Zakir Hossain was walking back home when four people stopped him at the capital's Hazaribagh around 8:30pm on Friday. At knife point, they asked him to hand over cash and valuables. As he wouldn't give in, the muggers stabbed him and took away Tk 20,000.

An explosives-packed ambulance blew up in a crowded area of Kabul yesterday, killing at least 95 people and wounding 158 others, officials said, in one of the biggest blasts to rock the war-torn city in recent years.

Bangladesh suffered another final heartbreak as they succumbed to a 79-run defeat against a Sri Lanka side rejuvenated under new coach Chandika Hathurusingha in the final of the tri-series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday night.

Aziz Pipes, a leading PVC pipe manufacturer, owes Tk 28.71 crore to Uttara Bank. The company took the loan between 1997 and 2003 from the bank's Motijheel corporate branch.

Even though police were yet to find Niazul Islam, who brandished his pistol during an attack on NCC Mayor Ivy and her supporters on January 16, lawmaker Shamim Osman yesterday said Niazul was not on the run, rather he was sick and receiving treatment.

Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (BAPEX) has started production of gas on an experimental basis from a newly found field in Bhola, officials confirmed yesterday.

The disturbing drawings of homes engulfed in flames, and stickmen hanging from trees that are produced by Rohingya children in overcrowded refugee camps are slowly giving way to the flowers and sunny days that psychologists expect from healthy youngsters.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has called an emergency meeting of her party's standing committee today as a Dhaka court fixed January 8 for announcing the verdict in a graft case filed against her.

Police yesterday recovered the pistol of Niazul Islam "which he lost" on January 16 during a fierce clash between supporters of Narayanganj Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy and local Awami League lawmaker Shamim Osman.

After remaining almost invincible in the tri-series group matches before the crushing defeat in the last league game, it will be interesting to see whether the Tigers will be able to overcome the pressure of never having won a tri-series and continue playing the fearless brand

The controversial sonic device procured recently by the police to disperse protesters has the potential to damage nerve system of ears for good, according to doctors and records.

Muggers in a car pulled the handbag of a woman, dragged her about 200 yards on a street and drove the vehicle over her in Dhanmondi area of the capital yesterday morning.

Pragatisheel Chhatra Jote, an alliance of leftist student organisations, staged a solidarity rally on the Dhaka University campus yesterday,

A day-night match was completed in broad daylight yesterday following Bangladesh's dismal batting show in the last league match of the

Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson has resigned from an international panel set up by Myanmar to advise on the Rohingya crisis, saying it was conducting a "whitewash" and accusing the country's leader Aung San Suu Kyi of lacking "moral leadership".

The verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, her son Tarique Rahman and four others will be announced on February 8.

The customs authorities have been asked to ensure that all milk powder importers stock products in their own warehouses and have those tested at designated laboratories before marketing.

His unique style made his works instantly identifiable.

The government yesterday appointed Additional Inspector General Mohammad Javed Patwary as the new inspector general of police.

On the face of it, banks are awash with money. In September last year, excess liquidity of the banks totalled Tk 92,000 crore. The paradox is the banks do not have money when it comes to lending.