Tunisian authorities rescued 71 migrants, including 37 Bangladeshis, as their boat began to sink after setting out from neighbouring Libya for Italy, the National Guard said.

Australian seagulls carry drug-resistant bacteria that could lead to serious infections in humans, researchers said yesterday.

The Prime Minister’s Energy Adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury yesterday assured that Bangladesh will complete the Strategic Environmental As-sessment for the conservation of Bangladesh’s south west region, including the Sundarbans, in two and a half years.

Philippine security forces yesterday confirmed the first Filipino “suicide bomber” attack in the Asian country, warning Islamic militants were grooming other local prospects for more such actions in the future.

An Iraqi man was yesterday sentenced to life in jail by a German court for the rape and murder of a teenage girl that fuelled far-right protests against a mass influx of mostly Muslim migrants.

Bulgaria will buy eight F-16 fighter jets to replace its ageing Soviet-built MiG-29 planes, its deputy defence minister said yesterday.

France will stop reimbursing patients for homeopathic treatment from 2021, the health minister said in an interview published yesterday, infuriating manufacturers but also disappointing doctors who wanted an immediate halt.

Saimun, one of those accused in the sensational Rifat Sharif murder case, has once again been placed on remand.

A suspected robber was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Pabna’s Sujanagar upazila early yesterday.

Britain’s ambassador to Washington resigned yesterday after being targeted by US President Donald Trump following the leak of highly critical diplomatic cables.

Police yesterday arrested a man for raping his daughter-in-law in Kurigram, while another was arrested on Tuesday for attempting to rape a minor in Natore.

Gorillas form social bonds in a strikingly similar way to humans, including tiers of old friends and family members, according to a study released yesterday that may provide insight into how mankind evolved its social behaviour.

Blasting the prime minister for her argument in favour of hiking gas prices, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the price was increased to serve the interest of some ruling party men.

Parliament last night passed the Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) (Amendment) Bill, 2019, extending its validity till 2024.

A Barguna court yesterday placed Rifat Farazi, one of the key accused in Rifat Sharif murder case, on a fresh seven-day remand in an arms case.

Former Awami League lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana walked out of the Tangail District Jail yesterday after securing bail in a 2012 case over murders of two Jubo League activists.

Election watchdog Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) yesterday alleged that the December 30 national polls, won by the ruling Awami League, was marred by massive irregularities.

City dwellers yesterday suffered for the second consecutive day as several thousand rickshaw-pullers blocked sections of Rampura-Kuril road to protest the ban on rickshaws on three major streets in the capital.

Britain said Monday it had barred Russia’s RT and Sputnik news organisations from a global conference on media freedom in London because of their “active role in spreading disinformation”.

West Africa suffers the most inequalities on the continent but many governments prefer to ignore problems despite economic growth, a report by Oxfam and Development Finance International said yesterday.