Indian police have arrested a senior Buddhist monk accused of sexually abusing 15 boys at a meditation centre he ran in a holy city, officials said yesterday.

A fire erupted Saturday at a refinery in southern Germany following an explosion, injuring at least eight people and forcing authorities to evacuate almost 2,000 local residents, police said.

A Republican consultant linked to President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort admitted Friday he illegally funneled money from a Ukraine tycoon to Trump's inauguration.

Formation of a neutral government dissolving the current parliament before the national polls is a must for a free, fair and credible election, AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury said yesterday.

Janmashtami, the birth celebration of Sri Krishna and one of the major festivals of the Hindu community, will be observed today across the country with due religious fervour.

Two newly appointed magistrates of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) in Chittagong presented drivers and vehicle owners with flowers and chocolates yesterday, on the second day of their mobile court drive, for keeping their updated documents with them.

In and around Mathorpara village, in Gaibandha's Shaghata upazila, it's become usual for every newborn child to be welcomed into the world with the planting of a tree. The tradition began three years ago by 28-year-old visual artist Gopal Chandra Barmon, as an extension of a tree-planting hobby carried from boyhood.

Following a High Court order, police have finally recorded the case against a minister's son and others over the killing of Jubo League leader Sajjad Alam Sheikh Azad.

A Saudi official hinted Friday the kingdom was moving forward with a plan to dig a canal that would turn the neighbouring Qatari peninsula into an island, amid a diplomatic feud between the Gulf nations.

Mohafez Rahman from Kurigram had to have both of his legs amputated from below the knee recently at Rangpur Medical College Hospital.

Rab seized 29,000 yaba pills from a small truck heading for Dhaka in Mirsarai upazila yesterday and filed a case against a police officer, the driver and helper of the truck in this connection.

Despite some measures taken by the authorities to ensure road safety following the recent student movement, the number of road accidents and causalities has increased during the Eid rush this year compared to last year's figures, according to a passenger welfare platform.

Five people were killed and at least 15 others injured when a bus collided head-on with a tractor on Palashbari-Gaibandha road in Gaibandha last night.

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested six suspected militants of outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in separate drives in Rajshahi and Barisal in 24 hours since Thursday night.

Unidentified criminals stabbed an Awami League leader to death in Sylhet city's Zindabazar area last night.

Criminals shot a Rohingya man dead inside a camp at Leda in Teknaf upazila yesterday afternoon.

Yemen faces a possible third wave of a cholera epidemic, the UN warned Thursday, following a jump in the number of suspected cases over recent weeks.

The Trump administration is considering sending some captured Islamic State fighters, including the two "Beatles," British citizens who took part in beheadings, to the military-run prison in Guantanamo, Cuba, NBC reported Thursday.

Violent clashes resumed late Thursday afternoon between rival militias south of the Libyan capital, just hours after a truce was announced to end fighting that has killed almost 30 people since Monday.

Deposed Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull officially resigned from parliament Friday, sparking a by-election for his Sydney seat that could threaten the government's slim one-seat majority.