Learning Bangla is going to be made compulsory for every student in West Bengal, as per a state government announcement on Monday night.

The government is likely to waive VAT on edible oil to prevent the risk of price hike of the essential cooking ingredient by dishonest

Sixteen people, including cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim's father Mahbub Hamid Tara and uncle Mejbaul Hamid, have been accused of

Embattled US President Donald Trump yesterday insisted he had the right to share "facts" with Russia, one day after bombshell

The United Nations said yesterday that $1.4 billion (1.3 billion euros) was needed this year alone to help the nearly two million people who have fled war and famine in South Sudan.

Boko Haram jihadists have killed six farmers who were working on their land near the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, civilian militia members and locals told AFP yesterday.

The next election to the vice-chancellor panel of Dhaka University was the main reason behind the split in the pro-Awami League teachers' Blue Panel over the May 22 senate election, teachers said yesterday.

A couple of weeks ago, Dhanful Begum, a long-time asthma patient, had a sudden attack at her home in Dahagram of Lalmonirhat's Patgram upazila. Unfortunately, she had run out of inhaler and her condition deteriorated fast.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld its earlier verdict that handed convicted war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee imprisonment until death for his crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War in 1971.

At least 30 computers in Bangladesh have reportedly been infected by a ransomware that affected thousands of computers in nearly 150 countries since Friday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday suggested that her cabinet colleagues promote young leadership in the Awami League and in the next parliamentary election.

Russia has shown off President Vladimir Putin as action man -- bare-chested horse rider, black-belt judoka and ice hockey player. Now meet Putin the piano man.

North Korea yesterday celebrated the launch of what appeared to be its longest-range ballistic missile yet tested in a bid to bring the US mainland within reach, saying it was capable of carrying a "heavy nuclear warhead".

The death of a fireman during the Rajshahi militant den raid was a result of the failure of law enforcers, a fire service probe has found.

A North Korean diplomat said yesterday the election victory by left-leaning South Korean President Moon Jae-In reflected the people's "longing" for change.

The EU yesterday urged all sides in Venezuela to abstain from violence and seek a political solution as the death toll mounts in clashes between the government and opposition.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began a three-day visit to India yesterday with a tour of an IT facility that is helping Ramallah build a high-end tech hub.

A jilted man who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend before smashing her head with bricks and running her over with a car has been arrested, Indian police said yesterday.

Venezuelans in cars and on motorcycles, bikes and even horseback clogged roads Saturday and police fired tear gas at them in another day of protest against President Nicolas Maduro.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Donald Trump tomorrow in Washington for the first time as president, hoping to entice the American leader into major policy shifts to solidify a crucial but increasingly strained relationship.