The United States said Friday it would start imposing sanctions over Iranian exports of enriched uranium allowed under a nuclear deal rejected by President Donald Trump, even as it granted waivers to allow the accord to survive.

Four people were killed and 15 others injured in a collision between a bus and a truck here yesterday morning.

To the boom of cannons, pipes and chants, King Maha Vajiralongkorn was crowned Saturday in a ceremony governed by centuries-old rituals, vowing a righteous reign and calling for “national security” and “happiness” in a remarkable display of royal power.

Two alleged criminals were killed in “gunfights” with law enforcers in Khulna and Mymensingh early yesterday.

Brazil’s Ronaldinho has found a second calling after retiring from professional football: rapper.

State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Imran Ahmed yesterday said high migration cost was “killing migrant workers”.

Sri Lanka yesterday bolstered security with fears of attacks against bridges in the capital as the prime minister vowed to hunt down any remaining Islamic State extremists behind the deadly Easter bombings.

A drawing by late South African president Nelson Mandela of the door of his prison cell on Robben Island -- where he was held for 18 years -- sold on Thursday in New York for $112,575.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Thursday called for peaceful demonstrations at army bases, days after a military uprising in support of his bid to oust President Nicolas Maduro fizzled out.

A housewife, who sustained severe burn injuries, died early yesterday at Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar, on the outskirt of Dhaka. The deceased, Nasima Begum, 35, had been undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit of the hospital since she sustained burn injuries

Three members of a family, including a seven-year-old girl, died from electrocution as they came in contact apparently with an electrified wire in Rangpur city yesterday, police said.

The results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations will be published simultaneously across the country on Monday. Confirming the date, Dhaka education board chairman Prof Ziaul Haque said chairmen of all 10 boards will hand over the results to Education Minister Dipu Moni

In late March, 2017, police recovered the decapitated body of a woman in a secluded area near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. They had no clue about the identity of the victim or who killed her in such a brutal way.

Two suspected drug dealers were killed in separate “gunfights” in Cumilla and Jhenidah early yesterday.

The government has planned to bring home the Bangladeshis facing high level of vulnerabilities in and around Tripoli, as fighting continues between the UN-backed Libyan government and Libyan National Army.

Diplomats from the EU, US and another 14 countries yesterday raised alarm about Uganda’s clampdown on media freedoms and protests after the arrest of popular rapper-turned-MP Bobi Wine.

South Korean foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha said yesterday that Pyongyang needs to show “visible, concrete and substantial” denuclearisation action if it wants sanctions relief, as the North’s deadlock with the United States continues.

Nepal’s army yesterday refuted the Indian military’s hairy claim that its soldiers had discovered yeti footprints in the Himalayas, saying they were more likely just a bear.

Saudi Arabia on Thursday released at least four more detained women activists pending trial, campaigners said, bringing the total number of women provisionally freed to seven.

A man was stabbed to death and another was injured in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila for protesting the hurling of abuse at a rape victim on Wednesday night.