Negotiators charged with saving humanity from a climate catastrophe yesterday unveiled a new draft deal riddled with conflicting proposals after three days of talks in Paris, sparking deep concern among activists, reports AFP from Le Bourget. The UN talks being attended by representatives of 195 nations…

Some 600 million people get sick from eating contaminated food each year, and around 420,000 die, the World Health Organization said yesterday, adding that young children account for nearly one third of those deaths, reports AFP from Geneva. In its first-ever estimate of the impact of foodborne diseases,…

Bangladesh women’s cricket team reserved a final round berth in the ICC Women’s World Cup spot when they snatched a facile by 31 runs win over Zimbabwe in the first semifinal in Bangkok yesterday. Bangladesh will now take on Ireland in the Trophy final on December 5. Both finalists of the…

A Rangamati court yesterday sent suspected leader of Myanmar insurgent group ‘Arakan Army’ Renin Suye and its three members to jail rejecting their bail petitions in three cases filed with Rajasthali police station, reports UNB. Senior judicial magistrate Kazi Mohammad Hossain passed the…

Malaysian Immigration Department detained 89 foreigners of eight nationalities including 15 Bangladeshis for various immigration offences in a raid at a plywood factory in Kedah state yesterday, reports The Star Online of Malaysia. Department director Mohamad Yusri Hashim said the foreigners arrested…