A municipality ward councillor allegedly vandalised several houses and businesses near Mymensingh Zila School yesterday.

A petrol tanker skidded off the road and exploded in central Nigeria, killing at least 14 people yesterday, witnesses told AFP.

Rival Cypriot leaders have agreed to resume UN-backed reunification talks after negotiations broke down in Switzerland last

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday urged Turks to convert their foreign currencies into gold and lira to stimulate the

All 26 passengers of a cruise vessel escaped unhurt near Harbaria forest office in the Sundarbans under Chandpai range in Mongla upazila last evening when a fire broke out on it.

Rasraj Das, now behind bars in a case for allegedly defaming Islam in a Facebook post, is an illiterate fisherman and he cannot edit a photo for posting it online, his family members said yesterday.

Saudi authorities have detected fresh attempts by hackers to disrupt government computers, a report said yesterday, after

US President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he has picked the tough-talking retired general James Mattis to be his

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said people will not accept the government's attempt to remove the grave of Ziaur Rahman from the Jatiya Sangsad complex.

Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti yesterday demanded full implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord

The Human Rights Watch has urged the parliamentarians of Bangladesh to stand against and scrap a new draft law that puts girls at greater risk of child marriage in the country.

A record 284,000 EU citizens arrived in Britain in the year to June when the Brexit referendum was held, with a particularly

Five Nobel prize winners yesterday called for urgent international action to protect world heritage sites from the destruction

Qatar's internet service providers have apparently blocked access to the Gulf state's most popular English-language news

The government would reach a “rational” and “practical” solution with Uber, a smart phone-based on-demand transport service, over the latter's service in Bangladesh, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday.

On information, police went to the spot and took Ripon to Jessore Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead, said the police official.

Reiterating her government's “zero tolerance policy” against terrorism and militancy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday

A freedom fighter has raised allegations of war-time crimes against six Netrakona men, including district Awami League President Motior Rahman Khan.

Reiterating their demand for the removal of a special provision from the draft Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2016, rights

Before Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury orchestrated Bangladesh's worst militant attack, he sought and won approval for it from Islamic State (IS).