The Bangladesh women's cricket team qualified for the Women's World Twenty20 for the third time by outclassing their Scottish counterparts by 49 runs in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier semifinal in Amstelveen, Netherlands yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it is not possible to reform the freedom fighters' quota in public jobs due to a High Court verdict.

Traffic from Banasree, Badda, Rampura, and Hatirjheel used to converge on Pragati Sarani near Rampura TV station and it was a messy affair. Commuters previously feared the intersection but now a cheap U-loop has made a huge difference.

At least 17 per 10,000 babies in the country have Autism Spectrum Disorder, finds a new survey.

Following denial throughout the day, police yesterday evening admitted arresting a quota reform leader from the capital's Shantinagar.

The Dhaka University authorities yesterday claimed they never said “outsiders were prohibited on campus”.

Five alleged drug traders were killed in “gunfights” between law enforcers and criminals in four districts early yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam to three years' rigorous imprisonment in a case filed over her failure to submit her wealth statement to the ACC within the given time.

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque yesterday said there is no scope for bringing changes to the 30 percent freedom fighters' quota in public jobs because of a Supreme Court order.

The quota system in Bangladesh civil service is extremely complex and cannot be implemented ensuring proportionate representation of all sections of the society, according to two former top bureaucrats of the country.

Amid public outcry over Dhaka University's decision to ban outsiders on the campus, Vice Chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman yesterday said they would set up checkpoints at all the entrances to implement the decision.

BCL men have attacked quota reformists at least 13 times in the last three months, injuring around 68 students of four universities. But neither police nor the university authorities took action against any of the attackers.

Rescuers freed the last four of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach from deep inside a flooded cave yesterday, a successful end to an extraordinarily perilous mission that gripped the world for more than two weeks.

The youngsters, aged between 11 and 16, and their 25-year-old coach enter the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand during heavy rains after football practice.

The young brigade of Didier Deschamps took their World Cup dream closer to reality as they dispatched Belgium with a 1-0 win in the first semifinal at the Saint Petersburg Stadium yesterday.

Elite divers hauled four more young footballers out of a flooded Thai cave yesterday, authorities said, bringing to eight the number saved in a stunning rescue mission but still leaving five others trapped.

Protests continued yesterday against the recent attacks on some quota reform activists by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men.

The Dhaka University authorities yesterday said no outsider will be allowed to roam or stay on the campus without prior permission, a move that goes against the very character of the country's premier university.

Countless efforts and numerous unsuccessful experiments for over five years. In the end, they all proved rewarding when Dr Mubarak Ahmad Khan realised he has finally struck the right chord. Since 2010, the noted scientist had been trying to invent a biodegradable polymer from jute fibre. Success came in late 2015.

Criminals abducted 25 villagers at gunpoint from Hatimara area of Rangamati's Naniarchar upazila yesterday, said UPDF.