The much talked about electioneering in Gazipur City Corporation ended at midnight yesterday amid widespread fears of vote-rigging.

The United Nations yesterday commended the Bangladesh government's commitment to support the Rohingya refugees and highlighted that the root causes of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar must be addressed.

Both the BNP and the ruling Awami League mayoral candidates in Tuesday's Gazipur City Corporation polls are concerned about their polling agents but for two different reasons.

Issuing a note of warning about intra-party feuds, Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has said the grassroots will be held responsible if people do not vote for the party in the next general election.

Fifty-two people were killed, including 18 in one crash in Gaibandha, on the country's roads yesterday.

Two alleged drug traders were killed in separate “gunfights” with police in Trishal and Tarakanda upazilas early yesterday, days after they were allegedly picked up by the law enforcers.

An organised trafficking syndicate, led by a Bangladeshi businessman with alleged political connections with the Malaysian home ministry, raked in at least two billion Malaysian ringgits in just two years from Bangladeshi workers looking to secure jobs in the southeast Asian country, Malaysian newspaper The Star reported yesterday.

The Awami League has picked AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran and Serniabat Sadek Abdullah as its mayoral candidates for Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barisal city elections respectively.

Both the Awami League and the BNP mayoral candidates are trying hard to woo the swing voters who they think will be a crucial factor in the upcoming Gazipur City Corporation polls.

In a major development, the International Criminal Court yesterday asked Myanmar to submit its written observations by July 27 on the allegations of deporting over 700,000 Rohingyas to Bangladesh.

They are the livewires of their clubs -- Real Madrid, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain. They are the ones with whom their countries -

Lionel Messi's World Cup dream was left hanging by a thread as Croatia powered into the last 16 with a 3-0 rout of Argentina yesterday.

Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a man in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga yesterday, two days after he had allegedly been picked up by plainclothes men.

Eight election coordinators of BNP Gazipur mayoral candidate Hasan Uddin Sarker were arrested by law enforcers on Wednesday, party leaders said.

On the surface, Wednesday's decision looks like part of a nicely calculated and targeted approach to boost investment, as the finance minister hopes.

Twenty six Bangladeshi non-government representatives have submitted Amicus Curiae observations to the International Criminal Court (ICC), demanding territorial jurisdiction for investigation into the forcible deportation of the Rohingyas from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was enjoying more benefits in jail than those mentioned in the Jail Code.

Mayor and ward councillor candidates of Gazipur city polls yesterday demanded that law and order be maintained centring the elections so that people could vote in a festive mood and without intimidation.

With hands on hips, shoulders slightly slumped, eyes wide shut, he looked into an emptiness from the middle of the stadium. As if time just froze with the long whistle from the referee. And the king was just defeated.

A lucky Diego Costa goal handed World Cup hopefuls Spain their first win of the World Cup although dogged Iran came close to causing a major upset on Wednesday.