A woman died after falling off a rickshaw when a group of muggers attempted to snatch her bag in the capital’s Mugda area yesterday morning.

Pope Francis yesterday postponed his official appointments and was working from home, the Vatican said, a day after cancelling a scheduled appearance at mass because of “a mild ailment”.

The World Bank moved Thursday to reestablish relations with Somalia after a 30-year break, paving the way for the country to have access to low-cost development aid.

Guineans will be called to vote Sunday on whether to adopt a new constitution, after months of protests sparked by charges that it is a trick by President Alpha Conde to stay in power.

Former armed forces chief Benny Gantz will take a fresh shot at unseating Israel’s veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after two previous electoral showdowns ended in deadlock.

The leaders of Russia and Turkey held crisis talks yesterday to try to scale down tensions after 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in a regime air strike in Syria.

A man beaten by a mob in Bogura’s Dhunat upazila early Thrusday died at a hospital yesterday.

Nine cultural organisations in Bangladesh yesterday expressed grave concerns over the clash and violence that erupted in Indian’s capital New Delhi between people for and against a new citizenship law.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman leaves today on a five-day state visit to the Soviet Union carrying a message of friendship from the people of Bangladesh.

A Kolkata court has convicted two JMB men -- a Bangladeshi and an Indian -- for money laundering and terror financing in connection with the Burdwan blast case of October 2014.

Earth has acquired a second “mini-moon” about the size of a car, according to astronomers who spotted the object circling our planet.

With one of his legs in a cast, Jahangir Alam was at the funeral of his beloved daughter in his ancestral home in Sherpur yesterday. With him was his wife, who was also injured in their attempt to get away from the fire in Eskaton early Thursday.

The Customs House Chattogram bought two patrol boats for Tk 2.86 crore in the mid 80s to monitor the outer anchorage of Chittagong port and end illegal loading and offloading.

Two suspected robbers were killed in a “gunfight” between two groups of robbers in Feni’s Sonagazi upazila early yesterday.

Moscow yesterday announced new restrictions on travel to Russia from Iran and South Korea, two countries hit hardest by the outbreak of the new coronavirus.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has expressed concern over the continuing allegations of torture, arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh last year.

One of the murderers of acclaimed journalist and AFP contributor Javier Valdez Cardenas was sentenced Thursday to 14 years and eight months in prison by a Mexican court.

Greece yesterday boosted border patrols after Turkey said it would no longer prevent refugees from going to Europe, officials said.

North Korea has postponed the new school term to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, reports said yesterday, the latest measure as the ill-equipped country ramps up efforts to prevent a devastating outbreak.

A Noakhali court yesterday sent a truck driver to jail in a case filed for raping an eighth grader in Noakhali’s Companiganj upazila.