Students of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU) continued their protest for the fifth consecutive day yesterday demanding resignation of the vice chancellor for his alleged involvement in corruption and irregularities.

Banks have rescheduled a record Tk 15,469 crore loans in the second quarter apparently to show on paper non-performing loans have reduced.

Following arrests of some leaders of ruling party affiliated bodies in drives against illegal casinos and businesses, the BNP yesterday demanded “resignation of the government”.

Two Pakistani parliamentarians and human rights campaigners were released on bail in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after four months in detention, their lawyer said on Saturday.

Thousands of activists fanned out across beaches and rivers throughout Asia yesterday, picking up rubbish and drawing attention to the amount of trash that is dumped worldwide, a day after millions marched to urge world leaders to act on climate change.

Lorena made landfall Friday as a Category 1 hurricane, lashing the turquoise waters of popular beach destination Los Cabos on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula.

President Donald Trump said Friday that only a “complete” deal with China on trade will be acceptable and his tough approach won support from visiting Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Facebook on Friday said it suspended “tens of thousands” of apps on its platform as a result of a privacy practices review launched following a scandal involving Cambridge Analytica.

Three dengue patients died outside Dhaka on Friday amid a decreasing trend of new patients’ admission to hospitals.

Rapid Action Battalion last night seized gambling equipment and sharp weapons during simultaneous raids at three clubs in the port city.

The United States has announced that it was sending military reinforcements to the Gulf region following attacks on Saudi oil facilities that it attributes to Iran, just hours after President Donald Trump ordered new sanctions on Tehran.

The European Parliament has called on the UN Security Council to impose a comprehensive arms embargo on Myanmar and to adopt targeted sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations against the Rohingyas.

If you leave the tap running as you brush your teeth in the morning, you probably waste more than half of the water a peacekeeper in Mali’s Kidal gets to use in a day.

Crowds of children skipped school yesterday to join a global strike against climate change, heeding the rallying cry of teen activist Greta Thunberg and demanding adults act to stop environmental disaster.

Don’t expect any awkward silences when President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison sit down to a rare state dinner at the White House yesterday.

In a dusty Kabul suburb, hundreds of workers check and recheck biometric fingerprint readers -- part of a massive effort to ensure Afghanistan’s upcoming presidential election is not tainted by fraud allegations that have marred previous polls.

The Maldives has imposed a year-long ban on recruiting Bangladeshi workers as it says the quota for Bangladeshi workers was already reached.

At least 1,500 foreign nationals have been forced to flee their homes in South Africa amid a surge in deadly xenophobic violence in the country, the United Nations said Friday.

International Monetary Fund has said Bangladesh is considered especially vulnerable to climate change with one-third of its population at risk of displacement because of rising sea levels.

Like a scene from an epic film, thousands of workers swarm over the building sites of Samjiyon, a monumental construction project in the far reaches of North Korea ordered by leader Kim Jong Un.