Migration overseas for jobs has declined by around 27 percent this year from the scenario last year, according to a research.

In August the government relaxed until December 31 the requirement of experience for getting licences to drive medium and heavy

The Awami League yesterday briefed foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka on the latest political issues including the election and law and order situation of the country.

A volcano-triggered tsunami leaves at least 222 people dead and hundreds more injured after slamming without warning into beaches around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, officials says, voicing fears that the toll would rise further.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia files separate petitions with the Supreme Court, seeking stay on the High Court order that rejected her three writ petitions challenging the Election Commission's decision to uphold cancellation of her nomination papers by the returning officers.

Spain's prime minister, whose minority government has struggled to pass a budget since taking office in June, said in an interview published yesterday that he intends to stay in power until the current parliamentary term ends in 2020.

A SpaceX rocket carrying a US military navigation satellite blasted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral yesterday, marking the space transportation company's first national security space mission for the United States.

The death toll from a double car-bomb attack near the presidential palace in Somalia rose to 20 yesterday, police said.

Abdul Latif Siddiqui, independent candidate in Tangail-4, has quit the race.

French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday criticised US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw American forces from Syria, saying "an ally must be reliable".

Schools in southern China are using chip-powered "smart" school uniforms to track their students in a bid to tackle truancy and boost attendance, according to state media.

Iran executed a trader known as the "Sultan of Bitumen" yesterday over charges of fraud and large-scale smuggling of the oil product, the judiciary's news agency Mizan online reported.

Ottawa and Washington on Friday stepped up pressure on Beijing, calling for the immediate release of two Canadians detained in apparent retaliation for the arrest in Vancouver of a top Chinese tech executive on a US warrant.

A construction worker was killed and another severely injured after a crane fell on them in Rooppur nuclear power plant project area of Pabna's Ishwardi on Friday evening.

A police OC in Satkhira has been withdrawn for allegedly seeking vote for the Awami League's electoral symbol “Boat”.Although the role of mass media is very crucial in national elections, the mainstream media in Bangladesh are failing to play their part, speakers said at a seminar yesterday.

At least 21 people, including a former union parishad chairman, were sued over the arson attack on a Hindu family in Takhurgaon Sadar on Friday.

An air of chaos enveloped Washington yesterday as the US government kicked off the holidays by partially shutting down, following the failure of leaders to pass a federal spending bill as negotiations stalled over Donald Trump's demand for money to build a US-Mexico border wall.

BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan yesterday said the Jamaat-e-Islami has no candidate for the December 30 polls.

Speakers at a seminar yesterday called for a combined research initiative on the life of social reformer Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah.

The officer-in-charge of Kolaroa Police Station in Satkhira, who allegedly violated electoral code of conduct by seeking vote for Awami League, is withdrawn and attached to district police lines.