Salvage workers are set to begin the grim and dangerous task of searching the wreck of South Korea's Sewol ferry, the Maritime Ministry said yesterday, after releasing a stark image of the vessel's devastated interior.

Maldives opposition parties said yesterday they would launch a fresh bid to seize control of parliament by impeaching the speaker, weeks after their first attempt failed when the president called in troops to evict lawmakers.

Jordan summoned Iran's ambassador to Amman at the weekend, the foreign ministry said, after an Iranian official slammed comments by King Abdullah in an American newspaper as "silly and careless".

While crossing the City Corporation Bazar at the capital's Rayer Bazar, one would be amazed to see a large number of earthen elephants, horses, tigers and monkeys put on display in front of shops there.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said all the building owners in the capital will be brought under tax net.

“Didi pani nehi diya, lekin bijli to diya…Kuchh to mila.” (Sister did not give us water, but gave electricity… at least we've got something).

A student of City University was killed while his classmate is on life support after being shot at the university gates in Khagan of Savar on the outskirts of the capital yesterday.

A tax defaulter left a luxurious Porsche sport utility vehicle in the capital's Hatirjheel with an anonymous letter yesterday.

China's capital stepped up a campaign against foreign espionage from yesterday, offering rewards ranging from $1,500 to $73,000 to citizens who blow the whistle on suspected spies, state media said.

Jail authorities completed all formalities for the execution of Harkatul Jihad al Islami (Huji) chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and his two associates on orders from the home ministry yesterday.

The High Court in a suo moto rule yesterday directed the inspector general of police to take steps for investigating the alleged torture on a Madaripur journalist and submit a probe report to it within 30 days.

The US Navy said Saturday it had sent a carrier-led strike group to the Korean peninsula in a show of force against North Korea's "reckless" nuclear weapons program.

The current parliament witnessed some positive changes in terms of time spent on formulating laws, presence of MPs in the House, quorum crisis and participation of opposition MPs.

Ashrafuddin, a member of Jubo League, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday from bullet wounds to the chest sustained during a clash between two groups of Awami League (AL) in Noakhali's Hatiya on March 30.

A Tuareg-led group in Mali said five of its fighters were killed Saturday in an attack blamed on jihadists, a week after a national peace summit called for talks with militants in the country's north.

Six people, including two children, were killed when a two-storey apartment building collapsed in western Poland on Saturday, possibly due to a gas explosion, officials said.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani called Bashar al-Assad to reaffirm his support for the Syrian leader in the wake of a US missile strike, Rouhani's office said yesterday.

President Omar al-Bashir said a joint Saudi-Sudanese air force drill that ended yesterday had boosted relations between the countries, two years after Khartoum broke ties with Iran.

The Germany military's counter-intelligence agency is looking into 275 suspected right-wing extremists in its ranks, including a soldier heard saying "Heil Hitler", the Defence Ministry has told parliament in a letter seen by Reuters yesterday.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia last night said the Awami League-led government has “sold the country to India” to stay in power for another five years.