A repeat of the bloody Syrian battle that devastated Aleppo must be avoided at all costs, France’s UN ambassador said yesterday, as the Security Council met to discuss escalating fighting in northwest Syria.

A woman was hacked to death and four others were injured by a drug addict in Chattogram city’s Uttar Kattoli area last night, said police.

The UN human rights body has called on the Myanmar government to immediately grant humanitarian access to all conflict zones, including northern Rakhine State where restrictions on humanitarian access is exacerbating the sufferings of civilians.

Nearly 900 children held by a pro-government militia force fighting Boko Haram insurgents in northeastern Nigeria were freed yesterday, the UN said.

Jeff Bezos, who heads both Amazon and space company Blue Origin, unveiled a lunar lander Thursday that he said would be used to transport equipment, and possibly human beings, to the south pole of the Moon by 2024.

US President Donald Trump rushed to his son’s defense on Thursday after a Senate panel ordered that Donald Trump Jr testify as part of its investigation into Russia election interference.

Traumatised and penniless, 165 more Bangladeshi migrants from differ-ent countries -- Saudi Arabia, Iran, Libya, Iraq, and South Africa -- landed at the Dhaka airport yesterday.

The closure of the glittering Thai bay made famous by the movie “The Beach” has been extended for another two years to allow a full recovery of its corals and wildlife, an official said yesterday, drawing a sharp rebuke from the tourism industry.

An outspoken critic of Tanzanian President John Magafuli who was allegedly abducted, has been “seriously beaten” and is in hospital, the main opposition party said yesterday.

Frankfurt airport was shut down for nearly an hour yesterday morning as operators halted flights over a drone sighting, in the latest such incident affecting a busy European hub.

The damage caused by Cyclone Fani has been estimated to be Tk 536.61 crore, the government said yesterday.

Red-faced bank bosses in Australia admitted to an embarrassing error yesterday, revealing their state-of-the-art $50 note had a typo.

A 25-year-old woman was set on fire allegedly by her in-laws for dowry in Pabna’s Sujanagar upazila early yesterday.

Two men were killed in a “gunfight” between Rab and an alleged group of drug dealers in Jhauban area of Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

European countries yesterday said they wanted to preserve Iran’s nuclear deal and rejected “ultimatums” from Tehran, after Iran scaled back curbs on its nuclear programme and threatened moves that might breach the pact.

Workers of state-run jute mills continued their demonstration for the fourth consecutive day yesterday demanding arrears and fair wages. In the capital’s Demra, hundreds of workers of Latif Bawany Jute Mills and Karim Jute Mills blocked roads near Sultana Kamal Bridge

A suicide blast at one of Pakistan’s oldest and most popular Sufi shrines killed at least 10 people and wounded 24 in the eastern city of Lahore yesterday, police said, in an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban.

A Chinese citizen was held with 24 gold bars, weighing around 2.8 kilogrammes, at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram yesterday. Fan Ronggui, 30, a passenger of flight no. DG-148 of a Biman Bangladesh flight from Dubai, was detained with gold worth Tk 1.20 crore found inside a rechargeable light

Seven hikers were missing and feared dead after an avalanche in Russia’s Altai mountains, emergency officials said yesterday, as search parties were dispatched to the area.

Several thousand women from about 20 villages in Bogura’s Sherpur upazila are becoming self-reliant by making handicrafts, playing a key role in earning foreign currency as these handmade products are exported to different countries.