China's state-run news agency, Xinhua, on Friday unveiled its newest news anchor, Xin Xiaomeng. Why is this newsworthy? Well, because Xin isn't a real person, but an ultra-realistic computer generated model powered by advanced AI technology.

Two workers were killed and seven others injured in two separate incidents of landslide in Habiganj and Moulvibazar in the last two days.

A Rohingya man was shot dead and another suffered bullet injuries when a gang of criminals opened fire in two separate incidents at Teknaf's Nayapara Shalban and Mochoni Nayapara Rohingya camps on Friday night.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will launch the boring for Karnaphuli tunnel and construction of the country's longest elevated expressway in the port city's Potenga today.

At least two persons were shot dead and 10 others bullet-hit in a clash over land dispute in Bilahachura area under Pekua upazila yesterday.

The cyber unit of Bogura police has arrested two students from Chandpur and Gopalganj since Thursday on charges of hacking more than 20 websites.

US President Donald Trump voiced alarm at the "very dangerous situation" between India and Pakistan, warning that New Delhi was considering "very strong" action after an attack in Kashmir.

A murder suspect, an alleged robber and four alleged drug peddlers were killed in separate “gunfights” with law enforcers and BGB men in five districts yesterday.

China and Australia yesterday denied reports Australian coal was being blocked from entering the Asian country, with Canberra seeking to quell fears that worsening diplomatic tensions are damaging the nations' crucial trading relationship.

Japan's All Nippon Airways said yesterday it was forced to delay a domestic flight earlier this week after a co-pilot failed an alcohol breath test despite new rules.

Prime Minister Theresa May will meet EU leader Donald Tusk on Sunday ahead of a summit with Arab leaders, officials said, but should not expect a Brexit breakthrough.

At least 41 Indian tea plantation workers have died from drinking toxic bootleg liquor after receiving their weekly wages, and 20 are critically ill in hospital, a government minister said yesterday.

A pall of gloom has descended on many villages of Noakhali as 13 of the 67 victims in Chawkbazar fire already identified hailed from the district.

The Pakistani government has authorised its military to "respond decisively and comprehensively to any aggression or misadventure" by neighbouring India, as tensions soar between the nuclear-armed rivals.

A woman was killed and at least seven others were injured when a tree fell on them near Bangladesh Shishu Academy last night.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is barring a US-born former Islamic State propagandist from returning home, making the highly unusual case that she is not a US citizen.

Bangladesh Coast Guard yesterday detained 11 Rohingya men with 100,000 yaba pills from a fishing trawler on the Bay of Bengal in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar.

At least 59 "bandits" were killed by a civilian defence force when they attacked a village in northwest Nigeria, security officials and locals told AFP yesterday.

A group of Rohingyas in Ukhia's Kutupalong refugee camp attacked six people, including three German journalists, and snatched valuables from them yesterday.

Emboldened by its success in the Kashmir suicide bombing, Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) plans to carry out another guerrilla attack of a much bigger magnitude, intelligence intercepts of conversations on February 16-17 between JeM leadership in Pakistan and its terrorists in Kashmir have revealed.