Jihadists aligned with the Islamic State group have killed five security personnel, including two soldiers, in three separate attacks in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, sources said Wednesday.

Eighteen students of Jamirhaat High School in Parbatipur upazila were expelled and issued transfer certificates yesterday for taking part in a family picnic instead of the one organised by the school.

The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to folk singer Shariat Sarkar aka Shariat Boyati in a case filed on charges of hurting religious sentiments.

The High Court yesterday acquitted three railway engineers and a contractor accused in a case filed over the death of four-year-old Jihad who died after falling into an unprotected shaft in the capital’s Shahjahanpur in 2014.

Coast Guard yesterday filed a case accusing at least 26 men of human trafficking after a boat capsized in the Bay on Tuesday, killing 15 Rohingyas.

To better serve around two crore kidney patients across the country, the government is going to set up kidney dialysis and nephrology units in all medical college hospitals and district-level hospitals.

Khaleda Zia’s sister Selima Islam yesterday made a humanitarian call to the government for releasing the BNP chairperson from jail to pave the way for her advanced treatment.

Followers of Delhi’s governing Aam Aadmi Party (Common Man’s Party or AAP) danced in the streets yesterday after inflicting a crushing defeat on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-wing party in a key election in the capital.

Bangabandhu warns the government officials against tardiness in attendance and says that Bangladesh has achieved its independence through the blood and tears of millions of countrymen and the government will not allow any lethargy on the part of the officials to stand in the way of national development.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said the country was not going to have any good news anytime soon regarding resolving the Rohingya crisis through the repatriation of over 11 lakh Myanmar nationals.

A meeting of senior OIC officials has agreed to convene a pledging conference during the upcoming Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) meeting to mobilise resources for the ICJ case against Myanmar on accountability for human rights violations against the Rohingyas.

Bangladeshi scientist Dr Firdausi Qadri was announced the winner of the L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Award (Asia-Pacific region) yesterday for her contribution to understanding and preventing infectious diseases affecting children in developing countries, and promoting early diagnosis and vaccination with global health impact.

Heavy rain has given hope to Australia’s drought-stricken regions, but scientists warned Tuesday sustained falls were needed to end a years-long dry spell.

Human Rights Watch called Tuesday for Damascus and the Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria to investigate the fate of thousands of people who went missing in the custody of the Islamic State group.

African Union leaders vowed on Monday to push peace efforts in Libya, a sign of the bloc’s desire to play a bigger role in resolving the continent’s conflicts.

Global carbon dioxide emissions from power production flattened last year to 33 gigatonnes after two years of increase, even though the world economy expanded, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said yesterday.

Dhaka will seek Riyadh’s assistance in stopping visa trade, an illegal practice that pushes up recruitment cost for Bangladeshi workers going to Saudi Arabia, as a joint commission meeting of the two countries begins in Dhaka today.

A suspected drug trader was killed in a “gunfight” with detectives in Naogaon’s Manda upazila early yesterday hours after he was arrested.

Spectra Engineering Limited, contractor of a road construction project between the port city’s Bayezid area and Dhaka-Chattogram highway razed hills on 92,700 square feet of land in the last few years.

Two alleged robbers, including a Rohingya, were killed in “gunfights” with law enforcers in Cox’s Bazar and Cumilla early yesterday.