The High Court yesterday directed the two Dhaka city corporations to take effective steps to prevent the mosquito menace in the capital, and thus control the alarming spread of dengue fever.

US President Donald Trump warned Monday that Iran is “playing with fire” after Tehran said it exceeded a limit on enriched uranium reserves under a 2015 nuclear deal abandoned by Washington.

A railway official was suspended after allegations were brought against him that he took bribe from farmers in Lalmonirhat to help them get the lease of railway’s agricultural land.

For years, Bangladesh Railway has remained riddled with graft which starts from leasing out railway land to procuring locomotives, according to a report of the Anti-Corruption Commission.

Wall collapses in Mumbai and nearby towns, caused by the worst monsoon rains in a single day in 14 years, killed 30 people yesterday and disrupted rail and air traffic, prompting officials to shut schools and offices.

Indonesian police have arrested the leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah militant network linked to al-Qaeda, authorities said yesterday, on suspicion of recruiting members and sending them to Syria to train with extremist groups.

Rival Afghans will meet Sunday in Qatar, officials said, in a fresh attempt to make political headway as the United States seeks a peace deal with the Taliban within three months.

Turkish police yesterday launched nationwide raids to detain 122 individuals accused of ties to the group blamed for a 2016 coup attempt, state media reported.

Twenty-nine Bangladeshis, who remained stranded in the turbulent Libyan capital Tripoli and its suburbs, returned home early yesterday.

The UN envoy for Myanmar said Monday that progress on alleviating the crisis that led more than 720,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighboring Bangladesh has been slow and if there is no action it will be time to “ring the alarm bell.”

A peon of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa testified in court yesterday over the murder of student Nusrat Jahan Rafi and narrated the events of March 27, the day principal SM Siraj Ud Doula sexually harassed the girl, was sued for the crime, and got arrested.

China yesterday hailed the “great significance” of the weekend meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, and urged all sides to “seize the opportunity” to make progress towards the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.

Taiwan’s leader will stop over in the United States during a visit to four Caribbean diplomatic allies in a move that could anger Beijing.

One person was killed in Nepal when police opened fire on protesters after a 12-year-old boy drowned to death in a sand mining pit, officials said yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka yesterday afternoon for a five-day official visit to Dalian and Beijing to attend a meeting of World Economic Forum and hold talks with Chinese leaders.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is not afraid of the cancellation of hajj flights this year as the national airliner has already sold about 99 percent tickets of its 365 pilgrimage flights, starting from July 4.

On an average, more than three women were raped every day in the last six months in the country, says rights body Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK).

The Left Democratic Alliance has called a half-day hartal across the country on July 7 to protest the gas tariff hike.

Although six days have passed since Rifat was killed in Barguna, the three main accused in the murder case were yet to be traced.

As climate change worsens, growing heat stress on workers in agriculture and other sectors will cause a productivity loss equal to 80 million full-time jobs over the next decade, the UN warned yesterday.