The head of Lebanon’s Tehran-backed Hezbollah said Friday that US ally Israel would not be “neutral” if a war broke out between the United States and Iran.

Fourteen civilians, including six children and infants, were killed yesterday in air strikes in northwest Syria, targeted for months now by deadly regime and Russian bombardment, a monitor said.

South African former president Jacob Zuma is due tomorrow to make a much-anticipated appearance before an inquiry into alleged corruption after previous witnesses gave damning evidence against him.

A man was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Natore’s Lalpur upazila early yesterday, police said.

A woman and three children were raped in separate reported incidents around the country in the past week.

Poor maintenance of level crossings and railway bridges by the authorities, among other issues, contributed to the rise in rail accidents that claimed 209 lives across the country in the last six months, says a report of a journalists’ platform.

A Barguna court yesterday placed a man on a seven-day remand in police custody for his alleged connection with the murder of Rifat Sharif in the district.

The World Bank has approved a loan of $100 million to increase access to improved water supply and sanitation system in 30 municipalities in Bangladesh as well as to help build their capacity for delivering water and sanitation services.

A cargo vessel containing crushed stone aggregates from Bhutan started for Bangladesh yesterday using waterways for the first time, potentially opening up a new route for bilateral trades.

Over 100 policemen, from constables to additional superintendents, have been stand released by the Police Headquarters (PHQ) on charge of taking bribes from people seeking jobs of constable.

Finishing nearly 5,000 metres above sea level after hundreds of kilometres winding past blackened glaciers and snow-capped peaks: a new Pakistani race presents a world-class challenge for cyclists -- climbing towards the “Roof of the World”.

The government has taken an initiative to close the road and rail route that slices through Lawachhara reserve forest at Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar, in an effort to protect the wildlife in the nature reserve.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Awami League government is not running the country by neglecting the people, rather it is working for their welfare by staying beside them in their good and bad times.

Flood situation has deteriorated in 10 districts in the north, north-east and hill regions amid continued downpour in the country as well as neighbouring India.

A Mymensingh court yesterday sent two persons to jail for their alleged involvement in a rape incident of a woman in the district’s Sadar upazila on Thursday night.

Donald Trump expressed his mistrust of cryptocurrency Thursday, saying it was “not money” and warning that those wishing to join the trade would have to abide by banking regulations.

The bodies of four more fishermen, who were aboard a fishing vessel that capsized in the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday, have washed up on the shore in Cox’s Bazar.

After being afloat for four days in the Bay, a Bangladeshi cargo vessel rescued an Indian fisherman on Wednesday.

Police yesterday arrested a schoolboy on suspicion of his involvement with Rifat Sharif killing.

Consumption of sugary drinks such as soda and fruit juice is linked to a higher risk of developing certain kinds of cancer, researchers reported yesterday.