Three Muslim men went on trial in Myanmar yesterday for illegally importing nearly 100 cows that have spent the last month under police protection, in a case Islamic leaders say targets their religion.

Britain has a "moral duty" to take in hundreds of migrant children from the "Jungle" camp in Calais desperate to cross the Channel, France said yesterday, with apparently just days to go until the site is dismantled.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Turkey yesterday for talks with counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, pushing forward ambitious joint energy projects as the two sides try to overcome a crisis in ties.

Thousands of Yemenis demonstrated in the capital Sanaa yesterday to vent anger at Riyadh, head of a coalition accused of carrying out air strikes that killed at least 140 people at a funeral.

German police stepped up security at airports and train stations yesterday as they pressed a nationwide manhunt for a Syrian man suspected of plotting a bomb attack.

The 162 residents of the indigenous settlement of Amuli punjee in Kormodha union of Moulvibazar's Kulaura upazila are deeply distressed following an attack by a gang of criminals who targeted the punjee's betel leaf plantations. During the October 2, 2016, attack, miscreants cut around 3,500 betel vines.

Nine Myanmar police officers were killed in coordinated attacks by insurgents on posts along the border with Bangladesh early yesterday, an official and police said.

Separate courts in Dhaka yesterday sent BNP leader Habib-Un-Nabi Khan Sohel to jail in 41 arson cases, rejecting his bail prayers.

The condition of Khadiza's brain may gradually improve if she remains stable in the next few days, said her brother, quoting doctors.

Police believe “Neo JMB financier Abdur Rahman”, who jumped to his death from a building during a Rab raid on Saturday, was either using a fake passport or had used a fake address in his travel document.

White House candidate Donald Trump desperately needs a strong debate performance against Hillary Clinton today, with stakes sky-high following intense scrutiny of his treatment of women and damaging footage of him making lewd remarks.

The government looks to tap Chinese investment into Bangladesh by awarding them a special economic zone as well as availing loans at cheap rates from Beijing, said Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday.

A third of the 6,000 demarcation pillars on the Buriganga and the Turag were installed inside the rivers and they would be reinstalled in their correct positions after a district administration survey.

Women selling tickets at bus counters is unusual in Bangladesh as this profession is absolutely dominated by males. But some female

Dozens of migrants were rescued yesterday off western Greece after their vessel sent a distress call, the coast guard said.

Egypt has criticised an "incomprehensible" US warning to citizens to avoid theatres and malls in Cairo over the weekend because

Seven teenagers were feared dead Saturday, a day after they went missing when their boat capsized on a river in Indonesia,

Publication of Hungary's biggest opposition newspaper has been suspended, its owner said Saturday, stoking concerns about

The first biography of Adolf Hitler which presented him as "Germany's saviour" and compared him to Jesus may have been

Donald Trump has no chance of winning the US presidential election, best-selling US writer Douglas Kennedy has told AFP --