The body of a mauja headman was found dead in Rajasthali upazila of Bandarban yesterday morning, about 16 hours after his abduction.

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.

Workers Party suffered a blow as its former general secretary and current politburo member Bimol Biswas resigned from the left-leaning organisation, alleging that it was being run in an undemocratic manner.

Violence broke out in several Bolivian cities Monday after the main opposition candidate rejected presidential election results that seemed set to give victory to long-time incumbent Evo Morales, as international monitors voiced “deep concern.”

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said Seoul would increase military spending and urged the North to return to dialogue in a budget speech yesterday that could infuriate Pyongyang with nuclear talks gridlocked.

Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido has asked China and Russia to help end a political crisis crippling the Latin American country during “exploratory” talks, his diplomatic representative in Brazil said Monday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has removed several opposition figures from his human rights council, a decree published Monday showed, with critics saying the move robs the advisory body of its legitimacy.

At a time when the southern district of Bhola was trembling with fear after a bloody clash between police and religious zealots, a Muslim couple came forward to protect their Hindu neighbours from an attack carried out by a swarm of fanatics, putting their own lives at stake.

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito yesterday completed his ascension to the Chrysanthemum throne in a ceremony steeped in the traditions and grandeur of a monarchy that claims 2,000 years of history.

A drone-like flying taxi whirred over Singapore’s waterfront yesterday, with the firm behind the test hoping the aircraft will revolutionise travel in traffic-choked Asian cities.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals held onto power after a closely fought election on Monday but were reduced to a minority government that will need the support in Parliament of a smaller left-leaning party.

A teenage girl was allegedly gang-raped by a group of five men in Laxmipur’s Ramganj upazila on Monday. On information, police detained three accused -- Imon, 20, Rasel, 19, and Sharif, 22 -- in Bhadugram village of the upazila yesterday morning, said Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Ramganj Police Station.