A Malaysian lawmaker apologised yesterday after his proposal for legislation to protect men from being “seduced” by women into committing sex crimes such as rape sparked a storm of criticism.

Poland’s police said yesterday they had arrested a fugitive Polish human trafficker who fled Britain after he was found guilty of running a large modern slavery ring there.

The High Court yesterday rejected BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail petition in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case, in which she has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by a lower court.

At least 15 Ethiopian migrants died after their boat broke down and left them stranded in the Gulf of Aden for a week without food or water, a UN agency said.

A journalist was found dead Tuesday in the trunk of an abandoned car in Mexico, authorities said, as a media watchdog vowed to investigate whether his “murder” was connected to his work.

Italy will allow 116 rescued migrants on its Gregoretti coastguard ship to disembark “within hours”, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said yesterday, after EU countries agreed to share responsibility for looking after them.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday denied any racist “strategy” behind a string of verbal attacks on African-Americans, but found himself being accused of hate by a heckler at a high-profile speech.

The commander of a British warship accompanying UK-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions with Iran said yesterday that Tehran appeared to be testing the Royal Navy’s resolve.

The authorities have already taken adequate measures to ensure smooth operations of factories in Savar Tannery Industrial Estate during Eid-ul-Azha, said Abdul Halim, secretary for Ministry of Industries.

A roadside bomb in Afghanistan yesterday killed at least 35 people travelling on a bus, including children, and injured 27, officials said.

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with BGB members in Teknaf upazila early yesterday. The dead is Mohammad Ibrahim, 22, of Teknaf.

With floodwater receding, different types of waterborne and skin diseases are spreading among the affected people, but in many areas victims have not received any government medical aid yet or could not see doctors due to lack of money.

Three workers died and three others injured after inhaling toxic gas at a shipbreaking yard in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila yesterday.

The Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to resume direct flights from Dhaka to Tokyo from December this year. Biman suspended its Dhaka-Tokyo route in 2006, deeming it not commercially viable. Now, given the increased business ties and tourist movement between the two countries, Biman

Six people died while cleaning a septic tank in Joypurhat’s Akkelpur upazila yesterday. The victims first lost consciousness inside the septic tank and later died, said Kiran Kumar Roy, officer-in-charge of Akkelpur Police Station.

Canadian police on Monday said they have not found two murder suspects in an area of northern Manitoba they had searched for 24 hours after receiving a tip on the teenagers’ possible location.

A senior UN official appealed Monday for the international community “not to turn its back” on Yemen and to honour its pledges of aid for the impoverished and war-battered country.

A 23-year-old man, believed to be of Bangladeshi origin, has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder.

A writ petition filed with the High Court yesterday sought directives to give TK 3 crore compensation to the family of Titash Ghosh, who died in an ambulance on a ferry on the way to Dhaka on Thursday.

Eighteen people were killed when a small military plane crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi early yesterday, officials said.