British police said yesterday that 39 people found dead in a truck near London were all believed to be Chinese nationals, in a case that has triggered national outrage over the people trafficking business.

Even a day after the brutal killing of Rangamati BNP leader Dipamoy Talukder after his abduction, neither the family nor police filed a murder case.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalists faced mixed fortunes in two Indian state elections, with his party on course to see reduced majorities as a grinding economic slowdown weighed on voters.

Ducsu member Tanbir Hasan Shaikat yesterday said he, along with first-year students living in gono rooms in dormitories, would start residing in the vice-chancellor’s home from October 29.

The government move for out-of-court settlement of a dispute between the telecom regulator and two large mobile carriers over “dues” suffered at least a week’s delay yesterday.

The Awami League-led 14-party alliance yesterday sought explanation from its ally -- Workers Party of Bangladesh President Rashed Khan Menon -- for his recent statement on the 11th parliamentary election.

Appreciating Bangladesh for opening its borders to huge number of Rohingya refugees, the United States has urged the country to “postpone” its Rohingya relocation plan to Bhashan char.

A freedom fighter was buried without state honour in Dinajpur yesterday after his wife and children told officials that the 70-year-old had rejected the honour before his death.

A former top Australian intelligence official has been charged with mishandling classified documents, officials said yesterday, years after his home was raided during an investigation into Chinese influence operations.

Yemen’s government and Huthi rebels have set up joint observation posts as part of de-escalation moves in the flashpoint city of Hodeida, a move the United Nations welcomed yesterday.

Russia’s navy said on Tuesday it had discovered five new islands revealed by melting glaciers in the remote Arctic.

The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Feni is set to deliver the verdict in the madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case today. The victim’s family and the state counsel hope for maximum punishment of the accused.

Over a year after it was enacted, the Road Transport Act-2018 will be enforced from November 1.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has asked the Special Branch (SB) of police to impose exit restrictions on 22 people -- most of them current or former leaders of Awami League and its front organisations -- who have allegedly amassed illegal wealth.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Buet student Mizanur Rahman on a five-day remand in Abrar Fahad murder case.

Teachers of government primary schools yesterday issued an ultimatum that they would boycott the upcoming Primary Education Completion Examination (PECE) if their demand for better pay was not met by November 13.

The government has brought 2,730 new educational institutions from across the country under the monthly pay order (MPO) scheme.

The head of a UN fact-finding mission on Myanmar warned Tuesday that “there is a serious risk of genocide recurring” against the estimated 600,000 members of the Rohingya Muslim minority still living in the country.

Police arrested a young man on charge of raping a fourth grader of a madrasa in Laxmipur, while a court sent a man to jail allegedly for raping a seventh grader in Patuakhali yesterday.

An Italian couple survived a landslide that caused their house to collapse after being woken by their cats, giving them time to escape, media reported yesterday.