Three workers were killed while working at a stone quarry on the bank of the Bisnakandi river in Sylhet's Gowainghat upazila early yesterday.

Police were yet to arrest any of the 81 people who were accused in three cases on Thursday for allegedly extorting money from

At least 50 people were injured in a clash between a mob and police in Miyarhat area of Daulatkhan upazila yesterday evening.

The Red Cross said yesterday it was desperately searching for two employees who went missing after their convoy came under insurgent fire in northern Afghanistan, leaving six other workers dead.

Tajikistan's president said yesterday that the death toll from a series of avalanches in late January had reached 13, with the government calling for international assistance.

A Chinese court said yesterday it had sentenced eight people to jail for selling the personal data of more than 5,000 newborns.

For the first time in living memory, carnival revellers will not parade down Nice's Promenade des Anglais this year, seven months after the Bastille Day truck massacre that left 86 people dead.

The US Senate narrowly confirmed Tom Price as President Donald Trump's pick for health secretary yesterday, appointing a fierce Obamacare critic who aims to implement a Republican promise to tear up the divisive health care reform law.

Yemeni government forces took full control of the historic Red Sea port of Mokha yesterday after weeks of deadly fighting with Shia rebels and their allies, a spokesman said.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee is expected to arrive in Dhaka on February 19 to see the plight of Rohingya population in Bangladesh, who fled Myanmar in face of persecution.

The new chief election commissioner is even more loyal to the Awami League than his predecessor Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, the BNP has alleged.

Some 45,000 posts of teacher are lying vacant in primary schools across the country, Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman told parliament yesterday.

An Anti-Corruption Commission team went to the district administration's office to make an arrest yesterday, and it got hold of the suspect too.

US President Donald Trump has broken the ice with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a letter that said he looked forward to working with him to develop relations, although the pair haven't spoken directly since Trump took office.

The Asia Pacific Business Forum ended in Dhaka yesterday affirming commitment to international cooperation for sustainable and inclusive economic growth.

Hearing from Rohingya refugees the description of torture they suffered at the hands of Myanmar army, three foreign envoys in Bangladesh yesterday stressed the need for stronger international initiative for reinstatement of their citizenship and their safe return to homeland.

Whenever I'm in Bogra, I can't resist myself going outside early in the morning and taking photos with our members of Bogra Photography Club. One fine morning, I was out just like other days.

The government will formulate a citizenship law allowing Bangladeshi expatriates to contest elections to local government bodies and to participate in political activities, Law Minister Anisul Huq said yesterday.

Dhaka South City Corporation yesterday filed three cases against 81 people for allegedly extorting money from hawkers who set up shops on the footpaths in Gulistan and other areas in the city corporation.

New CIA chief Mike Pompeo yesterday arrived in Ankara for talks with Turkish officials, on his first foreign visit since the inauguration of US President Donald Trump.