1138 - Earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills an estimated 230,000.

She wanted to be a teacher one day and was studying hard to reach that goal. But that dream, she feels, has just slipped away.

The Decision Review System (DRS) will make its debut in the men's T20 World Cup to be held in Oman and UAE starting this month, after the ICC approved its usage in the tournament.

Bangladesh’s fastest sprinter Mohammad Ismail has been suspended from participating in any domestic and international meet for one year by the Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF) over disciplinary ground.

Bangabandhu International Squash Tournament, an international squash tournament celebrating the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will take place in Dhaka from October 20 to 24.

Cristiano Ronaldo marked a record 181st international appearance with a goal as Portugal defeated World Cup hosts Qatar 3-0 in a friendly game on Saturday.

Scott McTominay scored an injury-time winner as Scotland came from behind to claim a crucial 3-2 victory over Israel in World Cup qualifying on Saturday, while England thrashed Andorra 5-0 to stay on track to reach next year's global showpiece.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the reactor pressure vessel installation work in the first reactor building of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant today.

Imrul Kayes, a student of mass communication and journalism at Rajshahi University, was suffering from severe depression.

For Razia Sultana, a 50-year-old widow with three children to look after and a Tk 22,000 of fixed monthly income, every paisa counts.

The roving ambassador of Bangladesh, Abdus Samad Azad, addressed a meeting in London today expressed his confidence in early liberation of Bangladesh. He stressed the unity achieved by all sections of the Bangladesh people.

The number of middle-class people is growing, but they are not in the leadership of politics and their intellectual contribution to society is inadequate, eminent citizens said at a webinar.

Azibor RahmanThe malakar (garlanders) community is spending busy days making decorative flowers crafted with shola (Indian jointvetch) ahead of Laxmi and Durga Puja.

Tobacco used to be the crop of choice among farmers in Gobindapur village of Sadar upazila.

The Hindu community in Dinajpur starts celebrating Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindus in the country, with Shoshthi rituals at 1,281 mandaps in the district tomorrow. 

The stalemate over the United Nation’s involvement in humanitarian support to Rohingyas in Bhasan Char is finally over with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the UN and the government yesterday. 

Premier League clubs have reached out to the league with complaints about Newcastle United's takeover by a Saudi Arabia-led consortium and are pushing for an emergency meeting next week, the Guardian newspaper.

It was a rainy night in July 2008. Residents of some bordering villages in Sunamganj’s Tahirpur upazila heard a sound of landslide coming from a hill across the border.

Syed Nazrul Islam, acting president of Bangladesh, reiterated that nothing short of complete independence would settle the Bangladesh issue.

A Bangladeshi family suffered harassment at the hands of Indian border guards who entered their frontier home while chasing drug smugglers, border officials said yesterday.