President Abdul Hamid yesterday said there is no alternative to a skilled and smart naval force that will protect maritime sovereignty as well as marine resources to ensure the full trade and investment potential of the country.

Armenians were yesterday voting in parliamentary elections triggered years ahead of schedule by reformist leader Nikol Pashinyan, who is aiming to cement his political authority in the post-Soviet country.

Lyudmila Alexeyeva, a Soviet-era dissident who became a symbol of resistance in modern-day Russia as a leading rights activist, died after a long illness at the age of 91 in Moscow on Saturday.

A factory worker was killed allegedly after compressed air was pumped into his rectum by co-workers in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj yesterday.

Cross the road, it's now or never. Or that's what residents in the German town of Friedberg may start humming when their traffic light jumps to green to reveal a hip-swivelling Elvis Presley.

An alleged drug trader was killed in a “gunfight” between two groups of drug traders at Dhalaghat village in Chattogram's Patiya upazila early yesterday.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday said a tougher stance against corruption by the young generation could prevent the menace.

When indigenous groups from around the world met in Alaska in October, they sounded the alarm on how their homelands, cultures and livelihoods were threatened by rising temperatures, loss of permafrost, higher sea levels and weather disasters.

Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday admitted that the problems in financial sector were created due to weakness in government supervision.

Ziaur Rahman left his Cox's Bazar home in September and went on a religious tour fearing he would be arrested or killed during the anti-narcotics drive of law enforcers.

The telecom regulator yesterday directed all internet service providers and International Internet Gateway (IIG) operators to block 58 news sites in the country.

Malaysian Labour rights organisations called for an urgent investigation into allegations of abusing workers from Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar against Top Glove.

China yesterday summoned the US ambassador to protest the "extremely bad" arrest of telecom giant Huawei's chief financial officer in Canada and demand that the United States drop its extradition request.

The resignation of four technocrat ministers takes effect today, over a month after they had resigned from the cabinet.

A new resolution in the US House of Representatives, placed by a Democrat congressman, has urged Bangladeshi political leaders and judicial authorities to respect the will of voters and ensure their free participation in the December 30 polls.

Belgium's notorious Africa Museum reopens on Saturday after a five-year restoration that curators hope will bury its reputation as a colonialist holdover.

China launched a rover early yesterday destined to land on the far side of the moon, a global first that would boost Beijing's ambitions to become a space superpower, state media said.

Around 20 million Yemenis are food insecure, UN agencies said yesterday, adding the conflict ravaging the impoverished country was the key driver behind rising hunger levels.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition early yesterday rammed through legislation to bring more blue-collar foreign workers into the country, in a controversial move to address chronic labour shortages.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to prevent genocide instead of just reacting to it.