A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea yesterday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage.

Seven workers suffered burns when they were melting iron at a steel mill in Kadamtali area of the capital early yesterday.

Police on Saturday night arrested 10 youths on charge of abducting a teenage girl in Haluaghat upazila of Mymensingh.

A former union-level Awami League leader was murdered in Noakhali’s Companiganj upazila on Saturday night.

Hungarian police said Saturday it has busted a network of “fake news” websites that reported alleged coronavirus-related deaths in Hungary, so far free of reported infections from the deadly virus.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday slammed US sanctions against Venezuela as “illegal” during an official visit to Caracas.

Two policemen were suspended in Joypurhat yesterday for releasing a drug peddler after allegedly taking bribe from him.

At least 200 shanties were gutted as a massive fire tore through two slums in the capital’s Banani T&T area early yesterday.

Hindus gathered in temples across Malaysia yesterday to celebrate the annual Thaipusam festival, with many piercing their bodies with hooks and skewers, despite concerns about the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

A second medical evacuation flight carrying 24 critically ill Yemenis left the rebel-held capital Sanaa on Saturday, the World Health Organization said.

US President Donald Trump has fired two of the highest-profile witnesses in his impeachment probe, sparking accusations that he is on a campaign of revenge.

A man was killed and his body set on fire allegedly for blackmailing a woman in Bogura’s Dupchanchia upazila on February 4, police said yesterday.

Malaysian authorities yesterday detained four Bangladeshis in a raid in Petaling Jaya, as part of its operation against undocumented migrant workers.

Dozens of terrified shoppers were evacuated from a Thai mall early yesterday as armed police said they had “taken control” of the ground floor of the complex from a gunman who killed at least 20 people.

Jatiya Oikyafront Convener Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday urged all to take to the streets as part of a movement to bring down the government.

A Gazipur court yesterday sent four young men to jail on charges of gang-raping a girl in Cherag Ali area of Tongi on Friday night.

Millions in the Indian capital voted yesterday in a key regional election, with exit polls suggesting a big defeat for right-wing Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Bangabandhu calls for “committing ourselves to a strategy of total mobilisation of our resources, human and material”.

Setting a rare example, the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has completed a mega project on time, saving around Tk 1,400 crore.

Malaysian authorities yesterday detained four Bangladeshis in a raid in Petaling Jaya, as part of its operation against undocumented migrant workers.