Because of low prices, Allam Hossain decided not to sell his paddy but rather wait for the situation to improve. However, as Eid was around the corner, he went out to the local market with 30kg of mangoes from his four trees.

Three garment workers were killed as a police pickup ploughed into pedestrians before falling into a ditch in Cumilla’s Chauddagram yesterday afternoon.

Kazi Fatima Sharmin (not her real name) has to wake up at 7:00am every day to make breakfast for her husband.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has launched a probe into the wealth of 74 “drug peddlers” in Cox’s Bazar. The commission yesterday asked its officials concerned to initiate the enquiries.

If you are in Dhaka city, think twice before drawing a deep breath. The city’s air is contaminated with not only heavy metals like lead, chromium, cadmium, nickel, arsenic, manganese and copper but also with other poisonous particles, show studies.

Parties in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government were locked in separate crisis talks yesterday, after her fragile coalition suffered a fresh body blow as the leader of junior partner SPD quit.

Australians enjoying a sunny winter morning were shocked by the sight of three Chinese warships steaming into Sydney Harbour yesterday, forcing the prime minister to reassure jittery residents.

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Teknaf upazila early yesterday, police said.

A Bangladeshi youth was gunned down by “robbers” at East Ran Diepsloot of Johannesburg in South Africa on Sunday.

Libyan Coast Guard rescued 158 illegal migrants, including Bangladeshis, in two operations in the Mediterranean off the country’s western coast on Sunday.

Canada announced Sunday it was temporarily shutting its embassy in Venezuela, blaming President Nicolas Maduro for refusing to accredit diplomats critical of his regime.

The body of a worker of Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) was recovered from Sugandha river in Barishal yesterday. The dead was identified as Saddam Hossain, 22, who worked as a shooting assistant at BFDC.

The Organisation of Islamic Conference has called for launching the case of Myanmar’s human rights violations against the Rohingyas at the International Court of Justice.

US President Donald Trump met Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace yesterday after he kicked off his state visit to Britain by branding the London mayor a “loser” and weighing in on the Brexit debate.

Six Ukrainian alleged fraudsters, who reportedly took money out of ATMs without leaving any paper or digital trails, were placed on three-day remands each yesterday.

With Eid-ul-Fitr just two days away, the markets in Chattogram are abuzz with customers. This year, however, customers were not busy buying only clothes, but many were seen focusing on home decorative items -- particularly artificial flowers, plants and vases.

US President Donald Trump yesterday waded once again into Britain’s Brexit debate on the eve of a state visit to London, urging Theresa May’s successor to leave the EU with no deal.

Six youths were held in connection with the rape of two garment workers in Narayanganj’s Bandar upazila on Saturday.

The government is formulating a set of standards, which will impose limits on indoor air pollution, especially in workplaces, and empower itself to punish violators.

Rescuers yesterday recovered the bodies of three construction workers who were buried in the mud following a landslide hit in the Mohila College area of Rangamati town.