Pakistan scraped to a three-wicket victory over Afghanistan in a topsy-turvy encounter of the World Cup at the in Headingley yesterday.

Large numbers of police, many in riot gear, were posted outside a luxury Geneva hotel yesterday where Cameroon’s president is staying, as protestors against his leadership began gathering nearby.

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday blasted ideas of freedom of sexuality and gender identity, saying they are being forced on an unwilling majority, leading to political changes like the election of Donald Trump.

A group of unidentified criminals beat up a teenage driver of a battery-run auto-rickshaw and snatched his vehicle in Satkhira’s Patkelghata upazila on Friday afternoon.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday hinted that BNP leaders deposited money in Swiss banks, which was collected through nomination business ahead of the December 30 national election.

A top Sudanese general yesterday warned he will not tolerate any vandalism at a planned mass protest, but insisted the ruling generals would hand power to a civilian administration.

An open-source investigation has found that a top Russian military intelligence officer coordinated last year’s Salisbury chemical attack from a London hideout using his phone and a few messaging apps.

Canada is facing mounting pressure from senators, and members of the civil society and rights groups from across the country to take more international action in holding Myanmar accountable for the Rohingya genocide, reports The Canadian Press.

A mystery foreign buyer has snapped up a painting by Italian master Caravaggio that was discovered five years ago in a French attic before it could be sold at auction, the auction house said.

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping struck a trade war truce yesterday, as Washington vowed to hold off on further tariffs and declared trade negotiations with China “back on track.”

Police yesterday arrested three members of a family on charges of abducting and slaughtering a 32-month-old boy in Dinajpur’s Birampur upazila.

Warning against adulteration and fraudulence, President Abdul Hamid yesterday said businessmen involved in such practices would be punished.

Leader of a local gang was killed in what police said was a gunfight between two gangs in Meherpur’s Gangni upazila yesterday.

Two Canadian naval vessels were “buzzed” by Chinese fighter jets when they sailed through the East China Sea this week, the Canadian military said Thursday.

A ninth grader girl was allegedly raped by a 40-year-old man in Jashore’s Keshabpur upazila on Thursday evening.

A man accused of sexually assaulting his neighbour stabbed a police inspector in Pirojpur yesterday.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have been urged to reach a trade deal or risk setting the global economy on a downward path as world leaders gathered in Japan for the G20 summit.

Five people, including three of a family, were killed in lightning strikes in Satkhira yesterday.

At least 41 students of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University in Dinajpur were injured in a clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League on Thursday.

The world’s second-most populous country is running out of water.