Around one-in-three young people across 30 countries, including Bangladesh, India and Myanmar, say they have been bullied online, while one-in-five report that they have skipped school because of it.

A mother of two in Jashore alleged that a police sub-inspector and his informant raped her on Tuesday night, but police yesterday claimed that she registered a case against four persons, excluding the SI.

British lawmakers inflicted a fresh defeat on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit strategy yesterday, approving in principle a law that could stop him taking Britain out of the European Union without a deal next month.

Seven crew members of a Swedish-owned tanker seized by Iran in July will be released, the chief executive of Stena Bulk that owns the tanker said yesterday.

Pope Francis arrived in Mozambique yesterday at the start of a three-nation tour of Indian Ocean African countries hard hit by poverty, conflict and natural disaster.

New York’s government moved a step closer to shutting the city’s notorious Rikers Island prison on Tuesday after a key department voted to replace the sprawling complex with smaller jails.

Yemen’s internationally recognised government yesterday ruled out talks with separatists who have seized key parts of the south, saying it will talk only with their main backer, the UAE.

Thousands of children risk missing out on their education in northwestern Syria after a months-long regime assault on the jihadist-run bastion that has closed dozens of schools, a charity said.

Search operations were suspended Tuesday for survivors of a scuba-diving boat disaster off the California coast after divers recovered 20 bodies and spotted another four to six trapped in underwater wreckage.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for a pivotal role of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in forging unity of the Muslim community and stopping fratricidal conflicts among them.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader is at loggerheads with Senior Co-chairperson Raushan Ershad over becoming the leader of the opposition in parliament.

A man believed to be a Rohingya refugee has been killed in a suspected landmine explosion along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, officials said yesterday.

The National Verification Card (NVC) scheme is part of a systematic campaign by Myanmar authorities to erase Rohingya Muslims’ identity, said a report of Fortify Rights yesterday.

Four men were sued yesterday for allegedly raping four girls in Jashore, Nilphamari, and Cox’s Bazar.

Students and teachers of Jahangirnagar University yesterday besieged the two administrative buildings protesting “corruption of the authorities” and “unplanned” development works which would endanger the biodiversity of the campus.

Bangladesh Railway has started working to increase the number of trips between Bangladesh and India.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday lost his working majority in parliament ahead of a showdown with rebel MPs over Brexit that could lead to a snap election within weeks.

In yet another dramatic move, a group of Jatiya Party MPs yesterday submitted a letter to Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, requesting her to make GM Quader the leader of the opposition in parliament.

Some Chhatra League activists have dismantled the plaque of Jagannath University (JnU), engraved with the name of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, on its campus in Old Dhaka.

The executive committee of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party on Monday unanimously agreed to send former premier and party member Ahmet Davutoglu to a disciplinary board for dismissal, local media reported.