Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged UAE investors to invest in various sectors in Bangladesh to boost bilateral trade.

A 15-year-old girl was killed after a suspension bridge over a river in southwest France collapsed yesterday, causing a car, a truck and possibly a third vehicle to plunge into the water, local authorities said.

Brazil’s left-wing leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged his followers to continue “the fight” Sunday evening at his first major rally since his release from prison a week ago.

Gunmen riding camels and horses killed six people in a village in northeast Nigeria, a region beset by Islamist attacks, police said on Sunday.

A woman, who underwent a C-section at a private hospital in Rangpur two weeks ago, died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital on Sunday as cotton gauze bandages were left inside her abdomen during the operation.

Russia said yesterday it had handed over three navy ships it seized a year ago from Ukraine, in the latest move to ease tensions between the two countries ahead of a crucial summit.

A second investigation committee has also held the driver, his assistant and the guard of Turna Nishita Express responsible for the fatal train accident in Brahmanbaria, that left 18 passengers dead and many others injured.

Film actor Shakib Khan was fined Tk 10 lakh for constructing his house in the capital’s Niketon area violating the Rajuk-approved design.

Hong Kong police laid siege to a university yesterday, firing rubber bullets and tear gas to pin back anti-government protesters armed with petrol bombs and other weapons and stop them from fleeing amid fears of a bloody crackdown.

Police recovered the bodies of a mother and her son at their home in Daulatpur upazila in Kushtia yesterday.

Two Bangladeshi youths were shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Babelakona border of Sherpur yesterday.

The Supreme Court yesterday granted bail to three men accused of forging the design of 23-storey FR Tower.

The number of Primary Education Completion Examination (PECE) candidates is on the decline for last five years while equivalent Ebtedayee Education Completion Examination candidates is on the rise.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who spearheaded the brutal crushing of Tamil Tigers a decade ago, stormed to power yesterday but promised to be a president for all Sri Lanka’s races and religions after a divisive election.

The High Court yesterday directed the Department of Environment (DoE) to shut 25 factories and two private hospitals on the bank of the Buriganga River in Dhaka as they are operating without environment clearance certificates.

Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Iqbal Mahmood yesterday stressed the need for strong collaboration between the ACC and the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) office to ensure accountability in public sectors to combat corruption.

A woman allegedly had acid thrown on her by a youth in Faridpur’s Jagannathdi village under Madhukhali upazila on Saturday evening.

A rogue elephant named after the late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has died in captivity after he was captured following a massive hunt in northeastern India, officials said yesterday.

US President Donald Trump began his annual physical exam on Saturday, visiting the doctor several months ahead of schedule in anticipation of the busy 2020 election season, his spokeswoman said.

Five thousand police were deployed in Athens yesterday for an annual demonstration marking the anniversary of a 1973 anti-junta uprising that regularly descends into violence, authorities say.