Coast Guard yesterday filed a case accusing at least 26 men of human trafficking after a boat capsized in the Bay on Tuesday, killing 15 Rohingyas.

The global cost of air pollution caused by fossil fuels is $8 billion a day, or roughly 3.3 percent of the entire world’s economic output, an environmental research group said yesterday.

Soviet Chargé D’affaires V. Popov calls on Bangabandhu at his official residence. Popov tells newsmen that matters connected with Bangabandhu’s forthcoming visit came up for discussion.

British energy giant BP, under the leadership of new chief executive Bernard Looney, declared Wednesday that it aims to achieve “net zero” carbon emissions by 2050, although it did not provide details how it plans to reach that target.

Mohammad Soinuddin Miah, a poor farmer from Chakgagadhar village in Tangail’s Nagarpur upazila who almost single-handedly constructed an earthen road to ease the sufferings of his fellow villagers, now hopes to see it concreted over by the authorities concerned.

Heavy rain has given hope to Australia’s drought-stricken regions, but scientists warned Tuesday sustained falls were needed to end a years-long dry spell.

Human Rights Watch called Tuesday for Damascus and the Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria to investigate the fate of thousands of people who went missing in the custody of the Islamic State group.

African Union leaders vowed on Monday to push peace efforts in Libya, a sign of the bloc’s desire to play a bigger role in resolving the continent’s conflicts.

Global carbon dioxide emissions from power production flattened last year to 33 gigatonnes after two years of increase, even though the world economy expanded, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said yesterday.

Dhaka will seek Riyadh’s assistance in stopping visa trade, an illegal practice that pushes up recruitment cost for Bangladeshi workers going to Saudi Arabia, as a joint commission meeting of the two countries begins in Dhaka today.

A suspected drug trader was killed in a “gunfight” with detectives in Naogaon’s Manda upazila early yesterday hours after he was arrested.

To better serve around two crore kidney patients across the country, the government is going to set up kidney dialysis and nephrology units in all medical college hospitals and district-level hospitals.

Khaleda Zia’s sister Selima Islam yesterday made a humanitarian call to the government for releasing the BNP chairperson from jail to pave the way for her advanced treatment.

Followers of Delhi’s governing Aam Aadmi Party (Common Man’s Party or AAP) danced in the streets yesterday after inflicting a crushing defeat on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-wing party in a key election in the capital.

Bangabandhu warns the government officials against tardiness in attendance and says that Bangladesh has achieved its independence through the blood and tears of millions of countrymen and the government will not allow any lethargy on the part of the officials to stand in the way of national development.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said the country was not going to have any good news anytime soon regarding resolving the Rohingya crisis through the repatriation of over 11 lakh Myanmar nationals.

A meeting of senior OIC officials has agreed to convene a pledging conference during the upcoming Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) meeting to mobilise resources for the ICJ case against Myanmar on accountability for human rights violations against the Rohingyas.

Bangladeshi scientist Dr Firdausi Qadri was announced the winner of the L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Award (Asia-Pacific region) yesterday for her contribution to understanding and preventing infectious diseases affecting children in developing countries, and promoting early diagnosis and vaccination with global health impact.

Workers’ Party President Rashed Khan Menon yesterday in parliament said people would lose interest in the House if lawmakers were not allowed to hold discussions on important issues.

The woman widely seen as German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chosen successor will not lead her crisis-racked CDU party into upcoming elections, a party source told AFP Monday.