BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday urged visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping to continue their support for Bangladesh's development activities and stand by its side.

Hillary Clinton has accused her Republican presidential rival Donald Trump of "stalking" her during their televised debate on Sunday.

Bangladeshi publisher and writer Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury Tutul, who survived a militant attack last year, has been named this

India will take its drive to isolate Pakistan and rally the international community against cross-border militancy to a summit of emerging market powers today, when it hosts BRICS nations in the western state of Goa.

An armed member of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) was killed in a gunfight with a team of joint forces in Khagrachhari Sadar

The Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) has started sending dealers fertiliser sacks weighing a lot less than the usual 50kg, instead of storing them in state-owned warehouses.

European Union envoys in Dhaka yesterday expressed concern over a provision in the foreign-funded NGO law which makes it an offence to make “derogatory” remarks on constitution and constitutional bodies by such NGOs.

A barrage of accusations that Donald Trump groped or inappropriately kissed women rocked the race for the White House Wednesday, with the Republican nominee angrily denying the reports and his campaign branding them "character assassination."

One side of Airport Road in the capital will be closed for 24 hours to ensure foolproof security for Chinese President Xi Jinping who arrives in Dhaka today for a two-day state visit.

A Rab investigation has found that the “Neo JMB financier”, who allegedly jumped to his death from a building during a raid by the elite force on October 8, got his passport using fake name and address.

The Rapid Action Battalion has rescued 39 Libya-bound illegal migrants at Shah Amanat International Airport.

Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has died at the age of 88, the palace announced yesterday, leaving a divided nation bereft of a rare figure of unity.

With a wave of hysteria about sightings of "creepy" or "killer" clowns sweeping the United States and far beyond -- forcing McDonald's to limit the appearances of its mascot Ronald McDonald -- AFP asked experts how the phenomenon could have taken such a grip.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh arrested five Myanmar nationals, including two women and two children, from a border of Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat early yesterday.

The government has asked truck operators to remove all the illegal parts, including extra bumpers, from their vehicles within the end of November for safety purposes.

Amnesty International yesterday welcomed Jordan's move to allow aid deliveries to thousands of Syrians trapped on its desert border, but called for a long-term solution to the crisis.

The country's four maritime ports have been asked to hoist local cautionary signal number three as a deep convection is taking place over the North Bay of Bengal.

Dubai began construction work Monday on a tower that will stand higher than its Burj Khalifa, which is currently the world's tallest skyscraper.

A former teacher of Eden Mohila College was found dead with his body tied up by adhesive tape at his office in Banani DOHS yesterday morning.

Five of a family were burnt to death when their house caught fire after a live electric line severed and fell on their tin-roofed house early yesterday at Jangaon village in Pirganj upazila in the district.