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.

A case has been filed against Sunamganj's Bishwambarpur upazila Chairman Harun Ur Rashid over allegedly raping a woman in his office.

While family members say they remained traceless after being picked up by plainclothes men two weeks back, police claim they were arrested while holding a secret meeting on Wednesday night to plan destructive activities ahead of the next general election.

Bangladesh Hindu Bouddha Christian Oikya Parishad holds its grand rally today at the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan to press home its five-point demand ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections.

A centuries-old Mahogany tree, bearing ancient stories of the now abandoned Balihar Zamindar Kachari Bari of Bogura's Shahjahanpur upazila, remains a palace of sorts to the widely beloved Alexandrine parakeet, or Chandana tia in Bangla.

The Chairman of the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Ed Royce yesterday said he believed that a realistic accounting of the deliberate campaign of murder, intimidation and displacement against the Rohingya clearly met the legal standard for genocide.

Pope Francis yesterday called for all Chinese Catholics to reconcile, while admitting that a historic deal with Beijing on nominating bishops may have caused "confusion".

Facebook, Google and other tech firms have agreed a code of conduct to do more to tackle the spread of fake news, due to concerns it can influence elections, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

At least two people were killed, and four others injured, as a truck laden with iron parts went out of control and fell into a water body under Fatki bridge in Shahjahanpur upazila last night.

The ruling Awami League leaders are threatening opposition men to stop them from joining their rally, the BNP alleged yesterday.

Russia's parliament yesterday unanimously approved President Vladimir Putin's amendments to a deeply unpopular pension reform plan that has led to a rare outburst of public anger in the country.

Donald Trump, whose political ascent has been full of firsts, on Tuesday achieved another rare feat -- bringing laughter to the solemn UN General Assembly.

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Mirkadim in Sadar upazila early yesterday.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday quizzed six people, including former managing director of Farmers Bank SK M Shamim, for around six hours in connection with an ongoing enquiry into “suspicious transaction of Tk 4 crore in a bank”.

With no nose landing gear and a crash on the cards, the cockpit crew of a US-Bangla domestic flight to Cox's Bazar kept their cool and landed their Boeing 737 with 171 lives on board in Chattogram yesterday.

The Digital Security Bill 2018 might be considered useful for the government in the short term, but it could boomerang on the government in the long run, Transparency International Bangladesh said yesterday.

As the ambulance stopped in front of the Department of Islamic Studies of Rajshahi University in the morning, a few students rushed towards it.

The sight of cyclists hurtling along while glued to their smartphones is a common one in the bike-mad Netherlands, but it will soon be illegal.

At least five children were reportedly abducted in Santhia upazila yesterday afternoon, said a victim who claimed to have escaped from the kidnappers.

A popular Yemeni writer with a large Twitter following has been held incommunicado by Saudi authorities for months, human rights groups said yesterday, calling for his immediate release.