The stork has symbolic significance in many regions. The Greek etymology behind the word stork means mother-love, while according to a German fairy-tale the stork is “mother-bird”. Colonists of North America considered it a symbol of love and welcoming and in Chinese wisdom, the bird symbolises longevity and old age.

A mob beat a schoolboy to death in front of his three siblings and grandmother in Gafargaon upazila of the district yesterday morning.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said the age limit for entry into government service would not be increased before the national elections.

A housewife was allegedly gang-raped by some unidentified youths at Char Sirta union in the district's Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.

India's Supreme Court yesterday ordered five left-wing activists to be taken out of police custody and kept under house arrest amid widespread condemnation of their detention.

Thousands of passengers from around 21 southern districts of the country were stranded at the Paturia and Daulatdia ferry terminals for hours yesterday due to severe disruption in ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia river route.

Internationally-acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam on Tuesday filed a bail petition with the High Court in a case against him under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act.

The defence counsels for all 49 accused in the August 21 grenade attack cases finally completed their closing arguments yesterday.

At least 11 people were killed and more than 60 others injured in separate road accidents in eight different districts yesterday, amid dozens of measures being taken by the authorities to ensure road safety following the recent students' movement for safe roads.

Journalist Suborna Nodi may have been killed by hired criminals over filing of a dowry case against her former husband and in-laws, police said after primary investigation.

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to confiscate the moveable and immoveable properties of former Farmers Bank director Mahabubul Haque Chisty and his wife Ruzi Chisty in connection with a case over laundering Tk 160 crore.

Britain said yesterday it would open new embassies in Chad and Niger to boost its diplomatic presence in Africa's troubled Sahel region.

Hurricane Maria killed 2,975 people in Puerto Rico, according to the results of a long-awaited independent investigation commissioned by the government of the US island territory.

British MP Tulip Siddiq, a niece of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has called upon her aunt to release arrested photojournalist Shahidul Alam, according to the British newspaper The Times.

The college girl, who was set on fire allegedly by her father's rivals in Santhia upazila on August 19, lost her battle for life at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to Faria Mahjabin, owner of Nerdy Bean Coffee Haus in Dhanmondi, in a case filed under the ICT Act over “spreading rumours and sharing provocative posts” on social media regarding the recent students' protest.

In a latest development in politics, a new platform has been floated under the joint leadership of Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury and Dr Kamal Hossain to take part in the next general elections.

All sides in Yemen's bloody conflict may have committed war crimes, UN investigators said yesterday, highlighting deadly air strikes, rampant sexual violence, and the recruitment of young children as soldiers.

Mobile call volume dropped by 15 percent since the introduction of the minimum uniform call rate, as users attempted to minimise costs, industry insiders said yesterday.

Police were yet to arrest the driver of a minibus and his helper even a day after a man was allegedly pushed off the vehicle and crushed to death on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in City Gate area near the port city.