A parliamentary standing committee yesterday proposed making desecration of the national flag and national anthem a criminal offense punishable with jail or fine or both.

Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza won the toss and sent West Indies in to bat in the second one-day international (day/night) at the Providence Stadium in Guyana on Wednesday as the Tigers looked to seal their second ODI series win against West Indies in the Caribbean following their 48-run win in the first ODI on Sunday.

A Comilla court yesterday rejected a bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed under the Special Powers Act over an arson attack in the district's Chauddagram upazila over three years ago.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered forming a fresh committee to further investigate the disappearance of some 1.45 lakh tonnes of coal from Barapukuria coalmine and identify those responsible for it.

With many streets and roads under ankle to knee-deep water, commuters in the capital faced immense struggle as torrential rain hit Dhaka yesterday and continued till afternoon.

The prime minister's Energy Advisor Tawfique-e-Elahi Chowdhury yesterday said stern action would be taken against those involved in coal misappropriation in the Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL).

Two suspected drug traders and four alleged robbers were killed in separate incidents of “shootouts” in five districts early yesterday.

Giving a 23-point directive to the deputy commissioners, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked them to take tough actions against extortion, tender grabbing, muscle flexing, terrorism and drugs for eliminating these menaces from society.

After a bleak Test series, Bangladesh have a golden opportunity today to wrap up the three-match ODI series against West Indies in favourable conditions in Guyana.

Pakistan's military fanned out across the country ahead of today's election, deploying hundreds of thousands of troops to oversee polling stations in a short but acrimonious contest that analysts say is still "up for grabs".

The two-storey college building on a 166-decimal plot with a lush green field at the front promises a congenial environment.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday instructed the deputy commissioners to make sure that project funds are spent properly and quickly for timely implementation of all the projects.

With days left before the July 30 city corporation polls, police in Sylhet filed a case on Sunday accusing 39 BNP leaders and activists of obstructing the law enforcers from performing their duties.

The Anti-Corruption Commission, which yesterday began probing the coal going missing from the Barapukuria mine, shifted to high gear and is already smelling graft.

Police yesterday pressed charges against eight of the 21 militants who they say wanted to destabilise Bangladesh by initiating the country's worst-ever terror incident over two years ago.

Nearly three decades ago, section 16(2) was dropped from the Special Powers Act, 1974. But strangely, police filed a case under the section and even arrested two accused in Manikganj's Singair this May.

The High Court yesterday denied BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia bail in an arson case lodged under the Special Powers Act in Comilla in 2015.

Opener Tamim Iqbal and all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan were in the midst of a stirring partnership to lift the beleaguered Bangladesh team in the first ODI against West

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), via Twitter yesterday, requested the Supreme Court of Pakistan to "initiate appropriate process to ascertain the veracity of the allegations" made by Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court.

Rifts within the Awami League and the BNP have been a major concern for the parties' mayoral election nominees in Sylhet, Rajshahi and Barisal cities.