A US green-card holder from Bangladesh was charged with illegally acquiring firearms as part of a plan to attack Times Square, one of mid-town Manhattan’s most crowded crossroads, federal officials said yesterday.

Parties in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government were locked in separate crisis talks yesterday, after her fragile coalition suffered a fresh body blow as the leader of junior partner SPD quit.

Australians enjoying a sunny winter morning were shocked by the sight of three Chinese warships steaming into Sydney Harbour yesterday, forcing the prime minister to reassure jittery residents.

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Teknaf upazila early yesterday, police said.

A Bangladeshi youth was gunned down by “robbers” at East Ran Diepsloot of Johannesburg in South Africa on Sunday.

Libyan Coast Guard rescued 158 illegal migrants, including Bangladeshis, in two operations in the Mediterranean off the country’s western coast on Sunday.

Canada announced Sunday it was temporarily shutting its embassy in Venezuela, blaming President Nicolas Maduro for refusing to accredit diplomats critical of his regime.

The body of a worker of Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) was recovered from Sugandha river in Barishal yesterday. The dead was identified as Saddam Hossain, 22, who worked as a shooting assistant at BFDC.

The Organisation of Islamic Conference has called for launching the case of Myanmar’s human rights violations against the Rohingyas at the International Court of Justice.

US President Donald Trump met Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace yesterday after he kicked off his state visit to Britain by branding the London mayor a “loser” and weighing in on the Brexit debate.

Six Ukrainian alleged fraudsters, who reportedly took money out of ATMs without leaving any paper or digital trails, were placed on three-day remands each yesterday.

Three garment workers were killed as a police pickup ploughed into pedestrians before falling into a ditch in Cumilla’s Chauddagram yesterday afternoon.

Kazi Fatima Sharmin (not her real name) has to wake up at 7:00am every day to make breakfast for her husband.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has launched a probe into the wealth of 74 “drug peddlers” in Cox’s Bazar. The commission yesterday asked its officials concerned to initiate the enquiries.

If you are in Dhaka city, think twice before drawing a deep breath. The city’s air is contaminated with not only heavy metals like lead, chromium, cadmium, nickel, arsenic, manganese and copper but also with other poisonous particles, show studies.

Rescuers yesterday recovered the bodies of three construction workers who were buried in the mud following a landslide hit in the Mohila College area of Rangamati town.

Holidaymakers’ journey on the highways and waterways have been relatively hassle-free, except those heading to the northern districts on trains.

The country is likely to experience a rainy Eid-ul-Fitr this year, forecasted Bangladesh Meteorological Department yesterday.

Greeks voted in municipal elections yesterday, with the conservative opposition set to make more gains against Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s ruling left just a month before they face off in general elections.

Palestinian worshippers clashed with Israeli police at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site yesterday as an Israeli holiday coincided with the final days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.