Police have arrested three people for their alleged involvement in dealing cryptocurrency, a virtual currency, from Habiganj and Laxmipur.

The government has fixed a list of foods for the students of secondary schools across the country and circulated it to all the educational institutes concerned to ensure proper physical and mental development of the young learners.

A Rohingya man was shot dead allegedly by a group of unidentified criminals while trying to save his younger brother from being kidnapped in Teknaf early yesterday.

The deaths of three ethnic Rakhine men in Myanmar military custody and the secret cremation of their bodies has provoked outrage, as fears over military impunity increase in the intensifying conflict with Rakhine rebels.

Around 70 acres of agricultural land of some 20 Rakhine people have allegedly been grabbed by a private company for setting up a coal-fired power plant in Barguna’s Taltali upazila.

The second largest Emperor penguin colony on Earth has suffered a “catastrophic” breeding failure after nearly all chicks born over three years died as their icy Antarctic habitat shrinks, researchers said yesterday.

The Asia News Network, an alliance of 23 leading English-language newspapers, held its annual board meeting in Seoul yesterday.

A farmer was shot dead yesterday allegedly by a union parishad chairman during an altercation over a piece of land in Sherpur’s Nalitabari.

The Indian state of Kerala is offering free flats to homeless people, an ambitious model that activists say other states must follow as a nationwide “Housing for All” plan falls short.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday the US is sending armed soldiers to the southern border after Mexican soldiers recently “pulled guns” on US troops, escalating his war of words with Mexico on immigration.

Sri Lankan authorities yesterday locked down the central bank and shut the road leading to the jittery capital’s airport because of a bomb scare as more people were swept up in the search for those behind Easter Sunday bombings.

Birdwatchers across Bangladesh already have an abundance of bird species to watch, photograph and marvel at. However, every now and then, one will get lucky enough to find a new addition to our already blossoming flora and fauna.

Two housewives and a third grader were allegedly raped in Patuakhali, Mymensingh and Panchagarh on Wednesday.

Intensive US-led coalition bombardment on the Syrian city of Raqa killed more than 1,600 civilians over four months in 2017, according to a report released yesterday.

People unable to communicate due to injury or brain damage may one day speak again, after scientists on Wednesday unveiled a revolutionary implant that decodes words directly from a person’s thoughts.

Detectives yesterday submitted two charge sheets against Suprobhat Paribahan owner and three of its staffers in a case filed over the killing of university student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury in a road accident last month.

She was on track to be an engineer and make her family’s dream come true. But her life was cut short by a road crash yesterday.

From a young age, he believed in helping people in whatever way he could. Whether it was staging protests for the causes he believed in, saving lives of people trapped in building collapses, or rescuing stray animals in distress, he believed in acting upon his beliefs.

Jurain resident Mizanur Rahman, who came under the spotlight following a unique protest against murky Wasa water on Tuesday, alleged that Wasa officials misbehaved with his family members when they went to his residence to collect water samples yesterday.

Dhaka ranked second worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) yesterday.