Three government officials were among 12 people jailed yesterday over Taiwan's worst ever gas explosions which killed 32 and injured more than 300 four years ago.

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has underlined the need for "safe, speedy and sustainable return" of the Rohingyas to Myanmar from Bangladesh.

Tawakkol Karman, a Nobel Peace Prize winner from Yemen, yesterday said what Myanmar did to the Rohingyas was “genocide”.

Twenty-four Bangladeshi youths were arrested yesterday with fake Indian identity cards at the Agartala railway station in India.

Four persons were arrested yesterday for their alleged involvement in smuggling 10 zebras into the country for trafficking them into India.

The proposed Digital Security Act to replace section 57 of the ICT Act is in some respects even broader than the one it seeks to replace and violates the country's international obligation to protect freedom of speech, Human Rights Watch says.

The government has allocated large funds for several mega projects under the next fiscal year's Annual Development Programme (ADP) to speed up the implementation of the projects ahead of the next national polls.

We awoke before sunrise to the sound of rain and the smell of wet earth, slightly worried about the trail that we were taking for the

UN talks failed to hammer out a draft of the "operating manual" that would bring the landmark Paris climate treaty to life, forcing

A senior Hamas official yesterday signalled support for thousands of Palestinians to breach the border fence from Gaza into Israel at

Britain yesterday apologised for contributing to the mistreatment of Abdel Hakim Belhaj, a former Islamist fighter turned politician

A year ago, city dwellers had to witness a horrendous form of brutality unleashed on two female dogs and 14 puppies.

The alleged scam was out of this world but Indian police brought a father and son duo down to earth Wednesday when they paraded

Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in as Malaysia's seventh prime minister yesterday following his stunning election victory over the coalition that has ruled the Southeast Asian nation for six decades since independence from Britain.

The United Nations Security Council has urged Myanmar's government to carry out transparent investigations into accusations of violence against mainly Rohingya Muslims in the country's Rakhine state and to allow immediate aid access to the region.

Jobseekers will launch fresh demonstration from Sunday demanding a gazette on abolition or reformation of the quota system in public service.

A ward councillor was hacked to death allegedly by his political rivals

Two cases were filed against 118 people yesterday in connection with the killing of six people, including Jana Sanghati Samity (JSS) MN

Criminals shot a Jubo League activist dead in Badda area last night.

National professor and Language Movement hero Mustafa Nur-Ul Islam died yesterday.