AB Bank Chairman M Wahidul Haque, along with its vice chairman and a director, resigned from the bank's board of directors yesterday amid allegations of money laundering by the bank.

Political patronage and erosion of ethics has led to the culture of defaulting on loans in Bangladesh, said noted economist Rehman Sobhan yesterday.

A defence lawyer yesterday told a Dhaka court that the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case was filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to hamper her political career.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday served a legal notice on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, seeking an apology from the PM for making “malicious and defamatory” remarks about her alleged assets abroad.

The world's first ever vaccine to prevent dengue fever works just fine on those who had contracted the disease before, but brings trouble to the people who were never infected by the virus.

The captors of journalist Utpal Das had demanded ransom from him and his family several times, but they never seemed to really want the money. During the 71 days of his captivity, the kidnappers repeatedly asked Utpal to pay money for his release. His father too got phone calls from Utpal's phone twice after his abduction on October 10 from the capital's Dhanmondi area, Days after the abduction, but the caller did not say how and when they want the money to be sent.

The UN's rights envoy for Myanmar said yesterday the government had banned her from the country, adding her exclusion suggests something "awful" is happening in Rakhine state.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim yesterday called upon the international community to work jointly to ensure safe return of Rohingyas to their homeland, with all facilities in place.

All eyes are on Rangpur today as Awami League, BNP and Jatiya Party are set to fight the battle of ballots to win the mayoral race.

Utpal Das, a senior reporter of an online news portal who had been missing since October, was found in Narayanganj last night.

Eminent economist Rehman Sobhan has said politics has now turned out to be an extended part of business and money paves the way for winning an election.

Visiting Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim yesterday expressed his country's intention to further improve the existing strong trade and economic relations with Bangladesh, and assured Bangladesh of its continuing support to Rohingyas living in Bangladesh.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has rejected the petition of former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu for delaying his

Bangladesh Bank has sacked Farmers Bank Managing Director AKM Shameem for his failure to protect the depositors' interests and manage liquidity.

The electoral battle for Rangpur mayor is crucial for the Awami League, BNP and Jatiya Party as they see the polls from different perspectives.

Amid uncertainty, continued fleeing of Rohingyas, and fire and destruction in Muslim minority villages in Rakhine, Bangladesh and Myanmar yesterday set up a high-powered Joint Working Group (JWG) to start “safe and voluntary” repatriation of Rohingya refugees within one month.

Mohammad Alauddin, a manpower businessman, was waiting for a friend at a tea stall at Mollartek in Dakkhin Khan around 4:30pm on November 10.

Question paper for primary school exams has been leaked again and this time it is in Natore.

A six-month-old baby fell off his mother's lap and died in a mugging incident in the capital's Doyaganj area yesterday.

At least 10 people were killed and 40 others injured in a stampede during the qulkhwani of former Chittagong mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury yesterday.