A Japanese government agency has proposed releasing radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the environment, as storage space runs out.

Unfazed by continued protests against citizenship law and NRC, the Indian government yesterday decided to carry out a new census and update the National Population Register (NPR) across the country next year.

China, Japan and South Korea have agreed to work together to promote dialogue between the United States and North Korea, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said yesterday following a summit between the three countries in China.

Two suspected criminals were killed in “gunfights” with members of Rapid Action Battalion in Cox’s Bazar and Pabna early yesterday.

President Vladimir Putin on Monday stood in the driver’s cabin of a train for the official opening of a railway bridge that links annexed Crimea to southern Russia, with the launch drawing sharp criticism from Ukraine and the EU.

Stressing the need for formulating a policy to preserve ecological balance and protect natural resources, the Supreme Court has directed the government to cancel leases of plots in Jhilanja Mouza, an “ecologically critical area (ECA)”, in Cox’s Bazar and to demolish the structures constructed in the area.

The Jatiya Party may introduce a special post for Raushan Ershad, its senior co-chairperson and opposition leader, at the upcoming

The government is set to block a few lakh mobile connections that are currently being used in Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar as it ramps up its efforts to crack down on criminal activities by a section of the refugee population.

Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmad urges the states of the world to acknowledge Bangladesh as an independent and sovereign state.

The newly-constituted Awami League presidium, the highest policy-making body of the party, yesterday left it to AL President Sheikh Hasina to decide whether seven ministers would be included in the 81-member central executive committee.

Iran has arrested the family of a young man killed in street violence that flared during last month’s protests against fuel price hikes, Mehr news agency reported yesterday.

Biman’s brand new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner “Achin Pakhi” arrived in Dhaka from Seattle, USA, last night.

Britain’s Prince Philip left a London hospital yesterday after a four-night stay that renewed concern about the 98-year-old’s health, in time to join the royal family for Christmas.

Former US national security adviser John Bolton on Monday sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s North Korea policy, warning that the Asian country posed an “imminent” threat.

A Russian court yesterday extended until late March the pre-trial detention of a US man already held in jail for a year despite Western requests for his release.

Hong Kong marked Christmas Eve with tear gas and mall clashes yesterday night as battles between democracy activists and riot police swept through a major shopping district.

Thousands of people marched in the Romanian capital Bucharest on Sunday to remember those who lost their lives in the revolution 30 years ago that ended the communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu.

A court in Meherpur has sent eight people to jail for trespassing into the country from India without any documents.

A suspected drug dealer was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Noakhali’s Chatkhil upazila early yesterday.

The government is looking to upgrade the Bangladesh Water Development Board to the Directorate of Water Resources in which non-engineers will not be absorbed as cadres, said officials from the general category.