Onion prices have gone beyond the general people’s reach as per kg of the cooking ingredient was selling for Tk 150 at kitchen markets in the capital on Thursday, despite government’s measures to pull the reins.

Bangladesh wants a strong and effective role of the Asean in the Rohingya repatriation as the regional bloc begins its four-day summit in Bangkok today.

A woman and a female domestic help were found murdered in a flat in the capital’s Dhanmondi area last night. Police have detained two people for interrogation.

Australia’s pro-coal government yesterday threatened harsh new penalties against “apocalyptic” activism as a global wave of climate protests has become increasingly disruptive for the country’s lucrative mining industry.

Iraq’s top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani yesterday warned foreign actors against interfering in anti-government protests that erupted early last month and urged political factions to avoid “infighting”.

Distraught relatives gathered yesterday for the funerals of some of the 74 people killed when fire ripped through a crowded train in Pakistan, with many of the victims residents of a single town.

A lawsuit filed on Thursday accuses Facebook of letting ad targeting tools be used to exclude women and older people from offers regarding loans, investments and other financial services.

Japanese retailers including supermarkets and convenience stores will be required to charge for plastic bags from next summer ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, a government panel agreed yesterday.

A controversial law that would allow Russia to cut internet traffic from international servers came into force yesterday, prompting fears from rights activists of online isolation.

Some 153 Bangladeshi workers were deported on Wednesday night by the Saudi Arabian authorities, as part of their ongoing crackdown on undocumented workers in the Kingdom.

A Bangladeshi fisherman was shot dead and another was injured allegedly by Myanmar’s Border Guard Police on the Naf river in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila yesterday.

Belgian authorities have been ordered to repatriate a woman who joined the Islamic State group and her two children from the camp in Syria where she is being held, a lawyer for her family said yesterday.

A man was sent to jail yesterday on charges of bludgeoning two college students with a hammer in Natore’s Naldanga on Wednesday night.

A rape case was filed against a Juba League leader with Shivalaya police station in Manikganj yesterday morning.

A Bangladeshi fisherman was shot dead and another was injured allegedly by Myanmar’s Border Guard Police on the Naf river in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila yesterday.

At least two people have died and six others were injured in clashes between supporters and opponents of Bolivian President Evo Morales following his disputed election victory earlier this month, the government said Wednesday.

Rakibul Hasan Rifat Farazi, the key accused in the Rifat Sharif murder case, filed a petition with a court local court yesterday seeking withdrawal of his confessional statement.

Chile pulled out of hosting two major international summits on Wednesday as it struggled to restore order after more than ten days of civil unrest that left at least 23 dead.

A man was sent to jail yesterday on charges of bludgeoning two college students with a hammer in Natore’s Naldanga on Wednesday night.

Beijing yesterday slammed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for a speech it said had “viciously attacked” China.