At least 10 passengers went missing as an engine boat capsized in the Turag river at Rastompur in Savar yesterday evening.

Cash-strapped Zimbabwe will cut public sector jobs to help stem ballooning expenditure, the country's finance minister said Friday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underwent a new round of questioning on Friday over one of several graft cases that have threatened to topple him, Israeli media reported.

The central government of India yesterday denied reports of implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state of Tripura and termed them "absolutely incorrect and mischievous."

Muslims prayed facing out to the sea Friday and by crumbling mosques in an Indonesian region pummelled by a quake-tsunami, putting their faith in God to help on the road to recovery.

A man was shot dead and 10 others, three of them bullet-hit, were injured as two groups of ruling Awami League clashed over establishing supremacy in Faridpur's Boalmari upazila yesterday morning.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be shifted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for treatment shortly, Senior Jail Superintendent of Dhaka Central Jail Iqbal Kabir said yesterday.

The UN yesterday voiced alarm over India's deportation of seven Rohingya men to Myanmar despite warnings they could face persecution in a country where the military is accused of genocide against the Muslim minority.

Detectives arrested three alleged fraudsters, including a tax official, in the capital early yesterday on charge of selling fake question papers of a medical college admission test.

Ferry services across the Padma continue to be disrupted due to strong currents and poor navigability, affecting both travellers and businesses.

Around 250 political leaders from Awami League, BNP and Jatiya Party of Chattogram division yesterday came on a single platform and pledged nonviolent and peaceful elections.

Bangladesh and 20 other countries of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) have decided to collaborate with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to create the region's first and most comprehensive map and database to be used for tapping the sizable renewable energy potential in the area.

The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection has fined Biman Bangladesh Airlines Tk 60,000 for taking exempted travel tax from four people who went to Saudi Arabia from Sylhet to perform Umrah this year.

Angry students halted vehicular movement on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Narayanganj for around five hours after a bus hit a schoolgirl in Kanchpur area, leaving her injured.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that asked the prison authorities to give first-class division facilities in jail to acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam.

They had seized 235 gold bars from an abandoned car in the city's Rampura area over four and a half years ago, but they deposited only 70 with police and swiped the rest.

With the next general election just months away, the Election Commission has decided to create around 2,000 new posts, including 517 assistant upazila election officers, to strengthen its activities.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday he hopes for the "swift" formation of an "inclusive" Iraqi government following the election of the country's president.

The United States yesterday hinted that it might withdraw from a landmark Cold War nuclear arms reduction treaty if Russia does not stop "violating" the accord.

Denmark said yesterday it would not take in any refugees under the UN's quota system in 2018, focusing instead on integrating those recently arrived in the country.