President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the delivery of Turkey's disputed Russian S-400 missile defence systems could be earlier than initially planned, Hurriyet daily reported yesterday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un yesterday called a full meeting of a top committee of the ruling Workers' Party to address what he described as the "prevailing tense situation", state media reported.

Human Rights Watch yesterday urged Washington to withhold its endorsement of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah's bid to extend his rule beyond the end of his second term in 2022.

An Australian teenager lauded worldwide for egging a far-right senator who made offensive comments about the Christchurch mosque attacks was let off with a police caution for the incident yesterday.

Protesters descended on the Chinese embassy in Manila yesterday to oppose the Asian superpower's growing sway in the Philippines and as tensions rise over Beijing's presence in the disputed South China Sea.

An explosion near two schools in the rebel-held Yemeni capital killed 14 children and wounded 16, the UN said yesterday, but the cause of the weekend blast remains unclear.

A murder suspect was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Chattogram city's Bakalia area yesterday.

Primary and mass education ministry has raised the minimum qualification from HSC-degree to graduation for the female candidates for assistant teacher and headmaster posts.

The family planning directorate has been suffering from manpower crisis as large number of post have remained vacant for the last couple years thanks to the procrastination of different government bodies related to the recruitments.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to deploy police at the mango orchards in Rajshahi region to prevent spraying of toxic chemicals on mangoes.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday again directed deputy commissioners (DCs) to stay in their official residences with their families.

Rabeya boarded a launch for the first time when she was eight. As she arrived in Dhaka from Barishal, her grandmother abandoned her. Thus began Rabeya's life as a victim of sex exploitation.

“I am dying…visit me at the hospital if you can,” were the final words he uttered to his mother, Halima Begum, over phone on the very day he was critically injured during the FR Tower rescue operation.

Four members of a family suffered burn injuries as criminals set fire to a house at Lochonpur village in Narsingdi's Raipura upazila early yesterday.

Bangladesh Bus Owners Association yesterday filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking stay on a High Court order that asked Green Line Paribahan to pay Tk 50 lakh to Russell Sarker as compensation.

Singapore's leader insisted yesterday his government's proposed fake news laws were a "step forward" in fighting online falsehoods after they sparked criticism from press freedom groups and tech giants.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yesterday named a Supreme Court judge to lead an inquiry into the massacre last month of 50 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques.

Palestinian prime minister-designate Mohammad Shtayyeh will announce the make-up of his new government in the coming days, Palestinian officials said yesterday.

Malaysian authorities were on the lookout for boats believed to be carrying up to 200 Rohingyas after dozens of migrants were found near a beach in the country's north yesterday.

The primary and mass education ministry yesterday asked all district primary education officers to identify the highly risky primary school buildings across the country and inform the ministry within 15 days.