Russia is pushing for a UN Security Council vote to support the ceasefire it helped broker in Syria, where the truce remained largely

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday officially launched the long-awaited dot bangla (.bangla) internet domain allowing web

Only 35 tanneries out of 154 have relocated to Savar Tannery Industrial Estate from the capital's Hazaribagh within the December 31 deadline.

An SUV drove off the fifth floor of a parking garage in Japan Saturday, killing three of its five passengers, local media reported.

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

China's State Grid Corporation is set to build a $1.5-billion power line across Pakistan to enable the transmission of 4,000 megawatts

Croatia yesterday announced the discovery of a highly contagious strain of bird flu in poultry at a small family farm on the country's

Martin Schulz, the European Parliament president who is returning to German politics, does not expect to run as the Social Democrats'

Famous Indian actor and also a senior leader of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress Tapas Paul has been arrested in connection

Clashes, shelling and air raids in western Syria marred a Russian- and Turkish-backed ceasefire that aims to end nearly six years of war and lead to peace talks between rebels and a government emboldened by recent battlefield success.

An adolescent madrasa student escaped marriage using her intelligence and courage in Kishoreganj upazila of the district yesterday.

Amid widespread criticism and protests from writers and cultural activists, Bangla Academy yesterday withdrew its decision to ban Shrabon

Myanmar yesterday said it would take back 2,415 citizens from Bangladesh, only a tiny fraction of the 300,000 people who Bangladesh

President Vladimir Putin said yesterday he would not expel any Americans in response to Washington turfing out dozens of Russian

In a major political development, Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav yesterday expelled his son and

General Cable Corp (BGC.N), a Kentucky-based wire manufacturer, agreed to pay more than $75 million to resolve allegations that it

Russia President Vladimir Putin yesterday announced a nationwide ceasefire deal to come into effect across Syria from midnight and

Two alleged robbers were killed in separate incidents in Noakhali and Rajbari yesterday.