Three people including a young woman were killed in separate road crashes in the capital yesterday.

Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, ended yesterday with the immersion of idols of Goddess Durga across the country.

They are archrivals but there is one thing in common for both the camps.

A new committee of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh is announced relieving its President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, Secretary General Maj (retd) Abdul Mannan and Joint Secretary General Mahi B Chowdhury from their posts.

Six Rohingyas were killed early yesterday after a blaze tore through an overcrowded camp for the persecuted minority in Myanmar's Rakhine state, the local fire service said.

The Bangladesh government has embarked upon an intensive and intrusive surveillance and monitoring of social media ahead of the national election, raising concern over a chilling effect on speech, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.

Turkey yesterday widened the investigation into the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after his visit to the Saudi consulate, searching a forest in the city.

Venezuela on Thursday ordered Ecuador's top diplomat in Caracas to leave the country, hours after Quito expelled Venezuela's ambassador over "offensive" comments about its president.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will host a summit on the Syria conflict with the leaders of Russia, Germany and France on October 27 in Istanbul, his spokesman said yesterday.

Peru's president called on Spain Thursday to arrest a sacked Supreme Court judge who fled the South American country while facing trial over a massive influence peddling scandal that forced the resignation of the interior minister.

Taiwan said yesterday it would continue to push for a papal visit to the island after the Vatican turned down its most recent invitation.

Malaysia has planned policies to promote automation in its industries and impose higher levies to reduce its dependence on low-skilled foreign workers.

A man was killed in a “gunfight” between two groups of criminals in Bablatola Sangkarpur area of Jashore town early yesterday.

The UN Security Council is scheduled to hear a briefing next week from the head of a UN fact-finding mission that has accused Myanmar's military of atrocities against Muslim Rohingya, diplomats said Thursday.

Scientists have discovered a primitive "supercluster" of galaxies forming in the early universe, just 2.3 billion years after the Big Bang.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police has given main opposition Jatiya Party permission to hold a public meeting at the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan this morning.

The red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) has made a triumphant return to its old home in Lawachhara forest in Kamalganj Upazila of Moulvibazar.

The European Union wants a free, fair and inclusive election in the country scheduled to be held at the end of this year.

One of the Saudi suspects in the “murder” of Jamal Khashoggi has reportedly died in a mysterious accident.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has said his country is keen to be Bangladesh's development partner by investing in different sectors.