A massive cruise ship lost control as it docked in Venice yesterday, crashing into the wharf and hitting a tourist boat after suffering an engine failure.

Four police officials have been closed to the police lines in Dinajpur following an alleged scuffle with a local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of ruling Awami League.

For the first time since the 1970s, the United States is planning to send equipment to the surface of the Moon in 2020 and 2021, in anticipation of a crewed lunar mission in 2024, Nasa said yesterday.

With Eid-ul-Fitr just two days away, the markets in Chattogram are abuzz with customers. This year, however, customers were not busy buying only clothes, but many were seen focusing on home decorative items -- particularly artificial flowers, plants and vases.

US President Donald Trump yesterday waded once again into Britain’s Brexit debate on the eve of a state visit to London, urging Theresa May’s successor to leave the EU with no deal.

Six youths were held in connection with the rape of two garment workers in Narayanganj’s Bandar upazila on Saturday.

The government is formulating a set of standards, which will impose limits on indoor air pollution, especially in workplaces, and empower itself to punish violators.

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.

South Korean troops stationed along the world’s last Cold War frontier have been put on high alert in the face of a new infiltration threat from the nuclear-armed North -- fever-stricken wild boar.

A blast at a major explosives plant in central Russia yesterday injured 42 people and damaged nearly 200 buildings nearby, said local officials, Russian news agencies reported.

A US Department of Homeland Security report warned Friday of “dangerous overcrowding” in El Paso, Texas facilities for holding just-arrived migrants, with rooms packed with more than five times the number authorized.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called on Sudan’s military rulers and protest groups to go back to the negotiating table and quickly reach a deal on handing over power to a civilian-led government.

Abortion services can continue in Missouri for now, a court ruled Friday, granting a temporary restraining order to keep open the sole clinic that performs the procedure in the US state.

American congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez returned to her restaurant roots on Friday, donning an apron and serving drinks in Manhattan in a push to raise the country’s minimum wage.

The US Department of Justice is preparing an antitrust investigation of Internet titan Google, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Police, for the first time, seized two luxurious houses and land properties owned by a top-listed yaba trader and his family members in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila yesterday following a court order.

US President Donald Trump has said British former foreign minister Boris Johnson would make an “excellent” prime minister to replace Theresa May.

The gunman who killed 12 people at a Virginia Beach municipal building before dying in a gun battle with police was identified yesterday as a disgruntled city engineer and co-worker of most of the victims.