Thousands of children risk missing out on their education in northwestern Syria after a months-long regime assault on the jihadist-run bastion that has closed dozens of schools, a charity said.

Search operations were suspended Tuesday for survivors of a scuba-diving boat disaster off the California coast after divers recovered 20 bodies and spotted another four to six trapped in underwater wreckage.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for a pivotal role of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in forging unity of the Muslim community and stopping fratricidal conflicts among them.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader is at loggerheads with Senior Co-chairperson Raushan Ershad over becoming the leader of the opposition in parliament.

A man believed to be a Rohingya refugee has been killed in a suspected landmine explosion along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, officials said yesterday.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam yesterday withdrew an extradition bill that triggered months of often violent protests so the Chinese-ruled city can move forward from a “highly vulnerable and dangerous” place and find solutions.

The board of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to cancel its contract with one of its official and suspended another in connection with corruption and irregularities while leasing two aircraft from EgyptAir.

Around one-in-three young people across 30 countries, including Bangladesh, India and Myanmar, say they have been bullied online, while one-in-five report that they have skipped school because of it.

A mother of two in Jashore alleged that a police sub-inspector and his informant raped her on Tuesday night, but police yesterday claimed that she registered a case against four persons, excluding the SI.

British lawmakers inflicted a fresh defeat on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit strategy yesterday, approving in principle a law that could stop him taking Britain out of the European Union without a deal next month.

Seven crew members of a Swedish-owned tanker seized by Iran in July will be released, the chief executive of Stena Bulk that owns the tanker said yesterday.

Pope Francis arrived in Mozambique yesterday at the start of a three-nation tour of Indian Ocean African countries hard hit by poverty, conflict and natural disaster.

Hundreds of doctors in public hospitals across Zimbabwe went on strike yesterday demanding their salaries be pegged to the US dollar in the face of spiralling living costs.

A Russian court yesterday sentenced a blogger to five years in a penal colony for a tweet calling for attacks on the children of police, a ruling his lawyer said was unprecedented.

An eight-year-old boy, whose body was recovered from Noakhali’s Begumganj upazila on August 25, was gang raped by four young men before he was murdered, police said yesterday.

A Barguna court yesterday sent six accused of Rifat murder case to a juvenile correction centre in Jashore.

Cancer has become the leading cause of death in rich nations, overtaking heart disease, according to the results of two landmark, decade-long global surveys of health trends released yesterday.

An unidentified man hacked an on duty police constable in front of the traffic police office in the city’s Bhatapara area yesterday afternoon.

A Dhaka court yesterday again sent former caretaker government adviser barrister Mainul Hosein to jail after rejecting his bail petition in a case filed for defaming journalist Masuda Bhatti in October last year.

The National Verification Card (NVC) scheme is part of a systematic campaign by Myanmar authorities to erase Rohingya Muslims’ identity, said a report of Fortify Rights yesterday.