Several thousand workers of nine state-run jute mills took to the streets in Khulna and Jashore yesterday, demanding payment of arrears, removal of corrupt officials from the mills and implementation of an already proposed wage commission.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue yesterday urged government to discontinue the Speedy Supply of Power and Energy Act immediately as the country progressed a lot in meeting energy needs in recent years.

Imprisoned BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday once again refused to be treated at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.

The Dalits and indigenous communities of the plain lands in Bangladesh face widespread socio-economic discrimination because of their identities, says a study conducted by Transparency International Bangladesh.

The third day of the second Test, after the first two days were washed out, was like a rerun of the first innings of the first Test in Hamilton as despite a solid start from the openers, Bangladesh folded for a small total of 211 within the first two sessions against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wellington yesterday.

The Dhaka University authorities seized more than 100 cricket stumps and bats from a small shop on the campus premises near the TSC last night.

Turkey's deal to buy Russian S-400 missile defence systems had "nothing to do" with the security of the US, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday after a Pentagon warning.

Former South African president Jacob Zuma used the country's intelligence services for his own political and personal interests, most notably against his successor, Cyril Ramaphosa, a government report charges.

Tunisia's health minister has resigned after the sudden deaths of 11 newborn babies at a state maternity hospital sparked an outcry in the country, the government said.

Floods caused by incessant downpours have left 23 people dead across Malawi, the country's Homeland Security Ministry said on Friday.

Justin Trudeau rose to power in Canada as a champion of feminism and indigenous rights, quickly earning him golden boy status at home and abroad as a progressive leader.

A Chicago grand jury on Friday indicted American actor Jussie Smollett on 16 felony counts after allegedly lying to police about being the victim of a racist, homophobic hate crime.

At least three people were killed and three others severely injured in an accident at Murail Bazar in Adamdighi upazila yesterday.

A six-year-old girl has allegedly been raped in Dalalbazar area of Laxmipur's Sadar upazila.

The World Bank has approved a $165 million grant to help Bangladesh provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience for the Rohingyas who fled violence in Myanmar and took shelter in Teknaf and Ukhia upazilas in Cox's Bazar.

In a divided America where politics seems increasingly to get people's goat, a small town in Vermont has taken the concept to heart -- this week electing one as mayor.

A suspected robber has been killed in a “gunfight” with police near Agriculture College in Khulna city.

With bandage all over his legs, the only survivor Shahjalal has been going through a traumatic situation at a city hospital after losing six of his family members in a boat capsize in the Buriganga river on Thursday.

The BNP has claimed that its allegation of “vote robbery” in the December 30 national election has now been proved to be true with the CEC's comment that the use of EVMs can prevent stuffing of ballot boxes the night before an election.

The British government drew fresh criticism yesterday over its decision to revoke citizenship from a London teenager who joined the Islamic State group in Syria, after her baby died in a refugee camp.