Dutch envoy in Dhaka Harry Verweij has said foreign companies find it extremely challenging to set up firms in Bangladesh.

Poor diet has become a major concern for Bangladesh as changing dietary patterns show that people are less focused on consuming whole grains, fresh produce and nuts, leading to disease and death.

He has been running a licensed firearms shop in Chuadanga for the last nine years but official documents show he has not sold even a single firearm during the period.

Two alleged criminals -- a drug dealer and a robber -- were killed in so-called shootouts with Border Guard Bangladesh and Rab in Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

The reckless practices of the real estate business have led to exorbitant land prices in the capital, making housing unaffordable for low-income people, said land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury yesterday.

At least 13 people on board a Russian Aeroflot passenger plane were killed yesterday when the plane caught fire mid-air and made an emergency landing at a Moscow airport, Russian news agencies reported.

North Macedonia yesterday returned to the ballot box for a presidential run-off that risks turning into a major headache for the ruling Social Democrats, whose candidate is battling a nationalist-backed rival.

Film stars Juliette Binoche and Emmanuelle Beart joined hundreds of people from the arts world in backing France’s “yellow vests” movement, as the latest anti-government marches took place Saturday.

US doctors are tapping into their electronic medical records to identify unvaccinated patients and potentially infected individuals to help contain the worst US measles outbreak in 25 years.

France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen reached out to her counterparts in Hungary and Poland, both already in government, during a European elections campaign meeting in Brussels.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said victory was “certain” for his ruling ANC party in Wednesday’s general elections despite corruption, high unemployment and widening inequalities marring its 25 years in power.

A homemaker who was set ablaze in Rangpur on Thursday died of her burns at Rangpur Medical College Hospital yesterday.

Rockets from Gaza killed three people in an Israeli city while five Palestinian militants died yesterday in surging cross-border fighting that included a return by Israel to singling out enemy commanders for attack.

Police arrested an accused in a case filed over raping six minor girls from Jashore’s Benapole on Saturday evening.

Two alleged criminals were killed in “gunfights” with law enforcers in Khulna and Mymensingh early yesterday.

Brazil’s Ronaldinho has found a second calling after retiring from professional football: rapper.

State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Imran Ahmed yesterday said high migration cost was “killing migrant workers”.

Shamima Begum, who left east London to join the Islamic State in 2015, would “face the death penalty” for terrorism if she came to Bangladesh, said a BBC report, quoting Foreign Minister Abdul Momen.

They long for a city free from sound and air pollutions. They desire a city with footpaths suitable for walking and playgrounds near their doorsteps. They also want to preserve the ecosystem.

At a certain location, the Louhajang River occasionally changes its colour. Sometimes it turns red, sometimes yellow, and sometimes purple. But it is not out of some natural event. It is man-made.