Scotland’s police on Saturday released a man after he was mistaken for a French fugitive wanted for killing his wife and four children eight years ago.

California on Friday banned private prisons and immigrant detention centers under a bill signed by the liberal state’s governor. The measure stipulates that beginning next year, the state’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is prohibited from entering into or renewing a contract with a private, for-profit prison to incarcerate people.

Bangladesh Federal Union of Newspaper Press Workers yesterday elected its new committee for the years 2019-2021, with Alamgir Hossain Khan of daily Ittefaq as president and Kamal Uddin of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangtha as secretary general.

Nepal rolled out the red carpet on Saturday for China’s President Xi Jinping as authorities rounded up Tibetans to prevent protests during his stay.

Egypt, as part of a larger effort to ramp up tourism, has unveiled a 3,500-year-old industrial area, a first-of-its-kind collection of artifacts, on the west bank of the Nile River in Luxor.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday hailed a “new era” in relations with China as he held talks with President Xi Jinping aiming to overcome troublesome differences between the world’s two most populous nations.

In an attempt to avoid arrest, Awami League leader and ward councillor Habibur Rahman Mizan tried to deceive Rab members during a drive in Sreemangal on Friday morning.

Former Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an alleged kingpin of the illegal casino business in the capital, was taken back to Dhaka central jail yesterday after being given treatment at National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD).

Two suspected drug peddlers, including a Rohingya man, were killed in a “gunfight” with police in Cox’s Bazar early yesterday, hours after their arrest.

Senior BNP leaders yesterday alleged that the government recently signed “anti-state” deals with India only to hold onto power by appeasing the neighbouring country.

Samira Begum’s eyes were itchy and watery for a few days when she finally decided to get a check-up at the Puthia Upazila Health Complex of Rajshahi on September 17.

Law enforcers yesterday arrested BNP Vice-chairman Maj (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

Police have arrested four suspected members of banned militant outfit Ansar al Islam in the capital’s Jatrabari area.

Much of California was on high alert yesterday as fires tore through the state’s south, destroying dozens of buildings, officials said, with many neighborhoods left without electricity.

In a remote village of Joypurhat, Atiqul Islam drives a rickshaw van to make ends meet. A father of three, it was always difficult for him and his wife Nazma Begum to get by on the meagre income. But the family was close to a dream come true.

Around 12,000 Bangladeshis working in the strawberry farms in Greece are facing various forms of labour abuses, including low wages, long working hours and sub-standard living conditions with little amenities.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said yesterday he had ordered tighter security for state officials a day after a suspected Islamist militant stabbed the chief security minister as he was greeting crowds in a provincial town.

The Iraqi government and security forces are “responsible for the bloodshed” during recent protests, top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani said yesterday.

Improved safeguards and working hours are needed to protect labourers in Qatar from the effects of heat and humidity, the United Nations said Friday, as it published new research.

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday arrived in India for an “informal” seaside summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi aimed at mending relations between the historically prickly Asian giants after sharp words over Kashmir.