Liverpool clinch fourth place in the Premier League. Now pictures of his bearded face are boosting sales ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

The massive tailback due to the construction of Fatehpur rail overpass on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Feni over the past week was expected, said a leading traffic system expert. He noted that the work lacked a traffic management plan.

For about four decades, Toha Mia had been in possession of a plot of land in the capital's Malakartola area and duly paid tax on the land.

The domestic football leagues of Europe and elsewhere are yet to be completed, the finals of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League are still in the offing, but the focus has shifted to even bigger things as the countdown to next month's FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia is well and truly underway.

Amid allegations and counter allegations about violation of electoral rules and possible vote rigging by both the Awami League and the BNP, the high-voltage battle of ballots in Khulna City Corporation takes place today to decide which camp is having the last laugh.

The United States opened its deeply controversial embassy in Jerusalem yesterday but the inauguration was marred by violent clashes along the Gaza border that left 43 Palestinians dead from Israeli fire in the conflict's bloodiest day in years.

Demanding immediate gazette notification on abolition of quota system in government jobs, the quota reformists took to the streets again, beginning an indefinite strike at universities and colleges across the country yesterday.

The Election Commission (EC) has revised the schedule for Gazipur City Corporation polls and set June 26 for voting, which was postponed earlier following a writ petition.

Supporters of the Awami League-nominated mayoral candidate dominated the last day's election campaign in Khulna City Corporation yesterday as many of the followers of the BNP-backed candidate kept off the campaign trail amid fear of arrest and harassment by law enforcers.

Traffic would not move an inch for hours on end. There was no food, no water, no toilet on the way. Relatives of the patients needing urgent medical attention did not know what to do.

Abir* first tried yaba out of curiosity with one of his neighbours. Eight years later, he is now fully addicted to the drug, having taken it regularly for the past seven years.