Some stray incidents of violence, irregularities, and low turnout marked the fifth and final phase of the upazila polls across the country yesterday.

The United Nations experienced “systemic failures” in its handling of the situation in Myanmar leading up to the 2017 mass exodus of Rohingya, a UN report said on Monday.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday reiterated that the process of taking action against Deputy Inspector General of Police Mizanur Rahman was underway.

The High Court yesterday observed that the country’s people had no health security as dishonest businessmen mix harmful chemicals in fruits and vegetables.

Thirteen percent of the deaths of females aged between 15 and 49 occur due to maternal causes, including haemorrhage and abortion-related complications, says a government survey released recently.

Expatriates Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad has warned manpower frauds of tough action, while calling for a transparency and accountability in the overseas employment sector.

The six Conservatives vying to become Britain’s prime minister faced off in the second round of voting yesterday, with the final pair to be decided by the end of the week.

A Rohingya organisation based in Cox’s Bazar camps yesterday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina saying they don’t want to stay in Bangladesh for long and demanded that the international community put pressure on Myanmar to make Rakhine safe for them.

Japan yesterday announced a series of measures to prevent car accidents caused by elderly drivers, including emergency brakes and vehicle-free zones around schools, following a string of crashes involving children.

The international community has lost focus and is not putting enough pressure on Myanmar to take back the Rohingyas, the refugees said in a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday.

The Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB) today announced that they discovered the country’s first magnetic mine or iron ore at Dinajpur’s Hakimpur upazila.

President Donald Trump will get a big crowd of his most loyal supporters as official 2020 reelection campaign kickoff in Florida but dismal early poll numbers show the larger-than-life Republican businessman is vulnerable.

Suspected Boko Haram jihadists have overrun a military base and looted a nearby town in northeast Nigeria, security sources and residents said yesterday, the latest such attack in the restive region.

The death toll from an Indonesian ferry sinking has risen to 18, authorities said yesterday, the latest maritime accident to hit the archipelago nation.

Three constables of Benapole immigration police were withdrawn yesterday for illegally entering India.

The world population is expected to climb to 9.7 billion in 2050 from 7.7 billion today, with the population of sub-Saharan Africa doubling, a United Nations report released Monday said.

Police yesterday arrested a man for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl in Savar on the outskirt of the capital.

Thirty people were killed late Sunday in a triple suicide bombing in northeast Nigeria, emergency services reported, in an attack bearing the hallmarks of the Boko Haram jihadist group.

The United Nations has warned Myanmar of withdrawing support in the Rakhine state to avoid complicity in a government “policy of apartheid” for Rohingyas, reported The Guardian.

Transparency International Bangladesh yesterday called upon the government to immediately suspend all controversial projects, including the Rampal power plant near the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest.