Frosty relations between Kabul and Islamabad have put a brake on Afghanistan's ambitious plans to boost fruit exports, seen as vital to providing farmers an alternative to poppy cultivation which fuels the Taliban insurgency.

A horrific attack that killed 39 revelers in an Istanbul nightclub cast a dark shadow over New Year celebrations attended by millions around the world to ring in 2017.

A Brahmanbaria court yesterday placed Awami League leader Sheikh Abdul Ahad, who was arrested in connection with the October 30 attack on the Hindus in Nasirnagar, on a one-day police remand.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday accused the government of making “shady arms deal” with different countries in its own interest.

Shortage of judges at the Supreme Court and other courts across the country is getting worse and creating a huge backlog of cases due to recruitment delays.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said the government plans to strengthen Grameen Bank further so that the Nobel Prize winning microcredit lender becomes more relevant in changing times.

With luggage in hand, Mehedi Hasan walked towards the city's Gabtoli landing station to catch a waterbus to Sadarghat.

Around six lakh Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia would be benefited as the Southeast Asian country's government has asked employers to pay the levy of foreign workers.

As the day began yesterday, children dressed up and rushed to their schools braving the morning chill to receive New Year gifts.

Mentioning that some "intellectuals" in TV talk shows misinterpret court decisions, Chief Justice SK Sinha yesterday urged them to refrain from this.

Cross-border rebel fire from Yemen has killed a soldier in Saudi Arabia, which is leading a coalition fighting the insurgents in its war-torn neighbour, the interior ministry said.

Sixteen people including two surgeons have been jailed for between two and five years in China for trafficking in human organs, a practice still widespread in the country.

More than 1,000 migrants tried to jump a high double fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta yesterday in a violent assault that saw one officer lose an eye, local authorities said.

The government and opposition parties in the DR Congo on Saturday clinched a hard-won deal over President Joseph Kabila's fate, ending a political crisis that sparked months of deadly unrest.

Thousands of people crammed into New York City's Times Square in Saturday, in a raucous atmosphere with tight security, for the traditional ball drop.

Taiwan will not bend to pressure despite China returning to its "old ways" of intimidation, President Tsai Ing-wen said yesterday,

Egyptian authorities yesterday started handing the remains of those killed in the crash of EgyptAir flight 804 to their families, the airline said.

Catalonia's separatist president said Friday that come what may, there would be a "legal and binding referendum" for independence

Greece's ambassador to Brazil was murdered in a plot hatched by his Brazilian wife and her police officer lover, who confessed to the

The overall human rights situation in the country was as alarming last year as it had been in the previous years, said rights body Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK).