Bangladesh is on the right track to achieve the target of raising its ICT export to $5 billion by 2021, ICT industry leaders said yesterday.

Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated, scores were hurt and at least one killed in clashes with Israeli troops on a "day of rage" yesterday against US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday ruled out the possibility of any special initiative on her part to ensure BNP's participation in the next general election.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has asked former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu not to leave the country so that his interrogation continues without any interruption.

US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital sparked Palestinian protests, clashes and a call for a new intifada yesterday as fears grew of fresh bloodshed in the region.

Two students died of their injuries at Moulvibazar Sadar Hospital last evening, around half an hour after they were hacked allegedly by some rival Chhatra League men on Moulvibazar Government High School ground.

The US House of Representatives has condemned the "ethnic cleansing of the Rohingyas" and passed a resolution by a two-thirds voice vote "calling for an end to the attacks" against the Muslim minority in Myanmar.

Detectives yesterday collected CCTV footage from the house of missing former ambassador Maroof Zaman to find out who took his laptop, desktop and camera on Monday night.

"The status of Jerusalem should be determined as a negotiated settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians and Jerusalem should be a shared capital."

Sophia, the world's new sensation, yesterday caught Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by surprise as the humanoid robot readily gave the premier information about her.

President Donald Trump abruptly reversed decades of US policy yesterday and recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, generating outrage from Palestinians and defying warnings of unrest in the Middle East.

Former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu has once again pinned the blame on the bank's managing committee for the embezzlement of crores of taka from the scam-hit bank.

Bangladesh Bank has finally removed NRB Commercial Bank's Managing Director Dewan Mujibur Rahman over his alleged involvement in a number of loan scandals involving around Tk 700 crore.

Agitated BNP men vandalised around 70 vehicles and torched a police motorbike in the city's High Court and Bangabazar areas yesterday after police foiled their bid to bring out a procession.

UN member states said yesterday that Myanmar was likely committing "crimes against humanity" against its Rohingya minority, while the UN rights chief voiced alarm over possible "elements of genocide".

Law enforcers harass people by filing false cases and picking them up, rights defenders alleged yesterday at a discussion on the country's human rights situation.

The High Court yesterday summoned Additional Deputy Commissioner (general) of Laxmipur Sheikh Murshidul Islam and Executive Magistrate Nuruzzaman over an incident of punishing a former acting civil surgeon through a mobile court.

Former Bangladesh ambassador to Vietnam Maroof Zaman remains missing since Monday night after he left his Dhanmondi home in his private car to pick up his daughter from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought support from Cambodia for a durable solution to the Rohingya crisis as it is a threat to regional peace and stability.

The Anti-Corruption Commission for the first time yesterday grilled former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu over the loan scams involving about Tk 4,500 crore.