Police yesterday recovered the bullet-hit body of a youth from Leda village in Teknaf of Cox's Bazar.

A Medical board formed to provide necessary treatment to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University yesterday described her condition stable.

Deepening climate change will swell Central American migration to the United States, the region's environment ministers and experts warned Tuesday as a caravan of mostly Honduran migrants trekked towards the US border in defiance of President Donald Trump.

US President Donald Trump launched a fresh assault Tuesday against Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, saying he threatened economic growth and seemed to enjoy raising interest rates.

More than 20 people, mainly Russian football fans, were injured Tuesday when an escalator in a metro station in central Rome collapsed, firefighters said.

Malaysia's former leader Najib Razak and two of his allies will face corruption charges today, as authorities target a growing list of figures linked to the scandal-plagued old regime.

Sri Lankan police on Tuesday won permission from a court to ask Chinese phone manufacturer Huawei to help recover data from a phone used by a police informant who has alleged a plot to kill President Maithripala Sirisena.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the neighbouring countries to come forward to curb various maritime crimes as it was not possible for a country to do so.

Test flights of a driverless hover-taxi will take place in Singapore next year, a German aviation firm said, the latest innovation to offer an escape from Asia's monster traffic jams.

With only three days left for the ban on fishing hilsa to end, fishermen in the district are yet to get rice as assistance from the government.

Customers are yet to reap the benefit of the record fall in the price of lentil in the wholesale hub of Khatunganj in Chattogram as retailers are yet to set their prices to reflect the decreased costs.

A video showing on-duty policemen harassing a young woman at a checkpoint in the capital has triggered outrage on social media.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith will retire after his current term and will not run in the upcoming election.

Parliament last night unanimously adopted a thanksgiving motion greeting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for brightening Bangladesh's image globally by winning two international awards, in a four-and-a-half hour long discussion.

Bangla daily Prothom Alo in a statement said yesterday that a rumour was being spread on social media that the paper conducted a survey on barrister Mainul Hosein's objectionable comment about female journalist Masuda Bhatti.

Australia yesterday slapped travel and financial sanctions on five top Myanmar military officers, accused of overseeing brutal violence against Rohingya Muslims by units under their command, following similar moves by the European Union and United States.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent barrister Mainul Hosein to jail after rejecting his bail petition in a defamation case filed for slandering female journalist Masuda Bhatti on a television programme.

The Dhaka University authorities yesterday decided to retake tests of around 18,500 students who cleared the “Gha” unit admission tests, citing they found proof that the questions were leaked.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for the trial in Istanbul of the Saudi suspects in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a crime that he said was intricately planned days in advance.

An imam of a mosque has been arrested for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl and capturing the incident on camera in Habiganj.