The next parliamentary polls, to be held in 2019, would be very tough for the ruling Awami League, said AL President Sheikh Hasina and asked her party colleagues to start preparing for it from now on.

US President Barack Obama made a short but politically charged trip from the White House to Capitol Hill yesterday, calling allied

Two alleged robbers were killed in a "gunfight" with police in the district's Matlab Uttar upazila early yesterday.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday advised leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League to steer clear of controversy.

A commission probing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state yesterday denied security forces have carried out a genocidal campaign

A Dhaka court yesterday rejected another bail petition of Hasnat Karim, the lone arrestee in the Gulshan café attack case.

Protesting the attack on their teacher by a union parishad member, students of Panchgoan Sunrise High School in Bhaluka upazila

Unplanned urbanisation, fast depleting natural water reservoirs and owners' indifference to ensuring adequate fire-fighting equipment at their buildings and markets are the three key reasons why firefighters in the capital have a tough time during rescue operations.

The Rapid Action Battalion in a drive recovered firearms, arms-making materials and ammunition in Cox's Bazar's Moheshkhali yesterday.

The ruling Awami League is observing “victory day for democracy” today marking the party's win in the national polls three years ago.

For children in the villages bordering the Sundarbans mangrove forest, shadows should be especially long. Not only are there tiger

The Detective Branch (DB) of police in Jessore yesterday submitted a charge sheet against eight suspected militants, including six

Foreign friends are now “growingly” engaging with Bangladesh with a special focus on building economic relations which will be

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will pay a week-long visit to Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.

The Russian Navy said yesterday it was planning to hold war games with the Philippines, as two of its ships made a rare stop in Manila

South Korea's Constitutional Court yesterday held its first full hearing on whether to confirm the impeachment of President Park Geun-

Emergency services in Malaysia deployed boats and trucks yesterday as thousands of villagers were stranded after four days of heavy

Jakarta's Christian governor yesterday shouted at an Islamic hardliner testifying against him in dramatic scenes at his blasphemy trial,

Dhaka City Corporation Market in the capital's Gulshan-1 had no fire-fighting equipment that could have helped reduce the damage

Myanmar police yesterday said they had arrested three people over the murder of a local journalist known for his investigations into