A former SS soldier who faced charges for incitement and disparaging the memory of Nazi victims has died aged 96, German prosecutors said yesterday.

Two Pakistani parliamentarians and human rights campaigners were released on bail in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after four months in detention, their lawyer said on Saturday.

Thousands of activists fanned out across beaches and rivers throughout Asia yesterday, picking up rubbish and drawing attention to the amount of trash that is dumped worldwide, a day after millions marched to urge world leaders to act on climate change.

Lorena made landfall Friday as a Category 1 hurricane, lashing the turquoise waters of popular beach destination Los Cabos on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula.

President Donald Trump said Friday that only a “complete” deal with China on trade will be acceptable and his tough approach won support from visiting Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Facebook on Friday said it suspended “tens of thousands” of apps on its platform as a result of a privacy practices review launched following a scandal involving Cambridge Analytica.

Three dengue patients died outside Dhaka on Friday amid a decreasing trend of new patients’ admission to hospitals.

Rapid Action Battalion last night seized gambling equipment and sharp weapons during simultaneous raids at three clubs in the port city.

The United States has announced that it was sending military reinforcements to the Gulf region following attacks on Saudi oil facilities that it attributes to Iran, just hours after President Donald Trump ordered new sanctions on Tehran.

Banks have rescheduled a record Tk 15,469 crore loans in the second quarter apparently to show on paper non-performing loans have reduced.

Following arrests of some leaders of ruling party affiliated bodies in drives against illegal casinos and businesses, the BNP yesterday demanded “resignation of the government”.

Former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the first leader to be toppled by the Arab Spring revolts, died Thursday in Saudi Arabia, Tunisia’s foreign ministry told AFP. He was 83.

North Korea’s chief negotiator in talks with the United States welcomed Donald Trump’s suggestion of trying a “new method” in negotiations, and hailed the exit of his hawkish national security advisor.

Taiwan lashed out at China yesterday after the tiny island nation of Kiribati switched its recognition to Beijing, the second diplomatic defection in the strategically important Pacific in less than a week.

Singapore’s skies cleared Friday and air quality improved as smog from raging Indonesian forest fires drifted away, easing fears that this weekend’s Formula One race may be affected.

A Bangladeshi cattle trader was beaten to death allegedly by the Indian Border Security Force along Kathaldangi border in Thakurgaon’s Haripur upazila early yesterday.

India yesterday slashed corporate taxes to among the lowest in Asia as part of its drive to kickstart the stuttering economy, sending stock surging as analysts predicted a renewal of interest in the subcontinent.

Police have arrested four men, including a union parishad chairman, for their alleged involvement in chopping off wrists of a man in Chapainawabganj.

A group of Chhatra League men have allegedly stopped construction works of a model mosque-cum-Islamic cultural centre for not getting extortion from the contractor in Tetulia upazila of Panchagarh.

The European Parliament has called on the UN Security Council to impose a comprehensive arms embargo on Myanmar and to adopt targeted sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations against the Rohingyas.