The UN Security Council called for a "credible" investigation Friday after at least 29 children were killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition in northern Yemen.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards yesterday said they had killed at least 10 members of a "terrorist team" who entered the country from Iraq the previous night.

Seven people, including former foreign minister Morshed Khan's personal secretary and two policemen, have been arrested allegedly in possession of Phensedyl and yaba tablets in Chittagong and Khulna.

An alleged criminal and a robber were killed in “gunfights” in Chittagong and Magura early yesterday.

Six crows specially trained to pick up cigarette ends and rubbish will be put to work next week at a French historical theme park, its president said on Friday.

A video of a woman being tortured in presence of a local government representative for her alleged extramarital affair in Daudkandi upazila has gone viral in social media.

Journalists yesterday said they would lay siege to the home ministry on Thursday demanding arrest of those who assaulted journalists during the student demonstration for safe roads.

Authorities battling massive wildfires in large swathes of California issued mandatory evacuation orders and health warnings Friday over the worsening air quality as the flames grew ever closer to populated areas.

A grand plan by the Bangladesh Tea Board to encourage small-scale tea plantations in the Chittagong Hill Tracts has met with little

Last month, Ranjita Roy, an eighth grader of Chatmohar Pilot Girls' High School, faced an unavoidable challenge during her half-yearly examinations. Her period began while in the exam hall and she did not have the option to go home and get a sanitary pad.

Leaders of transport owners and workers yesterday requested the authorities concerned to relax the mandatory experience required for getting driving licences for heavy vehicles.

The BNP is focusing on making a success its ongoing efforts to forge a national unity to compel the government to hold an inclusive election under a non-partisan neutral administration.

The Bangladesh delegation to Myanmar, led by Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, yesterday saw the trail of wide-spread devastation suffered by the people of the northern Rakhine State.

Ferry service on Shimulia-Kathalbari river route has been suspended due to lack of navigability, affecting people from 21 southern districts and resulting in long tailbacks.

Two people were killed in a helicopter crash in a mountainous region of central Japan yesterday, with the fate of seven others on board still unclear, officials said.

Armed robbers killed at least 10 people, including a policeman, when they raided a police station and two banks in southern Nigeria, police said yesterday.

New Zealand became the latest country yesterday to outlaw single-use plastic shopping bags, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern saying they will be phased out over the next year as a "meaningful step" towards reducing pollution.

Reporters Without Borders said it had restored its website in Egypt yesterday, exactly one year after it was blocked by the authorities.

Canada is quietly nudging allies including Germany and Sweden for help with resolving its row with Saudi Arabia, a government source confirmed Thursday.

Ten people have died in an outbreak of Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a toll issued yesterday that said 27 other deaths were suspected to be Ebola-related.