Bangladeshi recruiting agencies have welcomed the Malaysian government's move to suspend the 10 companies tasked with hiring Bangladeshi workers.

Chittagong Metropolitan Police detained around 200 alleged leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Chhatra Shibir in Kotwali area of the port city last night.

An explosion inside a dentist's chamber left the doctor and a patient burnt in the capital's Adabor yesterday.

Hundreds of dead fish have been floating in the Halda river near the port city over the last few days following a suspected pollution by factories on its banks.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said law would take its own course and whoever responsible in Tuesday's fatal road accident allegedly involving a lawmaker's son near Mohakhali flyover would not be spared.

A union parishad chairman in Bogra has been sued for embezzling rice meant to be given to the poor under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) project.

Prince William will next week become the first member of Britain's royal family ever to pay an official visit to both Israel and the Palestinian territories.

The United Nations human rights chief yesterday called for an international investigation of atrocities in Venezuela, blasting the government's chronic refusal to probe security officers over the alleged killings of civilians.

When bank technicians in India were finally summoned to investigate why an ATM (automated teller machine) had not been working for days, they began to smell a rat.

Taliban militants killed at least 16 Afghan police and two civilians in western Badghis province after their three-day ceasefire for the Eid al-Fitr holiday ended at the weekend, officials said yesterday.

The European Union yesterday slapped revenge tariffs on iconic US products including bourbon, jeans and motorcycles in its opening salvo in a trade war with President Donald Trump.

The BNP mayoral candidate in Gazipur city polls yesterday alleged that the ruling Awami League men were taking an advantage in the election campaign by using the local administration and black money.

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali yesterday said acts of terror and targeted killings only strengthened the government's resolve to eradicate fanaticism and religious intolerance from society.

Ruling Awami League is all set to get a new headquarters on its 69th founding anniversary today.

A man has allegedly committed suicide after killing his son and daughter following a family feud at Raipura upazila in Narsingdi.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has been facing an acute shortage of judges as no new judges have been appointed to the court for more than two years despite the retirement, resignation and death of some judges.

The UN secretary-general's special envoy on Myanmar has said granting citizenship to the Rohingya and ensuring accountability for the perpetrators of violence against the community could help create a conducive environment for their safe and voluntary repatriation.

A man died in police custody in Chittagong Medical College Hospital yesterday, around an hour after he was arrested in the city's EPZ area.

A tenth grade student from the Tripura community was allegedly gang-raped by Bangali settlers at Zilla Parishad Park, near Khagrachari town at around 1:30pm, local police said.

The cost of the Padma Bridge project has gone up by Tk 1,400 crore to Tk 30,193 crore as the government has to acquire more land.