The telecom regulator has started its initial preparations for awarding licences to carriers for 5G mobile data service in 2020, said Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) yesterday.

China is on the cusp of fielding some of the world's most advanced weapons systems -- and in some cases already has surpassed its rivals, a Pentagon assessment released Tuesday found.

Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro rolled back restrictive gun ownership laws on Tuesday to make it easier for "good" citizens to use firearms against criminals, despite fears it could aggravate already staggering levels of deadly violence in his country.

At least 26 people were killed after cattle thieves raided several villages in Nigeria's northern Sokoto state, police said Tuesday.

A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in Sreepur area of Sunamganj's Tahirpur upazila Tuesday evening.

The Human Rights Forum Bangladesh (HRFB), a platform of 20 rights and development organisations, yesterday called for the cancellation of the National Human Rights Commission report that failed to find a correlation between the Subarnachar rape incident and the December 30 polls.

A gang consisting of clearing and forwarding (C&F) agents and importers had at least 4,000 consignments released from the Chattogram port through forgery over the last two years.

An alleged criminal was killed in a “gunfight” between police and his accomplices in Karar Beel area of Narail Sadar upazila early yesterday.

At least 20 people are feared dead after a boat sank in the Meghna river early yesterday.At least 20 people are feared dead after a sand-laden boat sank in the Meghna river early Tuesday.

At least 1,300 Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh from India since the start of the year, an official said yesterday, as fears of deportation to Myanmar spark an exodus.

Bangladesh and the United States will hold a crucial political consultation in Washington DC next week.

Myanmar postpones a planned visit by the UN refugee chief to Rakhine state following renewed fighting between security forces and insurgents, a spokesman says.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday rejected the claims about “ghost” cases and said they had been filed on specific charges, despite the presence of police cases against dead people or for incidents that did not take place.

At least five people were killed and four others critically injured as a microbus hit a roadside tree after the driver lost control in Brahmanbaria's Bijoynagar upazila yesterday.

Salman F Rahman, vice-chairman of Beximco Group, has been appointed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's adviser on private industry and investment.

Huawei's reclusive founder Ren Zhengfei stepped out of the shadows yesterday to give a rare media interview, forcefully denying accusations that his firm engaged in espionage on behalf of the Chinese government.

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology yesterday formed a three-member probe committee to investigate the death of its student Taifur Rahman Pratik.

Ferdousi Akter's family struggled to survive after a crumbling riverbank forced them to abandon their home and move to a new part of the island where they live, off the Bangladesh coast.

A Bangladeshi was shot dead by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the Bhujaripara border in Dimla upazila early yesterday.

A student of class-X was hacked allegedly by a stalker in Jhautala area of Kalkini upazila in Madaripur.