Many ticket seekers came to Kamalapur Railway Station at the stroke of Thursday midnight. Some of them took sehri before the closed ticket counters. They all wanted to grab advance tickets for their journey home ahead of Eid.

Belal Hossain, one of the two people killed in a “gunfight” with Rab in the city's Koromja area on Thursday night, was involved in fish farming, said his wife.

Libya's UN-backed government called for "further cooperation" with the US on Thursday, after meeting an American delegation in the capital Tripoli.

Pressing for expeditious start of Rohingyas return to Myanmar, Bangladesh yesterday expressed concern over possible radicalisation of Rohingya refugees, saying refugee camps all over the world are a "breeding ground" for extremism.

Italy's populist parties launched a last-ditch bid yesterday to resurrect a coalition government that collapsed as the president vetoed their controversial pick for economy minister.

At least five people died Wednesday in Nicaragua at pro- and anti-government rallies in the latest spasm of violent unrest that has left dozens dead since last month, police and the opposition said.

Three people yesterday appeared in a French court on charges of illegally assisting a group of migrants trying to cross into the country from Italy, a case that has fuelled protests that prosecutors are punishing a "crime of solidarity".

Germany's spy agency can monitor major internet hubs if Berlin deems it necessary for strategic security interests, a federal court has ruled.

Litchis, grown in Dinajpur, hit the markets in the district about a week ago but sales have not picked up yet, traders say.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled yesterday that Lithuania and Romania were complicit in a controversial CIA programme to hold terror suspects in secret detention sites on their territories.

Two rare original drawings of Tintin from the comic album "The Red Sea Sharks" go under the hammer Saturday, in a seldom-seen sale expected to rake in huge sums.

The Supreme Court yesterday extended its chamber judge's order that stayed the bail granted by the High Court to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two criminal cases filed in Comilla.

The National Curriculum Coordination Committee (NCCC) yesterday decided that class-VIII students would sit for the JSC test on seven subjects this year instead of 10 subjects that include an optional one.

Human rights lawyers representing 400 Rohingya women and girls have called upon the International Criminal Court in The Hague to open a criminal investigation into the continuing atrocities, including genocide, against the Rohingyas.

Bangladesh need not suffer from indecision as to whether it would be better for it to opt for politically or diplomatically negotiated settlement, instead of participating in the ICC process by submitting the opinion on investigating the possible atrocity crimes against the Rohingya, said Prof Rafiqul Islam.

This year's minimum fitra has been fixed at Tk 70 per head.

Myanmar continues an ethnic cleansing campaign against Rohingyas despite growing condemnation from the international community, the US has said.

The first day of the sale of advance bus tickets for Eid holidays went rather quiet yesterday with many apparently opting for rail, waterways, and air, fearing traffic would be terrible on the highways.

Lawyers representing 400 Rohingyas are urging the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the Myanmar military, arguing that the crime will continue and spread to other ethnic groups without getting justice for what has happened to them.

Police allegedly implicated a 60-year man, Samar Krishna Chowdhury, in two cases related to narcotics and arms recovery, after being influenced by a local expatriate man.