The Philippines has asked Bangladesh to share details of its investigation into an $81 million cyber-heist from the Bangladesh central bank after the proceeds ended up in Manila, the finance department said yesterday, reports AFP reports from Manila. The money was shifted electronically from the Bangladesh…

The High Court yesterday banned gambling in the form of bingo, dice and card games at 13 clubs in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country. It also directed the government to immediately stop gambling at 13 renowned clubs, including the Dhaka Club. The 12 other clubs are— Uttara Club Ltd, Gulshan Club…

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak led a protest rally yesterday against what he called a “genocide” of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya…

Miscreants vandalised two idols in a temple at Kaji Sharifpur in Bera upazila early yesterday, reports UNB. Md Moinuddin, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Aminpur Police Station, said miscreants vandalised head of an idol and hands and legs of another in the Kali temple sometime in the night. Devotees…

Fidel Castro’s ashes were taken yesterday to a cemetery in the cradle of his revolution as Cuba opens a new era without the communist leader who ruled the island for decades, reports AFP from Santiago De Cuba. Capping a week of tributes and mass rallies, a jeep pulled the cedar urn into the Santa…

A Dhaka court yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of two expelled leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), who were pictured brandishing guns during a clash with police during an eviction drive in the city's Gulistan area, in a case filed under the Arms Act, reports UNB. Metropolitan Magistrate…