In one of the most dramatic scenes in Bangladesh cricket history, around 50 of the country’s top cricketers convened in Mirpur announced yesterday that they would boycott all cricketing activities unless the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) met their 11-point demand put forward by the cricketers.

The first phone call which awoke Biplop Chandra Baddya on Friday, right after lunch, may have been the most life-changing one he had ever received.

We express our deepest sorrow at the loss of lives and regret the killings and injuries suffered by the people in Borhanuddin of Bhola. As a people we abhor violence and as such cannot but be sad at the loss of lives. However, we need to examine why this happened and if there is any lesson to learn for the government, the law enforcers and us as a society.

For two days, hate speech was spreading via Facebook messenger and the local administration and police failed to grasp the gravity of the situation and act accordingly, locals of Bhola’s Borhanuddin upazila said.

The Rapid Action Battalion yesterday filed two cases against DNCC ward councillor Tarequzzaman Rajib under the arms and narcotics acts yesterday.

Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) Managing Director Taqsem A Khan yesterday came under fire by a parliamentary body for his failure in providing safe drinking water to citizens, dealing with the waterlogging problem and allegations of widespread corruption against DWASA officials.

Jubo League Chairman Omar Faruk Chowdhury has been relieved of his post amid allegations of corruption.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all to have patience and warned that those trying to take advantage of the Bhola incident will be punished.

At least four people were killed and more than a hundred others injured yesterday as a mob of religious zealots clashed with police in Bhola’s Borhanuddin upazila over a hate conversation spread through Facebook messenger.

The National Youth Policy, formulated by the Awami League government, defines any citizen between 18 and 35 as a youth.

Though most of the trains running in the country’s northwestern and southern regions face delay mainly due to inadequate capacity of railway tracks, Bangladesh Railway is adding new trains in the regions without proper assessment, worsening the situation further.

After hours of exposure to metal dust, the skins of these boys working at silverware factories have turned ominously grey.

Rab last night arrested a councillor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) in the capital’s Bashundhara Residential Area on charges of his involvement in extortion and land grabbing.

British MPs yesterday voted to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask the European Union to delay Brexit yet again but he insisted Britain must leave on October 31.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said the recent exchange of fire between the border forces of Bangladesh and India was an “accidental incident”.

A father and his daughter, and a child specialist were found murdered in separate incidents in Chattogram over the last two days.

Internationally-acclaimed artist Kalidas Karmakar passed away yesterday. He was 73.

Terming Thursday’s firing incident on Rajshahi’s Charghat frontier “unfortunate”, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said the misunderstanding would be resolved through talks between the BGB and the BSF.

At least 62 people were killed by a blast inside an Afghan mosque during Friday prayers, according to officials, a day after the United Nations said violence in the country had reached “unacceptable” levels.

Bangladesh and India have decided in principle to launch direct bus services on Dhaka-Gangtok and Dhaka-Darjeeling routes via Siliguri.