Snowball, a sulphur-crested cockatoo, shot to YouTube stardom a decade ago for his uncanny ability to rock out to the Backstreet Boys.

Two men were killed in “gunfights” with Rab and police in Dhaka and Mymensingh early yesterday.

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”.

Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine, former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon and World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva will arrive in Dhaka today to attend a two-day international conference on climate change adaptation.

Harun Or Rashid, the lone accused in the case filed over the rape and murder of Wari schoolgirl Samia Afrin Saima, confessed that he had killed the seven-year-old girl after rape so that she cannot disclose his identity.

Amsterdam’s famed Rijksmuseum was yesterday set to begin a historic restoration of Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch”, erecting a huge glass cage around the painting so the public can see the work carried out live.

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said on Sunday that security measures implemented by his government would do away with the country’s long-running gang problem in four years.

Berlin said yesterday it had no plans to send ground troops to Syria, refusing a US request for Germany to ramp up its military involvement in the fight against IS militants.

The UN rights office yesterday hammered India and Pakistan for failing to improve the situation in Kashmir, while renewing calls for an international probe into violations in the disputed Himalayan region.

Britain said yesterday it had contacted Washington to express regret for the leak of confidential memos in which its ambassador described US President Donald Trump’s administration as “dysfunctional” and “inept”.

Researchers in Israel said yesterday they have pinpointed the site of an ancient Philistine town mentioned in the biblical tale of David seeking refuge from the Israelite king Saul.

Two people, including a child, were killed and five others injured in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall yesterday in KPM Kalabagan area of Rangamati’s Kaptai upazila.

Indian border guards shot dead a Bangladeshi national near Kironganj border of Chapainawabganj early yesterday.

More than 60 people were found stranded near a boat in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, an official said yesterday, as a trafficking route for persecuted Rohingya Muslims appears open for business despite a crackdown.

The Supreme Court yesterday expressed dissatisfaction at Bangladesh Bank for issuing a circular that allows defaulters to reschedule their defaulted loans for a period of 10 years upon a down payment of just two percent of the total loan amount, and to get further loans.

Most low-lying areas in Chattogram city went under knee-to-waist-deep water yesterday due to incessant rain since Sunday night, causing immense sufferings to city dwellers.