Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq lost the battle for life in a London hospital last night, after nearly three months' treatment there.

A Dhaka court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia after cancelling her ad-interim bail in the Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases.

US President Donald Trump sparked outrage in Britain's political establishment yesterday with a sharp rebuke of Prime Minister Theresa May on Twitter after she criticised him for retweeting British far-right anti-Islam videos.

Police have suspended three members of DMP's Detective Branch for picking up several Moghbazar-based businessmen and torturing them until the families paid hefty sums for their release.

After Farmers Bank, a non-bank financial institution has failed to pay a depositor's money, a development that erodes depositors' confidence.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday gave the cash-strapped Farmers Bank a breathing space of three months to address its current crisis.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reiterated her call to the international community, including the UN, to maintain the pressure on the Myanmar government to take back its nationals from Bangladesh.

A Tangail court yesterday framed charges against five transport workers in the case filed for gang raping and killing law student Rupa Khatun in a running bus on August 25.

Amid calls for the repeal of section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act, the government has decided to revoke the controversial section that is prone to misuse.

Pope Francis' visit to Dhaka begins today. It will be a celebration of Bangladesh's tradition of harmonious living between people of various faiths and ethnicity, Catholic Church officials said.

The law ministry has finalised the disciplinary rules for lower court judges in line with article 116 of the constitution, which allows the president to control their postings, promotions and leaves in consultation with the Supreme Court.

The latest agreement on repatriation of the Rohingyas may not be as effective as the two previous deals signed between Bangladesh and Myanmar in 1978 and 1992 respectively.

Pope Francis called for respect for rights and justice in a keenly-watched address in Myanmar yesterday, but refrained from any mention of the Rohingya or the alleged ethnic cleansing that has driven huge numbers of the Muslim minority from the country.

A Bangladeshi student was found shot dead in the trunk of his car in Wichita City of Kansas in the US on Sunday.

Bangladesh Bank responded very late in dealing with the ailing Farmers Bank, former central bank governors and senior economists said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to inaugurate the main construction work of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant at the project site tomorrow.

Three militant suspects were killed after they allegedly detonated suicide vests during an anti-terror operation by Rapid Action Battalion at a remote char on the Padma in Chapainawabganj yesterday.

The High Court has confirmed death penalty for 139 out of 152 accused who were given capital punishment by a lower court for their involvement in the massacre during the BDR mutiny in 2009.

The High Court yesterday asked Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to form a probe body to investigate why the intelligence unit of then BDR failed to detect the impending 2009 mutiny.

Once again "Operation Dal-Bhat" came in the spotlight as the High Court in its verdict yesterday recommended prohibiting activities that belittle the pride and self-respect of the members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).