United States military forces carried out an airstrike Saturday against Islamist group Al-Shabaab, killing 52 militants, according to a statement from US Africa Command.

Thousands of women marched Saturday in the US capital and across the country to convey a now-annual message opposing Donald Trump and supporting women's rights, but internal divisions appeared to steal some energy from the rallies.

A woman gave birth to a baby boy under a tree outside a health complex after she was allegedly pressured to leave the complex by a nurse on Saturday.

Police yesterday arrested three people in connection with the second gang rape in Noakhali's Kabirhat upazila, but the victim said the arrestees were her relatives and they could not have been involved with the incident in any way.

A mute and mentally challenged woman was allegedly raped by a man in Sunamganj on Thursday, while one man was arrested yesterday for allegedly raping a teenager in Faridpur early Saturday. Meanwhile in Cumilla, another teenager filed a complaint in her school on Saturday against a teacher for attempting to rape her.

An explosion killed five demining specialists in war-torn Yemen's central province of Maarib yesterday, security and medical sources said.

Bangladesh Awami Olama League yesterday demanded Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) be banned, claiming that the popular cricketing event was “producing gamblers”.

Two persons were handed one-year jail terms for producing poultry feed using leather waste treated with toxic chemicals.

UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar Yanghee Lee is now in Cox's Bazar on a three-day visit to see the Rohingya situation, amid Myanmar's refusal to grant her access to Rakhine State.

Bangladesh Coast Guard Director General Rear Admiral AMMM Aurangzeb Chowdhury has been appointed as the new chief of naval staff.

Banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was planning a Trishal-like prison van ambush to snatch the inmates accused in the Gulshan café attack case.

Six Myanmar border guard police have been wounded in an attack by Rohingya Muslim insurgents in Rakhine state, government media reports, amid fears of escalating violence in the region.

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with members of Border Guard Bangladesh and police in Teknaf yesterday.

Bangladesh Bank will file a case with a New York court by this month over the cyber heist of its reserves in which $81 million was stolen nearly three years ago.

"World's oldest man" Masazo Nonaka, who was born just two years after the Wright brothers launched humanity's first powered flight, died yesterday aged 113, Japanese media said.

Colombia Saturday demanded that Cuba hand over ELN rebels who were in Havana for peace talks, after a deadly car bombing Bogota blames on the group.

Three members of a family die after a truck collided head-on with their motorbike in Bagatipara upazila of Natore.

Jatiya Party Chairman and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament HM Ershad, who has been suffering from liver complications and low haemoglobin, is scheduled to fly to Singapore for treatment today.

Illegal sand lifters allegedly assaulted an assistant commissioner (land) and three others in Rajshahi's Bagha upazila, when they went for an inspection in Harirampur area near the Padma yesterday.

Poles will gather on Saturday in the Baltic port city of Gdansk for the funeral of murdered liberal mayor Pawel Adamowicz, whose public stabbing has raised questions about hate speech in politics in the country.