BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday took iftar with her domestic help Fatema Begum in old Dhaka Central Jail with traditional items on the first day of Ramadan. A jail official wishing anonymity said cooked chickpea, peaju, muri (puffed rice), date, juice and some fruits were in the BNP chief's iftar menu.

Police recovered the bodies of two Tripura girls from a home in the district's Sitakunda upazila yesterday evening, hours after the two were found hanging from the iron grill of a window in a room.

British political consulting group Cambridge Analytica filed for voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York, court documents showed.

A friend of the man who carried out a deadly knife attack in Paris was charged Thursday with "associating with criminal terrorists" while two women were detained for questioning as the investigation gathers speed.

Ecuador announced Thursday it would withdraw additional security measures at its London embassy after an investigation found it plunged $5 million into a spy operation to protect WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

One of Hong Kong's leading independence activists was found guilty of rioting Friday, convicted for his involvement in some of the city's worst protest violence for decades.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has made a rare decision to open the Rafah crossing with Gaza for a month, allowing Palestinians to cross during the holy period of Ramadan.

A suspected drug dealer was killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion at Tantipara ghat in Chapainawabganj's Shibganj upazila early yesterday.

The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) has adopted the draft report on the human rights review of Bangladesh, with recommendations on taking steps to halt forced disappearance, extra judicial killing, and ensure freedom of expression in media, politics and religion.

Two people were killed in a “gunfight” between alleged drug dealers and Rapid Action Battalion personnel in Chittagong city's Barishal Colony around 11:40pm yesterday.

"Ballistic blocks" the size of microwave ovens shot from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Wednesday in what may be the start of explosive

European Union leaders anxious to counter Russian influence yesterday sought to reassure Balkan states about their long-promised

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon Awami League leaders to think about the new party leadership.

President Donald Trump has formally disclosed that he reimbursed his personal attorney more than $100,000 last year, apparently in connection with the payment of hush money to a porn star, government records show.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has to wait until July 5 to know the fate of her petitions seeking bail in two cases filed in connection with “undermining” the national flag and celebrating her “fake” birthday on August 15.

On the afternoon of April 30, Russell Mia went to bring his cattle home and collect some grass from the bordering area in Fulbari upazila of Kurigram.

The Bangladesh delegation to the United Nation's Universal Periodic Review failed to respond to pressing human rights concerns in the country, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.

Newly released Malaysian political heavyweight Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday he expects ex-premier Najib Razak to be jailed over multi-billion-dollar graft claims.

The Philippines yesterday lifted its ban on migrant workers heading to jobs in Kuwait, capping a diplomatic row sparked when a murdered Filipina maid was found in her employer's freezer.

A Hong Kong journalist was arrested and left injured while trying to interview a human rights lawyer in Beijing yesterday, the second violent incident against the city's reporters in China within a week.