Kenya yesterday became the third country to start routinely innoculating infants against malaria, using the world’s first vaccine to combat a disease that kills 800 children globally every day.

Chhatra League General Secretary Golam Rabbani has written to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, apologising to her for the student body’s all “known and unknown mistakes”.

Fires recorded in the Brazilian Pantanal, a biodiversity sanctuary in the southern Amazon rainforest, have quadrupled in 2019 compared to the same period last year, the country’s space research agency said Thursday.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday said he was “cautiously optimistic” about striking a Brexit deal ahead of his first face-to-face talks with EU chiefs next week.

An Australian scientist has proved that human bodies move around significantly for more than a year after death, in findings that could have implications for detectives and pathologists around the world.

A mother-of-one has allegedly been gang-raped by several men in Balitha area of Dhamrai.

A female lawyer of Patuakhali’s Galachipa upazila yesterday sued the upazila chairman for assaulting her on Thursday.

With the aim of tackling militancy and solving cases with no evidence, the Police Headquarters is planning to use a state-of-the-art technology for interrogation of suspects.

The Asian Development Bank will provide around $ 5 billion to Bangladesh with an aim of promoting rapid, inclusive and sustainable growth in the country.

A Dhaka court yesterday issued an ad-interim injunction on holding the council of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the pro-BNP student body, scheduled for tomorrow.

The long-awaited discussion between students and administration of Jahangirnagar University was held yesterday. The university authorities accepted the protesting students’ demand of relocating three halls and revising the master plan that was made to develop the university’s infrastructure.

Two police officers got stabbed during an attack by a former Chhatra League leader, who is also an alleged drug dealer, in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj last night, police claimed.

Ruling Awami League MP Saber Hossain Chowdhury and Workers Party MP Rashed Khan Menon yesterday in parliament raised questions over the withdrawal of a private members’ resolution through a second vote.

Italy is attempting to set up an automatic system for distributing migrants rescued in the Mediterranean between European countries, Italian media said yesterday.

Japan’s newly appointed environment minister has said he wants to “scrap” nuclear power plants, warning of the need to avoid a repeat of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Taiwan’s richest man sensationally yesterday quit the opposition party, rebuking his former political allies and strongly hinting that he would run as an independent in an upcoming presidential election.

French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday said he was sticking by his close ally Richard Ferrand after the assembly president was charged with conflict of interest over a property deal.

A Japanese man who says he was penalised for taking paternity leave brought his case to a Tokyo court yesterday, a rare suit in a country struggling with one of the world’s lowest birthrates.

The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar has prepared a list of over 100 suspects involved in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes since 2011 in the country’s Rakhine, Kachin and Shan states.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday denied that he had lied to Queen Elizabeth II when requesting she suspend parliament this month in the run-up to Brexit.