The financial health of four more non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) could be bad as their funds might have been dubiously diverted, said Finance Minister AHM Mostafa Kamal yesterday.

China’s Hong Kong Liaison office said yesterday that anti-government protesters were no different to “terrorists”, as US President Donald Trump said Chinese troops were moving to the border with Hong Kong and urged calm.

At least four people were killed in separate clashes over land disputes in Myemensingh and Sunamganj yesterday, while another was killed in a clash in Gazipur on Sunday.

Twitter users will be able to follow a small number of interests by the end of the year in the same way they follow people, the company said Tuesday.

FBI agents in the United States have discovered a cache of some 25 guns and 10,000 bullets after arresting a teenager who made online comments supporting mass shootings.

Climate deniers have garnered far more media attention than prominent climate scientists over the years, fuelling public confusion and slowing the response to global warming, researchers reported Tuesday.

At least 26 people were killed and several others injured in road accidents across the country during the three-day Eid vacation that ended on Tuesday.

The 21-year-old Texan who killed 22 people in an El Paso Walmart told police following his arrest that he was targeting “Mexicans,” according to an arrest warrant published Friday by US media.

A man was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Patuakhali Sadar upazila early yesterday.

Two people were killed and 13 others injured as two groups associated with the Awami League clashed over establishing supremacy at Kaichail village in Nagarkanda upazila yesterday.

Despite some post-operative health risks, condition of separated conjoined twins Rokeya and Rabeya remains stable, says an ISPR release.

A case was filed against the recently-withdrawn officer-in-charge and five other cops of Khulna Railway Police Station on charge of gangraping a woman in police custody on August 2.

Big queues formed yesterday outside cash machines and food stores in Indian-administered Kashmir’s main city as authorities eased a crippling curfew to let the Himalayan region prepare for a major Muslim festival, residents said.

National Grid, which runs Britain’s power network, said Saturday it was confident of “no malicious intent” behind a major outage Friday that hit nearly one million people and caused travel chaos.

Nearly 2.5 million Muslim hajj pilgrims yesterday converged on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia marshalled by tens of thousands of stewards in a bid to prevent any repetition of previous years’ deadly stampedes.

Libya’s government has said it is willing to accept a truce in fighting around Tripoli for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha that starts Sunday but on four conditions.

President Donald Trump on Friday defended controversial mass raids that led to the arrest of 680 undocumented migrants in the southeastern United States, saying they were an effective way to thwart illegal entry into the country.

Iran unveiled a new air defence system on Saturday it says is capable of detecting missiles and drones at a range of 400 kilometres (250 miles), ISNA news agency reported.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader to ensure hassle-free journey of home-bound people.

Panama’s ex-president Ricardo Martinelli was acquitted on charges of spying on political foes and misappropriation of public funds in a court decision Friday.