Ashik Miah, a 45-year-old farmer of Jaladhartupi village, was staring helplessly at his inundated paddy field as he sat beside Dekhar

In a tragic turn of events, a father died on Monday, failing to bear the pain of his only son's premature demise in a Kolkata hospital the day before.

Scientists have witnessed the first modern case of what they call "river piracy" and they blame global warming. Most of the water

Israel yesterday vowed not to negotiate with hundreds of Palestinian detainees on the second day of a hunger strike led by prominent

The government yesterday extended the deadline for registration for this year's hajj until 5:00pm of April 23 amid demands by the private hajj agencies.

Moulavi Zakaria Sikdar has been on the run since a war crimes tribunal issued an arrest warrant against him around two years ago.

Three Myanmar nationals were caught and 1.5 lakh yaba tablets and two bullets seized by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) following an alleged gunfight on the Naf river in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf upazila early yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave for Bhutan today on a three-day visit when the two countries are expected to make moves towards establishing hydroelectricity generation, waterways connectivity and sub-regional cooperation.

US Vice President Mike Pence yesterday warned North Korea not to test Donald Trump's resolve, declaring that "all options are on the table" in curbing its missile and nuclear weapons programmes.

Pakistan's military captured a would-be Islamic State female suicide bomber in the cultural capital of Lahore before she could carry out an attack on the Christian community during Easter celebrations, the army's chief spokesman said yesterday.

Britain's Prince Harry suffered "total chaos" before eventually seeking help to deal with the death of his mother Princess Diana, he said in an interview published yesterday.

Mexico has asked Guatemala to extradite a fugitive former governor suspected of embezzling hundreds of millions of dollars, officials said Sunday.

UK lawmakers are calling on the government to strip Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's wife of her British citizenship, for supporting her husband's regime during the country's ongoing war.

Fish in Hakaluki Haor have started dying since Sunday as half-ripe paddy submerged under flashfloods continues to rot and pollute its water.

Police yesterday recovered three grenades and around 500 bullets at a land-filling site in Trimohoni area of Badda in the capital.

Police recovered the body of a minor house help from a flat in the capital's Niketon yesterday.

Commuters continued to suffer yesterday on the second day of BRTA's drive against “seating”, “gate-lock”, “nonstop” and other so-called special public transport services as many owners kept their buses off the street to artificially create a transport crisis in the capital.

Cyclonic storm "Maarutha" over the east-central Bay of Bengal and adjoining area moved further northeastwards.

Despite transport owners' vow to stop “seating service” from Saturday and charge passengers the BRTA-fixed fare rates only, commuters had to pay extra for their trips in the capital yesterday.

Two girls aged between 10 and 11 years were allegedly raped in the capital's Jatrabari on Saturday night by four youths, one of whom was arrested early yesterday.