It was 5:00am on January 9, 1972. London was fast asleep and the weather was frosty.

Dhaka Platoon ensured a play-off spot in the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) with a 61-run victory against Rangpur Rangers under the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium floodlights in Mirpur yesterday. For Rangpur, their sixth defeat in 11 games meant that they were out of the race with a game left.

Fifties from Imrul Kayes and Lendl Simmons helped Chattogram Challengers romp to a seven-wicket victory against Rajshahi Royals and regain their top spot in the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) under lights at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

Iran is considering 13 scenarios to avenge the killing of a top military commander in Iraq by a US strike, a senior Tehran official said yesterday, as stampede at the funeral of the slain general killed at least 50 people.

Aged between 25 and 30; height around five and a half feet; tan complexion; short hair; and clad in an old pair of jeans and a dirty black jacket.

Pledging to keep up the ongoing anti-graft campaign, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the Anti-Corruption Commission to intensify its drives to bring all those involved in acquiring illegal wealth to justice.

“Sir, we had been praying for you.” With tears in his eyes, an on duty British police officer outside the VIP lounge of London’s Heathrow airport addressed Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as he along with Dr Kamal Hossain and his family were escorted from the special Pakistan International Airlines aircraft to the lounge.

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to ban single-use plastic products in coastal areas, hotels, motels and restaurants across the country in one year as they are health and environmental hazards.

At least 12 people, including four of a family, have been killed in five road crashes and a train accident since Sunday night.

The price of liquefied petroleum gas has increased by 20 percent at retail stores in the country on Sunday, around four days after the prices rose in the international market amid a looming supply shortage.

The rape of a Dhaka University student on Sunday night has sparked outrage with the incident once again raising concern over women’s safety in the capital and elsewhere.

Liberty was in the air.

Two criminals attempted to kill Liberation War Museum Trustee Dr Sarwar Ali at his home in the city’s Uttara on Sunday night.

Iran yesterday vowed military response after US President Donald Trump threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites “very hard” if Iran attacks Americans or US assets to avenge the killing of a top military commander.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked police personnel to make themselves the “police of people”.

Yet again, the police are going to place at least a dozen demands during this year’s Police Week though more than two dozen demands raised in the last two years remain largely unimplemented, say insiders.

A second-year student of Dhaka University was allegedly raped and tortured in the capital’s Kurmitola area last night.

The High Court yesterday directed mobile operator Robi Axiata Ltd to pay Tk 138 crore of what it owes Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.

It became a habit for Golam Masood, who has been living in Saudi Arabia since the 90s, to tune into Bangladeshi television channels the moment he returned home from work.

A Dhaka court yesterday took cognisance of the charges against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others for allegedly misappropriating and laundering about Tk 4 crore from the Farmers Bank in 2016.