Eminent energy experts at a public hearing yesterday said Titas Gas' proposal to increase natural gas price was irrational as the company was plagued by corruption, inefficiency and pilferage.

A Burundian soldier in the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) was killed late Sunday in a clash in the centre of the country, UN sources said.

Pope Francis yesterday accepted the resignation of three Chilean bishops including the controversial Juan Barros following a child sex abuse scandal in Chile which has come to haunt his papacy.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have offered $2.5 billion in aid for Jordan to ease its economic crisis following a wave of anti-austerity protests, the Saudi state media announced early yesterday.

Five men were shot dead early Monday in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, police said, as violence in the troubled region surges towards the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Another alleged drug dealer was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Sirajganj early yesterday, two days after a similar incident during the ongoing anti-narcotics drive across the country.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia wants her treatment at the city's United Hospital but the government plans to admit her to a public hospital.

The US has offered North Korea "unique" security guarantees to persuade it to give up its nuclear arsenal, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday, on the eve of a historic summit in Singapore.

Incessant downpour since Sunday morning till yesterday noon submerged parts of the port city in knee to waist deep water, immobilising movement in the city and causing residents to suffer immensely.

Seven-year-old Mim Akhter collects shrimp fry with her fishing net in the strong current of the Baleshwar river in Bagerhat's Sharankhola upazila almost every day.

The paper books of Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case in which BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was sentenced to jail have been prepared in extraordinary haste and it is not a normal occurrence, the Supreme Court has observed in a verdict.

In response to the ICC request, Bangladesh has concurred with both the territorial jurisdiction and the claim of forced displacement of Rohingyas as the country believes in establishing accountability for the atrocities committed against the Rohingya people from Myanmar.

Exceptional students in mathematics and physics can compete for research fellowships in honour of the late British physicist Stephen Hawking, who died in March, the government announced on Monday.

Despite criticism from the opposition and government lawmakers over widespread irregularities in the banking sector, Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday in parliament kept mum about the issue.

Transport workers fear that holidaymakers would face traffic jams during Eid rush in Dherua level crossing area in Mirzapur on Dhaka-Tangail highway. The road is narrow there and traffic is stopped repeatedly due to crossing of trains.

Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain has been recognised as a graduate by Goizueta Business School of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Indian police have arrested 15 men after the latest in a spate of lynchings incited by rumours spread on WhatsApp of strangers abducting children, an officer said Sunday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump yesterday arrived in Singapore for an unprecedented summit, with Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal at the top of the agenda and the US president calling it a "one-time shot" at peace.

The G7 summit ended in farce and a renewed threat of global trade war as US President Donald Trump abruptly rejected the text of a consensus statement and bitterly insulted the Canadian host.

Some 12 fishing trawlers along with 20 fishermen went missing as the Bay was rough yesterday due to inclement weather in Cox's Bazar coastal area, said Cox's Bazar Fishing Boat Owners' Association.