Rakibul Hasan Rifat Farazi, the key accused in the Rifat Sharif murder case, filed a petition with a court local court yesterday seeking withdrawal of his confessional statement.

Chile pulled out of hosting two major international summits on Wednesday as it struggled to restore order after more than ten days of civil unrest that left at least 23 dead.

A man was sent to jail yesterday on charges of bludgeoning two college students with a hammer in Natore’s Naldanga on Wednesday night.

Beijing yesterday slammed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for a speech it said had “viciously attacked” China.

Police yesterday rescued a two-year-old shackled to an iron pillar from the town’s launch terminal area.

The Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, which began on October 19 with eight teams vying for the title, came to a close at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.

Congress formally opened a new, public phase of its corruption investigation into Donald Trump yesterday as US lawmakers voted for the first time to advance the impeachment process targeting the US president.

A new rule being mulled in China to allow schoolchildren to go to bed by 10:00pm, even if they haven’t finished their homework, has prompted heated debate about the country’s education system.

India’s Muslim-majority region of Kashmir was formally divided yesterday, almost three months after losing its autonomy in a move that triggered violence and stoked tensions with arch-rival Pakistan.

Rabeya Khatun, an 86-year-old woman from Manikganj who had been visiting the Dhaka judge court premises for justice for last 17 years, has finally been acquitted in an arms case filed in 2002.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday locked horns with his rivals in a fiery debate, setting the tone for an unpredictable early general election aimed at breaking Britain’s protracted Brexit deadlock.

A Chattogram court yesterday sentenced BNP Vice-chairman Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury to three years’ imprisonment in a case filed over issuing death threat to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and making derogatory comments about her.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver its verdict today on whether ATM Azharul Islam, a Jamaat-e-Islami leader, would be acquitted of charges related to war crimes.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said financial incentives in the leather sector would continue for at least the next five years to achieve the target of export earnings from the leather goods and footwear industry.

A parliamentary watchdog yesterday raised questions over the commerce ministry’s delay in importing onions to face the ongoing crisis, while another minister separately admitted the government’s “failure” in this regard.

Mobile phone users will soon be able to call 999 or any other emergency numbers without a mobile SIM card or internet access during natural disasters. Any live mobile network can be used to make the call.

Assistant Proctor of Jahangirnagar University Mohibur Rouf Shaibal, along with some students, yesterday allegedly assaulted two of the protesters demanding removal of the vice-chancellor.

Eight men were arrested over rape incidents across the country yesterday.

Around 144 passengers of Air Asia had to suffer an around 24-hour delay due to a technical glitch yesterday, sources at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport said.

The armies of Syria and Turkey traded deadly fire Tuesday for the first time since Ankara launched an anti-Kurdish offensive in early October, as Russia announced Kurdish forces had withdrawn from the key border area.