The UN’s top court said yesterday it had jurisdiction to hear a case brought by Ukraine accusing Russia of supporting rebels in war-torn eastern Ukraine.

A Hong Kong student who sustained head injuries when he fell during clashes with police died yesterday, triggering a fresh wave of outrage from the pro-democracy movement and fears of more violent unrest.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said not all of those who joined the AL from other parties were infiltrators.

Uncertainty looms over invigilation during the coming Primary Education Completion Examination as a meeting between protesting teachers and ministry officials failed to resolve the stalemate.

About 16.8 percent or an estimated 2.25 crore of the country’s adult population are suffering from 13 types of mental disorders, according to a latest government survey report.

The first open impeachment hearings into US President Donald Trump will begin next week, the congressman leading the probe said Wednesday, as the investigation heads into a highly anticipated public phase.

Protesting teachers and students yesterday said they would not investigate the allegations of corruption against the Jahangirnagar University vice chancellor, but the intelligence officials should.

An Indian citizen was named in the list of the Bangladesh National Film Award winners for 2017-18 published on the information ministry’s official website yesterday.

Uncertainty looms over invigilation during the coming Primary Education Completion Examination as a meeting between protesting teachers and ministry officials failed to resolve the stalemate.

A pilot accidentally set off a hijack alarm on a plane at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on Wednesday, triggering a huge security operation by Dutch police.

Shahnaz Rahman, a director of Transcom Group and chairperson of Reliance Insurance Limited, has been named the highest woman taxpayer in Dhaka city.

A madrasa student died of injuries on Wednesday, a day after he was beaten mercilessly by one of his teachers in Sadar upazila of Madaripur.

A 13-year-old girl has been raped by a man and later caned by a village arbitration in Faridganj upazila of Chandpur, said police.

Australia announced a large aid package to help drought-parched communities yesterday, as the government faced allegations it has bungled the response to a crisis made worse by its own climate policies.

A 13-year-old girl has been raped by a man and later caned by a village arbitration in Faridganj upazila of Chandpur, said police.

The government has finally decided to deport around 11,000 foreigners staying illegally in Bangladesh without valid documents.

Though he was indifferent to attending city corporation’s meetings, sacked Dhaka South City Corporation ward-9 councillor AKM Mominul Haque Sayeed rented a flat to use as his office, spending four times higher than the money allocated by the DSCC.

A suspected robber was killed and three others were injured in a “gunfight” with law enforcers in Bhatara area of the capital yesterday.

Former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation and a valiant freedom fighter Sadeque Hossain Khoka was laid to rest with state honour at Jurain Graveyard following a series of Namaz-e-Janaza yesterday.

Archaeologists said Wednesday they have made the largest-ever discovery of mammoth remains: a trove of 800 bones from at least 14 of the extinct giants found in central Mexico.