He has spent the last 30 years of his life at the wheel as a professional bus driver.

Two alleged drug peddlers were killed in separate incidents of “shootout” with Rapid Action Battalion in Munshiganj and Rajshahi early yesterday.

During a mad race between two buses for passengers, one of the drivers slammed on the brakes near the ramp of the Airport Road flyover adjacent to the Armed Forces Medical College in Kurmitola.

Drug dealers are now smuggling yaba from Myanmar into Bangladesh through the Indian border with three districts in greater Sylhet using Mizoram, Meghalaya and Assam as the conduit route.

Three alleged criminals, including a "drug peddler", were killed in separate incidents of “shootouts” with law enforcers in Comilla, Satkhira and Barguna early yesterday.

The government is considering importing coal to run Barapukuria coal-based power plant in Dinajpur as supply from the country's lone coal mine, Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL), has stopped.

A large part of Dhaka South City Corporation is at risk of a dengue outbreak as the carrier of the virus, Aedes mosquito, is present at over one-third of the houses and other structures in that zone, a survey has found.

Moments before being released by his abductors, an Awami League leader was threatened with death in “crossfire” and forced to sign two sets of blank papers and stamp papers each.

Defying a ban on their stay in the city corporation areas going to polls tomorrow, outsiders campaigned for the Awami League's mayoral candidates in the three cities on the last day of electioneering yesterday.

A ruling Awami League leader was found hours after he was picked up in broad daylight in front of his house in the capital's Lalmatia yesterday allegedly by four unidentified people equipped with firearms and walkie-talkie sets.

The scene of the battle between two evenly matched teams moves to St Kitts as both West Indies and Bangladesh have a chance to win the three-match one-day international series by winning the third ODI today. Bangladesh had won the first match at the Providence Stadium in Guyana by 48 runs before the hosts struck back with a three-run victory in the second ODI at the same venue on Wednesday to level the series 1-1.

Two companies and two individuals were honoured yesterday at the 17th edition of the Bangladesh Business Awards for their extraordinary success and contribution to the economy.

Ignoring warnings from the Election Commission, mayoral candidates in Monday's Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barisal city corporation elections continued to violate the electoral code of conducts with the electioneering ending this midnight.

Detectives of Chittagong Metropolitan Police yesterday arrested a man while he was allegedly carrying about 2,000 yaba pills hidden inside two brinjals.

Three alleged drug dealers and one “criminal” were killed in separate incidents of “shootouts” with Rab and police in Chittagong and Tangail yesterday.

The BNP is now more worried about the role of police than about its archrival Awami League in Monday's three city corporation polls.

With some 3.4 million cases pending with courts across the country, the government plans to form a high-powered committee for their speedy disposal, Law Minister Anisul Huq said yesterday.

The 17th edition of the Bangladesh Business Awards will be held in the capital today.

At least 14 people were killed and six others injured in road accidents in four districts yesterday.

Violation of rules by transport operators and drivers remains the main cause of fatalities and injuries on roads across the country.