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.

Holidaymakers’ journey on the highways and waterways have been relatively hassle-free, except those heading to the northern districts on trains.

The country is likely to experience a rainy Eid-ul-Fitr this year, forecasted Bangladesh Meteorological Department yesterday.

Greeks voted in municipal elections yesterday, with the conservative opposition set to make more gains against Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s ruling left just a month before they face off in general elections.

Palestinian worshippers clashed with Israeli police at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site yesterday as an Israeli holiday coincided with the final days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

An Iraqi court yesterday sentenced to death an eighth Frenchman for joining the Islamic State group, rejecting his claims he was tortured into confessing.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday arrived in the Solomon Islands, the first visit by an Australian leader in more than a decade as Western nations seek to rein in China’s influence in the Pacific.

International donors pledged to contribute $1.2 billion to help rebuild areas and infrastructure de-stroyed by cyclones Kenneth and Idai in Mozambique, according to the United Nations, less than half the amount the government says is needed.

A massive cruise ship lost control as it docked in Venice yesterday, crashing into the wharf and hitting a tourist boat after suffering an engine failure.

American congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez returned to her restaurant roots on Friday, donning an apron and serving drinks in Manhattan in a push to raise the country’s minimum wage.

The US Department of Justice is preparing an antitrust investigation of Internet titan Google, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Police, for the first time, seized two luxurious houses and land properties owned by a top-listed yaba trader and his family members in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila yesterday following a court order.

US President Donald Trump has said British former foreign minister Boris Johnson would make an “excellent” prime minister to replace Theresa May.

The gunman who killed 12 people at a Virginia Beach municipal building before dying in a gun battle with police was identified yesterday as a disgruntled city engineer and co-worker of most of the victims.

The students had only demanded fair prices of paddy for farmers, but the university authorities think it was anti-government activities.

By the time Saminul Islam reached the government buying centre with 500kg of paddy on Thursday, the officials had already wrapped up the procurement activities there. No more buying, he was told, because the procurement limit was reached.

For the second day, holidaymakers going to the northern districts faced long delays at Kamalapur Railway Station yesterday, as at least half a dozen trains were behind schedule by one to three and a half hour.

Police on Friday arrested three locals on charge of leaking recruitment test question papers for government primary school assistant teachers.

South Korean troops stationed along the world’s last Cold War frontier have been put on high alert in the face of a new infiltration threat from the nuclear-armed North -- fever-stricken wild boar.