Bangladesh's actual power generation yesterday crossed the milestone of 10,000 megawatts.

Lawmakers on the tiny French overseas territory of New Caledonia voted yesterday to hold an independence referendum on November 4, the culmination of decades of campaigning by separatists to break from their old colonial master.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said the EU should consider levelling sanctions against German former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder for his vocal support of the Russian government, in an interview published yesterday.

A giant yellow inflatable duck named Daphne that made a break from its moorings in Australia has been located after a week on the lam, its swimming club owners said yesterday.

Seoul prosecutors said yesterday they are seeking the arrest of former President Lee Myung-bak over corruption allegations, on the grounds he might destroy evidence if not detained.

US President Donald Trump was yesterday set to present his plan to combat an opioid abuse epidemic which will include seeking the death penalty for drug traffickers.

A former politburo member went on trial in Vietnam yesterday in his second corruption case this year, as the communist state continues its public crackdown on powerful figures in politics and business accused of graft.

Italy's foreign ministry on Sunday called for swift action over the "atrocious" mob attack of an Egyptian-Italian student in Britain, who died of her injuries last week.

Two leaders of Hill Women's Federation (HWF) have been abducted from Kutukchhari area of Rangamati Sadar upazila.

Residents of Dhaka South City Corporation area will have to face fine or imprisonment or both if any breeding ground of Aedes mosquitoes, responsible for the spread of dengue and chikungunya, is spotted at their homes.

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday pulled out of a public speech and question-and-answer session in Sydney because she was "not feeling well", the event's organisers said.

All paramilitary and auxiliary forces will come under the operational command of armed forces in times of war or crisis, said Cabinet Secretary Shafiul Alam citing a draft of the National Defence Policy-2018.

Around one lakh Rohingya refugees are going to be relocated to Bhasanchar of Hatiya upazila in Noakhali as works of building shelters and housing are in progress.

Even two years after the murder of college student Tonu, justice seems elusive for her family. Investigators have failed to identify any suspects, let alone arrest any.

Dreams lost: memories burn

A policeman was shot late last night after police cordoned off a house in Madhya Pirerbagh area of Mirpur during a raid.

Officials at Ecuador's Galapagos National Park say they have collected 22 tonnes of garbage since January off the coasts of the pristine archipelago, some of it from as far away as Asia.

Israel and Jordan have long pursued a common goal to stop the Dead Sea from shrinking while slaking their shared thirst for drinking water with a pipeline from the Red Sea some 200 kilometres away.

China has called on the United States to "correct its mistake" after President Donald Trump approved new rules allowing top-level US officials to travel to Taiwan to meet with their Taipei counterparts.

Britain's official departure from the European Union may have to be delayed with many key negotiating issues still to be resolved, Westminster's Brexit committee suggested yesterday.