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 European Union is considering trade sanctions on Myanmar over the Rohingya crisis, potentially stripping the country of tariff-free access to the world's largest trading bloc, three EU officials said.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will be investigating the case filed against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on the charge of misuse of power and corruption.

US scientists Frances Arnold and George Smith and British researcher Gregory Winter yesterday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for applying the principles of evolution to develop enzymes used to make everything from biofuels to medicine.

Donald Trump on Tuesday openly mocked a university professor who has accused his Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault, joking about her inability to remember details surrounding the night of the alleged attack.

A small boat carrying migrants has capsized off Guinea-Bissau, a port official said, adding that the vessel may have had more than 60 people on board when it set off.

Armenia faced a fresh crisis yesterday as reformist Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan fired six ministers after lawmakers blocked his demand for snap parliamentary elections.

Veteran Iraqi politician and now prime minister designate Adel Abdel Mahdi yesterday began the tough task of forming the next government, seeking to overcome sharp differences and unite fractious political parties.

Foresters yesterday seized a truck loaded with 150 Sal trees in Karatia area of Tangail and arrested seven in this connection.

The New York state tax department has said it is investigating reports that President Donald Trump helped his parents dodge millions of dollars in taxes and received far more money from his father's real estate empire than he has claimed in the past.

Around 10:00am on Saturday, five boys were going to their school in a village of Thakurgaon sadar upazila.

At least 30 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League were injured as two groups of BCL men clashed at Jahangirnagar University over a trifle in the small hours of yesterday.

Seven top BNP leaders, including its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, yesterday secured anticipatory bail from the High Court in a criminal case filed for allegedly “provoking people against the state”.

A gangster who made a Hollywood-esque helicopter jailbreak has been arrested in northern France after three months on the run, sources close to the inquiry said early yesterday.

Two workers were killed and 20 others injured in a blast at a fan factory in Tongi yesterday.

Three scientists yesterday won the Nobel Physics Prize, including the first woman in 55 years, for inventing optical lasers that have paved the way for advanced precision instruments used in corrective eye surgery, the jury said.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday called upon the pro-liberation political parties to forge unity against the communal forces.