Shirin Akter Shela has become the first Miss Universe Bangladesh 2019.

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.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals held onto power after a closely fought election on Monday but were reduced to a minority government that will need the support in Parliament of a smaller left-leaning party.

A teenage girl was allegedly gang-raped by a group of five men in Laxmipur’s Ramganj upazila on Monday. On information, police detained three accused -- Imon, 20, Rasel, 19, and Sharif, 22 -- in Bhadugram village of the upazila yesterday morning, said Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Ramganj Police Station.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday said he would pause efforts to pass his Brexit deal, after MPs gave their preliminary approval for it but rejected his timetable to push it through parliament this week.

The Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has expressed deep concern over the government’s move to appoint administrators for Grameenphone and Robi to realise their dues of Tk 13,446 crore.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the officials concerned to cancel all contracts with controversial companies and float fresh tenders or award the jobs to sub-contractors.

The Bengal Classical Music Festival (BCMF) has once again been cancelled after organisers were denied permission to use the Army Stadium in Dhaka as the venue.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has asked banks to furnish details of all types of accounts and savings instruments of Awami League lawmaker Nazrul Islam Babu, his wife and his business firms to examine their tax compliance.

Workers Party suffered a blow as its former general secretary and current politburo member Bimol Biswas resigned from the left-leaning organisation, alleging that it was being run in an undemocratic manner.

Violence broke out in several Bolivian cities Monday after the main opposition candidate rejected presidential election results that seemed set to give victory to long-time incumbent Evo Morales, as international monitors voiced “deep concern.”

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said Seoul would increase military spending and urged the North to return to dialogue in a budget speech yesterday that could infuriate Pyongyang with nuclear talks gridlocked.