Jahangirnagar University yesterday urged the agitating students to end their hunger strike demanding withdrawal of the case filed against 56 students in connection with vandalism of the vice-chancellor's house on May 27.

India's lawmakers are going to elect a new president today from two main contenders -- Ram Nath Kovind backed by ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance and opposition-supported Meira Kumar, a former speaker of parliament.

When an ATM at a bank in Texas started spitting out handwritten notes calling for help, rather than tens and twenties, bemused police thought they must be the victim of a prank.

The Supreme Court yesterday cleared the way for Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan to continue discharging his duties.

Flood situation slightly improved yesterday, but strong current of the Padma river began to eat away many houses at Lohajong and Tongibari upazilas in Munshiganj.

A seven-year-old indigenous boy was sent to a hospital with fever yesterday, taking the number of children suffering from one unknown disease to 87 in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong.

Three inmates were killed yesterday and another was wounded after escaping from jail in a southern Philippine island that is the stronghold of Islamist militants, police said.

As Guam prepares to celebrate Liberation Day this week, political leaders on the Pacific island say it's time to decide whether to remain a US colony or become an independent nation.

A Dhaka court yesterday again asked the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to submit by August 27 the probe report of the case filed over the Holey Artisan Bakery attack in Gulshan.

As the troops started restoring control from Islamic State (IS) militants, Iraq has sought support from the international community including Bangladesh, in rebuilding the country from destruction.

Four students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology were suspended for a semester yesterday after they were found guilty of harassing a young girl and attacking journalists on the university campus.

Sixteen more children in Sitakunda's Tripura Para became sick and were admitted to hospital yesterday, but doctors say the 68 other local children, hospitalised earlier with similar symptoms, were recovering.

The Friday's collision between an oil tanker and a cargo vessel on the Kirtankhola spilled over 21,000 litres of diesel but officials claim that the spillage would not seriously harm the environment.

Ruling Awami League lawmaker MA Latif yesterday in public defended “extrajudicial killings” by law enforcement agencies, including the Rapid Action Battalion, and praised the activities of the elite force saying it had earned a lot of trust among people.

With the flood situations unchanged in most of the northern districts and the central region being inundated, many affected people from Bogra, Sylhet and Kurigram complain about insufficient relief.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said she would not hand over the country's assets to others for greed of power.

Two students of Jahangirnagar University yesterday went on a hunger strike unto death on the campus, demanding the withdrawal of the case filed against 56 university

Rail communications between the capital and the country's north and south were suspended for about seven and a half hours after an express train derailed at Muladuli of Pabna's Ishwardi yesterday.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia left Dhaka for London last night for medical treatment.

In this era of digital screens and the internet, a visit to Bogra's four-storied Woodburn Government Public Library comes as a pleasant