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.

Police yesterday rescued a two-year-old shackled to an iron pillar from the town’s launch terminal area.

The Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, which began on October 19 with eight teams vying for the title, came to a close at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.

Congress formally opened a new, public phase of its corruption investigation into Donald Trump yesterday as US lawmakers voted for the first time to advance the impeachment process targeting the US president.

President Donald Trump’s new national security advisor will represent the United States at the East Asia Summit, the White House said Tuesday, the lowest-level official to lead the Washington delegation since it was first invited to the regional forum.

Dissident political leaders from the Indian state of Manipur have unilaterally declared independence from India and said they were forming a government-in-exile in Britain.

Rabeya Khatun, an 86-year-old woman from Manikganj who had been visiting the Dhaka judge court premises for justice for last 17 years, has finally been acquitted in an arms case filed in 2002.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday locked horns with his rivals in a fiery debate, setting the tone for an unpredictable early general election aimed at breaking Britain’s protracted Brexit deadlock.

A Chattogram court yesterday sentenced BNP Vice-chairman Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury to three years’ imprisonment in a case filed over issuing death threat to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and making derogatory comments about her.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver its verdict today on whether ATM Azharul Islam, a Jamaat-e-Islami leader, would be acquitted of charges related to war crimes.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said financial incentives in the leather sector would continue for at least the next five years to achieve the target of export earnings from the leather goods and footwear industry.

A parliamentary watchdog yesterday raised questions over the commerce ministry’s delay in importing onions to face the ongoing crisis, while another minister separately admitted the government’s “failure” in this regard.

Mobile phone users will soon be able to call 999 or any other emergency numbers without a mobile SIM card or internet access during natural disasters. Any live mobile network can be used to make the call.

Assistant Proctor of Jahangirnagar University Mohibur Rouf Shaibal, along with some students, yesterday allegedly assaulted two of the protesters demanding removal of the vice-chancellor.

Eight men were arrested over rape incidents across the country yesterday.