The Supreme Court yesterday stayed for eight weeks a High Court order that halted the Bangladesh Bank and Sonali Bank's decisions to allow M/S Patuakhali Jute Mills, owned by ruling Awami League Chief Whip ASM Feroz, to reschedule its loans of Tk 26.80 crore for the ninth time.

A man was arrested for attempting an attack on ASM Feroz, chief whip of the Jatiya Sangsad and Patuakhali-2 lawmaker, at Baufal upazila parishad auditorium yesterday.