Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said a government may be formed with representatives from the political parties having representation in parliament ahead of the next general election.

The UN Human Rights Council has adopted the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) outcomes of Bangladesh, with recommendations including taking steps to ensure freedom of press and freedom of opinion and expression, protecting journalists and human rights defenders, and probing alleged rights violations by law enforcement agencies.

Police arrested four activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Thursday in connection with an attack on the motorcade of Awami League leader Syed Abu Yusuf Abdullah Tuhin.

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas tore into the Trump administration Thursday, refusing to accept the United States as the sole mediator in the Middle East conflict, a day after Donald Trump promised a "very fair" peace plan.

A gang is cutting down trees illegally from a Village Common Forest (VCF) in remote Diri Mro Para in Bandarban's Alikadam.

A Shillong court yesterday again deferred the verdict delivery in a case filed against BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed for illegally entering Indian territory.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Myanmar's government to take concrete steps to investigate human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims and hold accountable members of its security forces and others for any involvement in those actions, a State Department official said yesterday.

A couple of nurses and a cleaning staff member (aya) of Debidwer Upazila Health Complex were venturing something they were not supposed to do without the presence of a doctor.

Costume jewellery makers in Jhenidah meet a significant demand of affordable fashion pieces. The factories employ thousands of artisans.

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with Rab in Rajshahi early yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received two international awards -- the IPS International Achievement Award and the 2018 Special Distinction Award for Leadership -- for her humanitarian and responsible policy in hosting the Rohingyas and for her far-sighted leadership over the Rohingya issue.

Ryanair cancelled scores of European flights yesterday as unions staged what they warned could be the biggest strike in the airline's history.

British former foreign secretary Boris Johnson yesterday unveiled his vision for Brexit, urging Prime Minister Theresa May to "chuck" her so-called Chequers plan for a "Super Canada" trade deal.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said yesterday they had killed four militants who had slipped across the border from Pakistan to try to carry out an attack.

Heads of state and different international agencies hoped that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would form the government again winning the next general election for the continuity of development and democracy.

After decriminalizing consensual gay sex between two adults, the Indian Supreme Court rules that adultery is not a crime, scrapping an "archaic" law saying the "husband is not the master of the wife."

Two navy officials were killed and six others injured in an explosion in a navy ship at the outer anchorage of Chattogram port yesterday during a test fire in the Bay of Bengal.

The Padma has devoured most of the areas of 19 villages in Rajbari's Goalanda in the last two months.

Armed assailants attacked an acting editor of a local daily in Rajshahi city yesterday, allegedly for uncovering illegal gambling activities.

An Apple-1, a rare model of the first computer produced by the now-iconic tech firm, fetched $375,000 in an auction this week, according to Boston-based RR Auction.