Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell yesterday held talks in the Iranian capital on a mission aimed at lowering tensions over the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme.

Some 500 tourists were trapped inside a ski resort in western Canada on Sunday after a mudslide destroyed the access road, local media reported.

Around 21 yaba and hundi traders yesterday formally surrendered to police with 21,000 yaba pills and 10 locally-made firearms in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation yesterday rejected US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the Middle East, calling on its 57 member states not to help implement it.

Yet another Baul artist was sued under the Digital Security Act for making “derogatory comments” about religion and hurting people’s sentiment.

Police arrested a man on Sunday night on charges of raping a female SSC examinee after abduction in Mymensingh’s Tarakanda upazila.

Ten nations announce their recognition of Bangladesh, thus bringing the total number of countries recognising the new republic so far to 30. The latest list is made up of Britain, Norway, West Germany, Denmark, Israel, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Finland, Sweden and Austria.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain within six weeks why they should not be directed to frame a guideline to prevent gender detection of unborn babies, in order to ensure protection of the unborn and pregnant mothers.

She has become the only fisherwoman with licence to catch hilsa in Barishal division after securing a place in the traditionally male-dominated fishing industry.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Rome today on a four-day official visit to Italy at the invitation of her Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte.

Jatiya Party senior lawmaker Kazi Firoz Rashid yesterday in parliament backtracked from his earlier position regarding the killing rapists in crossfire.

Russia plans to deport foreigners diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said yesterday, as the government postponed an investment forum over the deadly infection.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido promised “a great mobilisation in Caracas” when he returns to the country after a two-week international tour, drumming up support to dislodge President Nicolas Maduro.

Iranians must have the “right to choose” between different political movements, President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday, as controversy grows over the disqualification of thousands of candidates in upcoming polls.

Australia’s agriculture minister has been forced to resign after she was found to have steered public money to sports clubs in seats the conservative government was targeting ahead of an election.

A claim by Chinese scientists that a liquid made with honeysuckle and flowering plants could help fight the deadly coronavirus has sparked frenzied buying of the traditional medicine, but doubts quickly emerged.

Russia’s government on Saturday halted visa-free tourism for Chinese nationals and stopped issuing them with work visas over the deadly the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

British police yesterday said they had shot a man in Streatham, in south London, after several people were stabbed in a suspected “terrorist-related” incident.

A worker was killed and two others were injured yesterday as a chunk of earth collapsed on them while extracting stone illegally at Kalairag in Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila.

It is intriguing that border killings are on the rise, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday.