At least 14 children became sicker at the paediatrics ward of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital last night after being given injections and a huge number of policemen had to be deployed to control the angry parents and relatives of the children.

South Africa’s ruling ANC yesterday geared for its sixth straight term in power in the post-apartheid era but its worst ever electoral showing could hamper efforts to revive the flagging economy and fight graft.

Two people, including a child, were burnt to death last night in Lighthouse area of Cox’s Bazar town.

Venezuela yesterday braced for another day of nationwide protests after President Nicolas Maduro clamped down further on opposition leader Juan Guaido, locking up his deputy in a military prison following a dramatic arrest.

Two more police officials have been suspended and attached to other police units for negligence in duty over the murder of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

A Vietnamese court has jailed two activists on charges of publishing damaging anti-state propaganda about the communist-run country, state media reported Saturday, the latest convictions under a hardline leadership intolerant of dissent.

A Bangladeshi farmer watched dozens drown beside him in the Mediterranean before “God sent us the fishermen”, who saved him from the cold waters and took him to Tunisia.

The husband of a British bride who died on her honeymoon in Sri Lanka will be kept in the country at least until a formal hearing on the death is held on Wednesday, police said.

The battle for Tripoli between rival Libyan forces both championing the fight against “terrorism” has created a security vacuum, allowing the Islamic State group a chance to re-emerge, analysts warn.

A Bangladeshi man was tortured to death by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the Kushkhali border of Satkhira Sadar upazila early yesterday, his family members claimed.

An alleged drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

The United States is deploying an amphibious assault ship and a Patriot missile battery to bolster an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers already sent to the Gulf, ratcheting up pressure on archfoe Iran.

Three people, including bus driver Nuruzzaman and his helper Lalon, raped nurse Shahinoor Akter Tania inside the vehicle, hit her head with a blunt object and then threw her out so that the incident looks like a road accident, police said yesterday quoting the accused.

With empty plates and pots, hundreds of state-run jute mill workers yesterday took to the streets in the capital’s Demra, demanding arrears and fair wages. The workers said they had no money to buy food.

The leader of North Korea ordered its military to boost its strike capability as he directed another missile firing, state media said yesterday, as tensions grew over tests that appeared to show development of a new advanced missile system.

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” between two groups of criminals in Rajshahi’s Bagha upazila early yesterday.

At least 141 school buildings out of 1,162 primary schools in Bagerhat’s nine upazilas are risky, says the district primary education office. Teachers and guardians fear that accident might take place anytime there.

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.