Twelve-year-old Jannati’s dream of going to school was far-fetched because she had to get up early every day and accompany her mother Sukhi Begum for work.

Former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has sought asylum in Canada, claiming that he was threatened for refusing to support political interference in the judiciary, according to a news report.

The overall flood situation in some parts of the north showed signs of improvement yesterday as floodwater started receding. Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre of Bangladesh Water Development Board (WDB) said Brahmaputra, Dharla, Ghaghot, Jam

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday backed legislation that would impose sanctions on the Saudi royal family and block some weapons sales, pushing back against President Donald Trump’s close ties to the kingdom.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s cell phones were allegedly targeted by a group of hackers who are also accused of breaching the devices of the investigators in a massive corruption probe, the justice ministry said Thursday.

Police arrested a woman suspected of branding Taslima Begum Renu as a child kidnapper, which led to her death in a mob beating in the capital’s Badda on July 20.

Charity group Action Against Hunger on Thursday demanded the release of six aid workers kidnapped in northeast Nigeria and held by jihadists aligned to the Islamic State group.

Japanese police yesterday raided the home of the main suspect in a deadly arson attack that killed 34 people at an anime firm in Kyoto, media reports said.

Two suspected criminals were killed in “gunfights” with members of Rab in the capital early yesterday.

Hungry, but don’t have cash? No problem, bring plastic waste and get a free meal, said the mayor of an Indian city where the country’s first “garbage cafe” will open next month.

A Rajshahi court yesterday framed charges against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee, who is serving life term imprisonment for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War, for abetting the murder of Rajshahi University student Faruk Hossain in 2010.

Bangladesh will play their first competitive match following the World Cup when they take on Sri Lanka in the first of a three-match ODI series at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo at 3:00pm Bangladesh Time today.

At least 30 Bangladeshis, kept at various detention camps for trespassing into India, were deported yesterday, Indian police sources said.

With floodwater continuing to rise in many northern districts, at least seven people, including five children, drowned in floodwater in Jamalpur and Lalmonirhat yesterday.

Saudi air defences intercepted a Yemeni rebel drone targeting a southwestern city yesterday, a Riyadh-led military coalition said, as cross-border attacks by the rebels showed no let-up.

A third grader was raped allegedly by her neighbour in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila on Wednesday evening. The girl’s father filed a case against Gaus Mia, 45, with Sreemangal Police Station at night, said Sohel Rana, officer-in-charge (investigation) of the police station.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday extended her heartiest congratulations to Boris Johnson on his assumption of office as the prime minister of the UK and Northern Ireland.

Spain’s caretaker socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez lost a crunch post-election vote of confidence yesterday after coalition talks with the far-left failed.

US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who is accused of sexually assaulting underage girls, was found injured in his jail cell after a possible suicide attempt, according to sources cited in multiple media reports.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday compared the breeding capacity of Aedes mosquitos with that of the Rohingyas and claimed the rapid spread of mosquito population is the reason behind the increased number of dengue patients.