DB police recovered nine zebras from a makeshift cattle shed near the border in Jessore's Sharsha upazila yesterday.

At least 22 people, including two students, were killed by lightning strikes in 10 districts yesterday.

Four global human rights bodies have demanded that the UN Security Council immediately refer the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for holding accountable the perpetrators of widespread and systematic abuses against the Rohingya in Rakhine.

Five Indonesian police officers and a prisoner were killed in clashes at a high security jail that saw Islamist inmates take an officer

A Myanmar soldier and two others in northern Rakhine state have been arrested over a cache of methamphetamine pills worth $3.6

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said some more private educational institutions would be brought under the Monthly Pay Order coverage in next budget with strict conditions as he criticised the education ministry for not reforming the MPO system.

It's not a bird, nor a plane. But Uber's new prototype vehicle unveiled Tuesday shows off its vision of the future of transportation -- a "flying taxi" that aims to alleviate urban congestion.

Former US President Barack Obama has criticised President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, struck during Obama's presidency, as 'a serious mistake'.

Two people, including a fugitive under death sentence, were killed in “shootouts” between law enforcers and “suspected criminals” in the capital and Narayanganj early yesterday.

Protesters demanding reformation in the quota system in civil service yesterday threatened to wage tougher movement from Sunday if the government failed to publish a gazette notification to that end by today.

The Supreme Court hearing on the two appeals against Khaleda Zia's HC bail order once again witnessed commotion from some lawyers yesterday.

The UN Security Council asked the Myanmar military to let it investigate rights abuses in Rakhine, but was told the “internal matter had already been investigated enough” and those responsible had been punished.

The High Court yesterday ordered the owners of two buses -- BRTC and Sajan Paribahan -- to pay Tk 1 crore to the family of Rajib Hossain, who lost his right hand in a road accident and later died last month.

Two militants of outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have been sentenced to death and three others to life term imprisonment for killing Prof AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee of Rajshahi University in 2016.

Voters have a stark choice in Malaysia's election today: resurrect the country's 92-year-old former authoritarian leader or give a third term to Prime Minister Najib Razak, whose alleged role in the multibillion-dollar ransacking of a state investment fund has battered Malaysia's standing abroad.

Expressing disappointment over the passengers' sufferings due to poor luggage handling at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Civil Aviation Minister AKM Shajahan Kamal yesterday suggested replacing Biman's aged staffers with young and energetic ones to speed up its operations.

President Donald Trump defied the pleas of his European allies and pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal yesterday, vowing to reimpose crippling sanctions on Tehran and warning that Iranians deserve a better government.

The International Criminal Court has invited Bangladesh to submit written observations on whether the Hague-based court can exercise jurisdiction over the deportation of Rohingyas from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

Law enforcers, in separate drives, seized 14.40 lakh yaba pills worth about Tk 71 crore and arrested four from Cox's Bazar and Comilla in connection with the seizures.

China is resisting a British push at the UN Security Council for a statement calling on Myanmar to try those responsible for attacks on the Rohingya, according to a draft seen by AFP yesterday.