At least 43 people were killed yesterday in a devastating fire that ripped through a bag factory in the cramped, congested old quarter of the Indian capital New Delhi, trapping scores of workers who were sleeping inside.

At least 50 people, including five policemen, were injured in a sporadic clash between supporters of the Awami League and the BNP on EB road in Sirajganj town yesterday.

In the absence of its chairperson, Khaleda Zia, the unity within the BNP is almost in tatters, with some leaders tendering their resignation over growing differences with the top brass.

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A Pirojpur court yesterday sent two people to jail in connection with torturing two boys over alleged theft on Saturday.

Vibrant rows of neatly lined plants grow on a patch once trampled by the cattle of a large commercial farm run by a family of German descent in Namibia.

The son of a hijacking victim and his supporters on Sunday once more demanded North Korea return his father, five decades after Pyongyang diverted a plane carrying 50 South Koreans on board.

A three-month-old Malaysian infant has been diagnosed with polio, the first case reported in the country in nearly three decades, a top health official said yesterday.

With onion prices still unstable, an initiative to sell the essential at Tk 45 per kg by Police Nari Kalyan Samity (Punak), an association for welfare of the female members of police families, generated strong buzz among port city dwellers.

The civil aviation ministry will not tolerate any negligence and irregularity in providing quality service to passengers of Biman, said ministry Secretary Mohibul Haque yesterday, during a sudden visit to the Dhaka airport.

Natural disasters are increasing in the country due to climate change, so resilience needs to be at the centre of all types of development at the present time, said a Buet professor yesterday.

The loss of oxygen from the ocean due to climate change risks “dire effects” on sea life, fisheries and coastal communities, a global conservation body said Saturday.

A man was allegedly killed by his niece’s stalkers for protesting against the crime in Kushtia’s Kumarkhali upazila early yesterday.

The White House said on Friday it would refuse to take part in hearings in the US House of Representatives set for next week that will consider what articles of impeachment to bring against President Donald Trump.

Three of a family were killed in Barishal’s Banaripara upazila early yesterday.

Chief Justice of India SA Bobde yesterday condemned the practice of extrajudicial killings, saying that justice loses its very character when it takes the form of revenge.

Locals on a char of the Padma in Pabna’s Sagarkand claim that they own the land the government allocated for a solar power plant and are demanding compensation for their loss of land and livelihood.

Chief of Army Staff Gen Aziz Ahmed will leave for Myanmar today on a four-day official visit.

Two factions of Dhaka University’s Salimullah Muslim hall union yesterday clashed over evicting an outsider from the hall, leaving the outsider injured.

BNP yesterday announced to stage demonstrations across the country today, demanding immediate release of party leader Khaleda Zia from jail.