A Sri Lankan MP who called for the return of the outlawed Tamil Tiger rebel group because she said they were better at enforcing law and order than the police was arrested yesterday.

The number of Afghans killed or wounded in suicide attacks soared 46 percent in the first nine months of 2018, the United Nations said Sunday, as militants increasingly target civilians.

Dutch police were on Sunday seeking the owners of a small lion cub found abandoned in a cage in a field outside the central city of Utrecht, police and news reports said.

Embattled leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday vowed to increase transparency over her government's handling of the Rohingya crisis while pitching for foreign investment in Myanmar ahead of a regional summit in Tokyo.

Three people including two students of Jagannath University (JnU) were detained at Jahangirnagar University for their alleged attempt to leak questions during C Unit admission test yesterday.

China said yesterday it was investigating former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei for bribery and other violations, days after French authorities said the Chinese official had been reported missing by his wife after travelling to his home country.

Avoiding global climate chaos will require a major transformation of society and the world economy that is "unprecedented in scale," the UN said yesterday in a landmark report that warns time is running out to avert disaster.

For Bangladeshis, there is nothing to fear about Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC), Indian Minister of State for External Affairs General Vijay Kumar Singh (Rtd) said yesterday.

A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League was beaten to death by miscreants in Sarshadi Dighi area of Feni yesterday after being abducting from the district.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sharply criticised the physicians who are not available in their workplaces at the upazila level, saying that negligence towards patients is unacceptable.

The High Court yesterday again acquitted Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya in a corruption case in which he had been sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment.

US economists William Nordhaus and Paul Romer yesterday shared the 2018 Nobel Economics Prize for constructing "green growth" models that show how innovation and climate policies can be integrated with economic growth.

In a rapidly growing world of internet users, Bangladesh has been ranked fifth largest internet using country in Asia.

Family members of freedom fighters continue to demonstrate in Dhaka's Shahbagh intersection for the fifth consecutive day demanding the reinstatement of 30 percent quota in class-I and class-II government jobs for them.

The medical board, formed to examine BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, did not make any changes to her medication after going through her medical documents yesterday, said the authorities of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).

The government will give seed and chemical fertiliser worth nearly Tk 80 crore free to the country's small and marginal farmers under an agricultural incentive programme.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain in a week why noted photographer Shahidul Alam should not be granted bail in a case filed against him under section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act.

A passenger train hit and killed three young elephants in eastern Sri Lanka, officials said yesterday, weeks after two calves and their pregnant mother were fatally struck in the same region.

Prisoners disarmed guards and seized control of part of a detention centre in South Sudan's capital Juba early yesterday, the state security service said, and a detainee said the inmates taking the action were political prisoners seeking freedom.

India's Election Commission yesterday sought to dispel apprehensions among opposition parties about Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) saying they are “absolutely tamper-proof”.