Aretha Franklin, the music icon, legendary singer and "Queen of Soul" loved by millions whose history-making career spanned six decades, died yesterday, her longtime publicist announced. She was 76.

Bulgaria has decided to renovate more than 200 bridges in the wake of the deadly collapse of a bridge in the Italian city of Genoa,

The chief executive of the Financial Times, John Ridding, is to return some of his pay from last year following staff criticism, the business daily reported yesterday.

Closing arguments wrapped up in the trial of Paul Manafort on Wednesday with prosecutors accusing Donald Trump's former campaign chairman of weaving a web of lies to avoid paying taxes on tens of millions of dollars he earned advising Russian-backed politicians in Ukraine.

Dhaka has agreed to a request from Naypyidaw to replace the words “Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals” with “Displaced Persons From Rakhine State” on identity cards issued to Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar.

Former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was on life support as his condition worsened yesterday.

Human Rights Watch yesterday urged the Bangladesh government to halt “arbitrary arrests, prosecute those involved in violent attacks, and immediately and unconditionally release people it has thrown in jail just for speaking out”.

Two British MPs -- Rushanara Ali and Rupa Huq -- have urged Bangladesh authorities to protect people's right to peaceful protest and free speech.

A suicide blast tore through a school in Kabul yesterday killing at least 48 people, while a Taliban attack on a military outpost killed 44 more as a relentless wave of violence continued across Afghanistan.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has urged China to "temper" its behaviour in the South China Sea in a rare criticism of the Asian superpower over its programme of island-building in disputed waters.

The death toll from Greece's deadliest fire disaster rose to 96 after one more victim died in hospital, the fire brigade said early yesterday.

More than 300 "predator" priests in Pennsylvania are accused of abusing over 1,000 children across seven decades, a grand jury said Tuesday in a devastating report that decried a systematic cover-up by the Catholic Church.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in yesterday said his visit to Pyongyang next month will be a "bold step" towards formally ending the decades-old war with the nuclear-armed North.

Coaches travelling at night are often involved in road crashes in Gaibandha due to driver's drowsiness, reckless driving and the highway having many bends and curves, said police following a probe.

Reigning champions Bangladesh will take on hosts Bhutan in the semifinals of the SAFF U-15 Women's Championship at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu today.

Myanmar has requested Bangladesh not to use the words “Forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals” on the registration cards issued to Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar.

A full bench of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Sonargaon Economic Zone's Managing Director Md Noor Ali to refrain from sand and earth filling of farmlands and wetlands around Meghna river in six moujas in Narayanganj's Sonargaon.

Malaysia considers allowing all the licensed agents to help Bangladeshi workers get jobs in the Southeast Asian country.

At least seven people, including four children, were killed and 10 others injured as a bus collided head-on with a microbus carrying a bridal party in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi yesterday morning.

Two alleged drug traders were killed in a “gunfight” with law enforcers in Cox's Bazar yesterday.