MV Dudu Mia-1, a clinker-loaded cargo vessel, sank in the Kirtonkhola river in Barishal on December 14 after a head-on collision with a passenger launch. It has not been salvaged yet.

Up to 3,000 military reservists were called up to tackle Australia’s relentless bushfire crisis yesterday, as tens of thousands of residents fled their homes amid catastrophic conditions.

The distribution of braille books has brought immense happiness among the visually impaired students in Barishal.

If you have a child who struggles to recover from malnourishment despite being well fed, here is some good news for you.

Amid widespread allegations of political influence, bribery, and nepotism in policemen getting posts, the authorities have formulated a draft guideline to make sure competent officers with repute get the posts they deserve.

Three cold waves will sweep through the country this month and two of those will be severe, the Met office said yesterday.

French police shot and killed a knife-wielding man who fatally stabbed one person and injured two others in a park south of Paris yesterday, police and sources close to the inquiry said.

The bushfires raging across Australia have had a devastating impact on the country’s unique flora and fauna, with some estimates putting the death toll at nearly half a billion animals in one state alone, and experts believe it could take decades for wildlife to recover.

US lawmakers returned to Washington yesterday with President Donald Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial looming over the first Senate session of 2020, but congressional leaders are locked in stalemate over how to proceed.

Croatia’s conservative president is trying to lure nationalists back to her camp as she faces a leftist ex-premier at the polls Sunday, in a race that has revealed growing support for the country’s radical right.

Former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, who skipped bail in Japan and fled to Beirut, is due to be summoned by Lebanon’s public prosecutor next week, an official said yesterday.

Russia has stopped shipping oil to Belarus, the Belarusian state energy firm said yesterday, after the two countries failed to reach a deal on supplies by a January 1 deadline.

Indonesian conservationists say they’ve spotted the biggest specimen ever of what’s already been billed as one of the world’s largest flowers.

Indonesian rescuers yesterday mounted a desperate search for those missing after torrential rains unleashed flash floods and landslides, killing at least 43 people across the Jakarta region as authorities raced to prevent disease outbreaks.

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah yesterday said the government will not budge an inch on its decision to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) despite the opposition’s “misinformation campaign”.

Austria’s conservatives and their Green partners were set to present the government programme of their unprecedented coalition, a plan with right-wing leader Sebastian Kurz’s clear imprimatur that could set a European precedent.

At least 48 people were killed and more than 200 wounded in tribal fighting in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur, the Red Crescent said yesterday.

No forest land, reserve or not, can be allocated or leased out if that could damage the country’s forest, the High Court said yesterday.

At least 445 Bangladeshis were detained in the last two months while returning home from India without any travel documents.

Police have filed a case against 75 Chhatra Dal, Jubo Dal, and Swechhasebok Dal men over attacking law enforcers in Bogura town’s Khokon Park area on Wednesday.