Four bullet-hit bodies were found in Narayanganj while two decomposed bodies were recovered from a field in the capital's Uttara area yesterday.

The Election Commission yesterday rejected a proposal for amending the electoral code of conduct so that people in managing committees of educational institutions cannot run in the general election.

A court in Chattogram yesterday sent BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury to jail in a case filed under the ICT and Special Powers acts.

Bangladesh justified their 'favourites' tag coming into the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe by winning the first match by 28 runs under the floodlights at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. It however needed Imrul Kayes to strike a career-best 144 to rescue the home side from a precarious position in the afternoon.

Police finally gave permission to the newly formed Jatiya Oikyafront to hold a rally in Sylhet on Wednesday.

The government yesterday launched the “Mathematical Olympiad method”, a project to help teachers make mathematics a fun subject for students, at an inception workshop held at the auditorium of the Directorate of Primary Education in the capital.

Saudi Arabia yesterday said that dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi died in a fight inside its Istanbul consulate, its first admission of his death after two weeks of denials that have shaken Western relations with the kingdom.

Voicing his concern whether the upcoming national elections will be held or not, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad says his party will still prepare to contest in all 300 seats under the United National Alliance (UNA).

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says there is no necessity for a dialogue with any political party.

Even with two huge players absent, it is hard to imagine that Bangladesh will not start as favourites today in the first of three one-day international (ODIs) against Zimbabwe when the match gets underway at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium at 2:30pm.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said she went for constructing the Padma Bridge with domestic resources defying strong opposition from her finance minister and an adviser.

Janata Bank has been granting undue favour to yet another big borrower, allowing the company to open letters of credit (LC) one after another overstepping all sorts of banking rules, multiple Bangladesh Bank investigations have found.

BNP data on police cases filed against its leaders and activists in about five weeks reveal a surprising number of unidentified accused, making the party extremely worried about its grassroots ahead of the upcoming parliamentary polls.

With about two weeks left before the announcement of schedule of the upcoming national polls, the Awami League's election campaign in Rajshahi division goes on in full swing but the picture is quite the opposite for the BNP.

Some locals now keep boats, not cars, in their garages. Before going out to work, people here always check the tide schedules. During the high tide, businesses come to a grinding halt while students attend classes sitting on high benches as the ground floors of schools go under knee-deep water.

The body of a three-year-old girl was found yesterday, 24 hours after she was kidnapped in Narayanganj's Rupganj upazila.

At least eight people, including two schoolgirls, were killed and 12 others injured in separate accidents in three districts yesterday.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said Jatiya Oikyafront's Sylhet rally was not cancelled but postponed due to security reasons.

Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) denies Jatiya Oikyafront of permission for holding a rally in the city on October 23 on security ground.

The Awami League does not want Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar to resign, said party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday.