US President Donald Trump yesterday said Iran made “a very big mistake” by shooting down a US military drone that Tehran said was on a spy mission over its territory, in an incident that fanned fears of wider military conflict in the Middle East.

Two teenage students lost their lives under the wheels of a Dhaka-bound bus in Jashore’s Manirampur upazila yesterday.

A Bogura court yesterday sent former textiles and jute minister Abdul Latif Siddique to jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission over misuse of power in selling a government property.

The High Court yesterday asked the authorities concerned to conduct dope and vision tests on drivers’ licence seekers.

Several MPs of ruling grand alliance yesterday slammed the government for corruption in the banking sector and said Bangladesh Bank had failed to supervise the banks.

A Satkhira court has sent a man to jail on charges of raping a college student, recording the incident and subsequently embezzling money by blackmailing her.

A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan, sparking a tsunami advisory that was later lifted with no reports of major damage yesterday and only a handful of light injuries.

Egypt yesterday accused the United Nations of seeking to “politicise” the death of the country’s first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi by calling for an “independent inquiry”.

A Feni court sent Siraj Ud Doula, the suspended principal of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa, to jail yesterday in the sexual harassment case filed by the mother of slain student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

Donald Trump’s threat to begin deporting “millions of illegal aliens” next week triggered heated rhetoric Tuesday on both sides of America’s political divide, with Democrats warning the US president was fear-mongering at his re-election campaign launch.

The Free Rohingya Coalition, a global network of Rohingya activists, has demanded the resignation of UN Secretary General António Guterres and other senior UN leaders for the global body’s “systemic failure” in addressing “genocide” against the Rohingyas in 2017.

Developing countries, not rich Western nations, are bearing the brunt of the world’s refugee crisis and are hosting most of the record 70.8 million displaced people who have fled war and persecution, the United Nations said yesterday.

The fifth phase of the upazila elections cast 38.62 percent ballots, making this year’s polls the lowest participated in the last 10 years.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government has a plan to bring all citizens under national health insurance coverage to ensure healthcare services.

The Supreme Court chamber judge yesterday upheld a High Court verdict that declared illegal the government circulars and gazette notifications that fixed the minimum age of freedom fighters at 12 and a half years in 1971.

A Chinese electrician was killed and seven other employees of 1320 MW Payra Power Plant were injured in a clash between Bangladeshi and Chinese employees in Patuakhali’s Kalapara upazila.

Investigators from the Detective Branch of police are now looking for a Bangladeshi man suspected to have links with the Ukrainian hackers held over the recent DBBL ATM theft.

The High Court yesterday granted permanent bail to former Awami League lawmaker from Tangail-3 Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in a murder case, clearing the way for his release from jail.

The government has set July 1 to start registration of ride-sharing service providers, 17 months after the formulation of the guidelines.

The six Conservatives vying to become Britain’s prime minister faced off in the second round of voting yesterday, with the final pair to be decided by the end of the week.