An Indonesian man is walking 700 kilometres (435 miles) from his home on a volcano in East Java to Jakarta in the hope of drawing attention to the archipelago’s quickly shrinking forests -- and he is doing it backwards.

Every year on the last day of hajj flight operation, a number of pilgrims would shed tears at the capital’s Ashkona Hajj Camp after failing to go to Saudi Arabia due to various irregularities and fraudulent activities of some hajj agencies.

Six people, including four alleged drug peddlers and a gang rape accused, were killed in “gunfights” with the police and the BGB in three districts early yesterday.

Aysha Siddika Minni yesterday filed a bail petition with the High Court in the case filed over the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif in Barguna.

Hong Kong riot police clashed with pro-democracy protesters for a third straight day yesterday, as the city’s leader warned the global financial hub was nearing a “very dangerous situation” and a rare strike caused transport chaos.

Small farmers of flood-hit districts, who raised cattle for the Eid-ul-Azha markets, have started selling off their animals at low prices as they are struggling to feed them because of food shortage in the affected districts.

There could be fresh tension in the Chattogram Hill Tracts if the CHT Accord is not implemented fully, left-leaning politicians and eminent citizens said yesterday.

Nigerian security forces yesterday fired tear gas as they broke up a protest calling for “revolution” against misrule in the country after arresting the high-profile organiser.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday faced harsh criticism and mockery by election rivals and a former cabinet colleague after members of his Likud party were asked to pledge support for his leadership.

The National Board of Revenue has withdrawn import duty, value-added tax, advance tax and advance income tax on dengue test kits, dengue test reagents and test kits for platelet and plasma.

Six-year-old Maliha and 11-year-old Raiyan were inseparable. The siblings would play like best friends. Maliha did not know of a world where Raiyan was not there for her.

Public health professionals in several districts have demanded an urgent supply of dengue detection kits as they are struggling to deal with a surge of patients due to the kit shortage.

Police last night arrested Chattogram Awami League leader Didarul Alam Masum in a case filed over the murder of Bangladesh Chhatra League leader Sudipto Biswas.

The wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview aired late Saturday that she was “totally” free of breast cancer after a year of treatment.

Germany yesterday said a Moscow police crackdown on peaceful protests “violates” Russia’s international obligations and undermines the right to fair elections in the country, a day after hundreds were detained at an opposition rally.

Malta said it has authorised 40 migrants aboard a rescue ship run by German NGO Sea-Eye to disembark following an agreement reached among several EU countries to take them in.

The peace deal between the Central African Republic government and rebel groups remains fragile, nearly six months after it was signed, UN experts said in a new report released Saturday.

At least two people were killed when a bus carrying employees of an Afghan television station was bombed in Kabul yesterday, an official said.

Police yesterday detained three men in Noakhali Subarnachar upazila over allegation of rape.

Border Guard Bangladesh yesterday recovered body of a Bangladeshi, who was allegedly shot dead by Indian Border Security Force, from Daulatpur border in Kushtia.