"Have we voted for the MP so that he can kill my child?

A 10-year-old boy was shot allegedly by a ruling party lawmaker at Sundarganj of Gaibandha early yesterday.

Family members of UGC official Omar Siraj, who died in Rab custody on Thursday, alleged that he was subjected to torture and they saw injury marks on his body at the morgue of Dhaka Medical College.

The scene of the stampede that left hundreds of Hajj pilgrims dead in Saudi Arabia still haunts Shamim Ahmed, 45.

No murder is acceptable, and if the victim is an innocent foreigner who had come to Bangladesh to serve a good cause, it becomes even more reprehensible. When we think about how randomly Cesare Tavella was killed and how his death relates to nothing that he had done, said, or written, when we see that he had not instigated others to do

The University Grants Commission official, who had been arrested last month for his alleged involvement in leaking questions of medical college and university admission exams, died in Rab custody yesterday.

“The teachers are saying they will not work, conduct classes and hold exams. It won't be logical. I request them to go ahead with regular classes and admission tests.”

Countries that had issued security alerts for their citizens in Dhaka following the murder of an Italian citizen last week have now started softening their tone of travel advisory.

The International Crimes Tribunal yesterday issued death warrants for convicted war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, a day after the Supreme Court released its full verdicts upholding their death penalties.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon reacted in the strongest possible terms to the news that Australia had decided to postpone their tour to Bangladesh.

The foreign ministry yesterday confirmed that 41 Bangladeshi pilgrims were among those killed in the stampede in Mina on September 24.

Police arrested Jatiya Party lawmaker MA Hannan, his eldest son and three other war crimes accused yesterday, hours after a special tribunal issued arrest warrants for eight people. MA Hannan, 80, lawmaker from Trishal (Mymensingh-7 constituency) and presidium member of Jatiya Party, was arrested at his Gulshan home and his son Rafique Sajjad, 62, was picked up from his Gulshan office around 4:00pm, said Rafiqul Islam, assistant commissioner (Gulshan Zone) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

Two more countries have issued security alerts for their nationals living in Bangladesh following Monday's killing of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella inside the capital's diplomatic zone.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh is committed to leading by example again in case of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as it surprised the world with its achievements in Millennium Development Goals.

The Supreme Court yesterday released its full verdicts that upheld the death penalty of Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury for 1971 war crimes, leaving them with the option of seeking review of the verdicts.

Observing that terrorism and violent extremism remain as two major impediments to global peace and development, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for global unity to effectively address the threats. “Terrorists don't have any religion. Terrorism and violent extremism are global challenges. All countries should be united to effectively address these," she said.

“BNP chief Khaleda Zia might have a link with the killing of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella. This should be investigated."

Bangladesh has moved two notches up in this year's Global Competitiveness Index, riding on progress in the areas of macroeconomy, health, education and infrastructure.

The SITE Intelligence Group, an online tracker of terrorist organisations, stands as the lone source of linking the Islamic State (ISIS) to the murder of Italian citizen Tavella Cesare in Dhaka Monday.

Expressing surprise over the issuance of travel alerts by some diplomatic missions in Dhaka for their citizens after the murder of an Italian, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said there is no justification of issuing such alerts.