Japan will beef up airborne patrols of disputed islands in the East China Sea, an official said yesterday, in response to increased Chinese activity in the area.

As Syrian rebels evacuate their holdout town of Douma, hope is dwindling that four iconic activists and hundreds of others suspected to have been kidnapped there will be found alive.

A prime accused in lawyer Rathish murder case, Kamrul Islam, has admitted his involvement in the crime before a Rangpur court, sources say.

It was around 11 in the morning of Thursday.

Russia yesterday said it has proof that an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria's Eastern Ghouta was staged on orders from London.

Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday disqualified deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif from holding office for life amid an ongoing corruption trial and ahead of general elections due this year.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked bankers to bring down the interest rates of loan to a single digit to boost investment in the country.

A record-setting 15,000 residents of the capital have cleaned up the street between Golap Shah Mazar and Zero Point.

Exchange of sweets, known as misthi in Bangla, is very common in social and religious rituals in Bangladesh. But the Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year, has become the biggest occasion for sweet makers and sellers in recent years.

Nine people, including seven Bangladeshis, were killed in a fire at a residential building in Riyadh yesterday, said sources at Bangladesh embassy in Riyadh.

The holy Shab-e-Meraj will be observed across the country tonight with due religious fervour.

Eleven lions, including eight lion cubs, have been found dead in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda after possibly being poisoned, a conservation official said on Thursday.

US giant Boeing will partner with India's state-run Hindustan Aeronautics and Mahindra Defence Systems to build F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets in India, the companies said yesterday.

HSC examinees yesterday got different questions during the MCQ exams at a centre in the capital.

Lipa Rani Roy, of Domar Upazila in Niphamari, left Hinduism, converted to Islam and married her lover Humayun Farid Laju of the

An ACC team yesterday arrested SM Nazmul Huq, chief engineer and surveyor of the Department of Shipping, while he was allegedly

President Donald Trump was evasive yesterday over when the United States might fire missiles at Syria in retaliation for an alleged

A 36-year-old Syrian has been stuck in transit in the Malaysian capital for more than a month, he said, in a case that echoes the

Bangladesh and the UNHCR are set to sign today a Memorandum of Understanding on the repatriation of Rohingyas, who fled violence

The parliamentary standing committee on the post, telecom and IT ministry will not sit with any stakeholders to review the proposed