Expressing satisfaction over the verdict in Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case, different rights bodies, political parties, and socio-cultural organisations yesterday urged the authorities concerned to quickly execute the verdict.

British police said yesterday that 39 people found dead in a truck near London were all believed to be Chinese nationals, in a case that has triggered national outrage over the people trafficking business.

Even a day after the brutal killing of Rangamati BNP leader Dipamoy Talukder after his abduction, neither the family nor police filed a murder case.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalists faced mixed fortunes in two Indian state elections, with his party on course to see reduced majorities as a grinding economic slowdown weighed on voters.

Ducsu member Tanbir Hasan Shaikat yesterday said he, along with first-year students living in gono rooms in dormitories, would start residing in the vice-chancellor’s home from October 29.

The government move for out-of-court settlement of a dispute between the telecom regulator and two large mobile carriers over “dues” suffered at least a week’s delay yesterday.

The Awami League-led 14-party alliance yesterday sought explanation from its ally -- Workers Party of Bangladesh President Rashed Khan Menon -- for his recent statement on the 11th parliamentary election.

Appreciating Bangladesh for opening its borders to huge number of Rohingya refugees, the United States has urged the country to “postpone” its Rohingya relocation plan to Bhashan char.

A freedom fighter was buried without state honour in Dinajpur yesterday after his wife and children told officials that the 70-year-old had rejected the honour before his death.

Mechanical and design problems with a Boeing 737 MAX flight control system were key factors in the crash of a Lion Air jet last year, Indonesian investigators told victims’ families in a briefing on their findings yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Buet student Mizanur Rahman on a five-day remand in Abrar Fahad murder case.

Pope Francis yesterday launched an appeal for dialogue and an end to violent protests in Chile over economic inequality which have swept the country and claimed 15 lives.

The body of a mauja headman was found dead in Rajasthali upazila of Bandarban yesterday morning, about 16 hours after his abduction.

Police arrested a young man on charge of raping a fourth grader of a madrasa in Laxmipur, while a court sent a man to jail allegedly for raping a seventh grader in Patuakhali yesterday.

Expressing concern over the recent communal violence in Bhola, 11 eminent personalities yesterday said the incident seemed to have been planned.

The body of a mauja headman was found dead in Rajasthali upazila of Bandarban yesterday morning, about 16 hours after his abduction.

Yemen’s government and Huthi rebels have set up joint observation posts as part of de-escalation moves in the flashpoint city of Hodeida, a move the United Nations welcomed yesterday.

Russia’s navy said on Tuesday it had discovered five new islands revealed by melting glaciers in the remote Arctic.

The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Feni is set to deliver the verdict in the madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case today. The victim’s family and the state counsel hope for maximum punishment of the accused.

Over a year after it was enacted, the Road Transport Act-2018 will be enforced from November 1.