It is uncertain when the High Court will deliver its verdict on the writ petitions seeking actions against those who attacked Buddhist communities in Ramu in 2012 as well as the negligent administration officials who didn’t prevent the mayhem.

Scientists have captured a view of a colossal black hole violently ripping apart a doomed star, illustrating an extraordinary and chaotic cosmic event from beginning to end for the first time using Nasa’s planet-hunting telescope.

India yesterday imposed a ban on export of onions, and the wholesale markets across Bangladesh witnessed an overall hike of Tk 20 per kg within hours.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday protested a report headlined “Road Transport Act: Amendment move cause for concern, says TIB” published by The Daily Star on September 29.

The free flow of information is being disrupted in Bangladesh, said British human rights body ARTICLE 19.

The authorities of Dhaka University last night fired two assistant professors for not joining work at the end of their study leaves.

Three Bangladeshi students won six medals, including a gold and a bronze, in the Robo Scholar Challenge Category of the International Robot D Challenge in South Korea.

Thirteen people, most of them students, were killed when a pick-up truck flipped over while trying to change lanes yesterday in the Thai capital, police said.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has expressed reservations about a recent court decision decriminalising assisted suicide, in comments to the Corriere della Sera newspaper published Saturday.

A huge blast on an oil tanker in a South Korean port Saturday sparked a raging fire that spread to a nearby vessel, leaving 18 people injured, authorities said.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Guinea on Saturday to “speed up” the trial for those responsible for a massacre on more than 150 opposition supporters exactly 10 years ago.

Malaysia does not want to take a confrontational stance towards China over the disputed South China Sea and Beijing’s alleged mistreatment of its minority Uighur Muslims, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said in an interview published on Saturday.

Bangladesh has submitted the instrument of ratification on prohibition of nuclear weapons to the treaty section of the United Nations.

Indonesia yesterday marked one year since a devastating quake-tsunami disaster pounded the city of Palu, killing more than 4,000 people.

Democrats charged aggressively into an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump on Friday, ordering Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to turn over Ukraine-related documents and scheduling testimony for witnesses to alleged abuse of power by the US leader.

Tight security yesterday ensured Afghanistan’s presidential election was held in relative calm, though several small attacks, low turnout and complaints about the voting system heightened fears an unclear result could drive the country into further chaos.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday expressed deep concern over the government move to amend the Road Transport Act-2018 amid pressure from transport owners and workers’ associations.

Sharmin Afroz, a housewife, does not know what to do. Her two school-going children, aged seven and eleven, would only take porridge with milk for their breakfast. But Sharmin, 39, is not sure if she should allow her children to take pasteurised milk anymore.

About one-third of higher education institutions in the Asia-Pacific region have taken measures for machine learning, reveals a study by Microsoft Asia and International Data Corporation (IDC) Asia/Pacific.

At least 40 people, including six policemen, were injured in Madaripur Sadar upazila yesterday as a factional clash of Bangladesh Chhatra League ensued during celebration of Awami League President Sheikh Hasina’s birthday.