German prosecutors yesterday brought charges against a 94-year-old former Auschwitz guard, accusing him of abetting murder in

Though there has been no sign of repatriation yet, Myanmar claims work is proceeding steadily in this regard and necessary steps are in place to start the repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh to Myanmar.

Military top brass from across Africa yesterday kicked off a conference co-hosted by the United States aimed at boosting cooperation

Pakistan's leading watchdog slammed the nation's deteriorating human rights record in a report released yesterday, highlighting

Israel on Sunday freed 207 African migrants from prison following a supreme court ruling after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

The Philippines has barred entry to an EU party official critical of President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal drugs crackdown, in a move

A bicyclist was crushed to death by a speeding truck in Dinajpur Sadar upazila yesterday.

Three Chhatra League activists were injured in an intra-party clash in front of Madhur Canteen on Dhaka University campus yesterday.

A probe body has found evidence of negligence by a doctor and hospital staffers after two women died in DMT Safeway Hospital in Sylhet right after undergoing C-section on Friday.

Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad has said his party must be allowed to contest the next parliamentary polls in 70 constituencies with no ruling alliance opponents and subsequently hold 10 to 12 posts in the cabinet subject to victory.

Western powers have no plans for further missile strikes on Syria but will assess their options if Damascus uses chemical weapons again, Britain's foreign minister said yesterday as debate raged over the legality and effectiveness of the raids.

Three days into the Prime Minister's announcement of scrapping quota in public jobs, a demand for removing the family members of Jamaat-Shibir men and war criminals from public offices was put forward in two separate rallies in the city yesterday.

The two Awami League mayoral candidates in Khulna and Gazipur city corporations are far richer than their BNP counterparts. But in terms of the number of cases facing them, the AL hopefuls lag behind their archrivals from the BNP.

Police yesterday pressed attempted murder charges against two expelled Chhatra League leaders in a case filed over brandishing firearms during a hawker eviction drive in Dhaka's Gulistan in October 2016.

Digital security act has been drafted not to gag freedom of expression rather to stop spreading of falsehood and militant activities through social media to protect the minority community, Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy said yesterday.

The United States and more than a dozen Latin American countries on Saturday warned Venezuela its presidential election next month would be seen as illegitimate by the region unless it restored democratic standards.

A prominent American lawyer and gay rights activist has died after setting himself on fire at a New York park to protest damage being done to the planet, according to US media reports.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier yesterday voiced alarm over the growing "alienation" between Russia and the West, stressing the need for dialogue as post-Cold War tensions peak.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Dammam yesterday evening. She is on a nine-day official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom.

An accused of lawyer Rathish murder case died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital on Friday night.