Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said a subsection would be included in Section 32 of the proposed Digital Security Act, 2018 if that was necessary for protecting investigative journalism.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will pay a three-day official visit to Italy and the Holy See from February 12-14.

An exiled former president of the Maldives yesterday urged India to send an envoy backed by military to release political prisoners after the government of the Indian Ocean archipelago imposed a state of emergency and arrested two senior judges.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate 54 development projects and lay foundation stones for 34 new ones in Barisal division during her visit on Thursday.

A 6.4-magnitude quake on the east coast of Taiwan yesterday left two dead and more than 100 injured after buildings were toppled and a hotel collapsed.

Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen yesterday declared a 15-day state of emergency, his aide Azima Shukoor announced, deepening the political crisis in the Indian Ocean nation.

King Abdullah II of Jordan said Sunday that the United States remains essential to any hope of a peaceful solution between Israel and the Palestinians, despite widespread criticism of the new US stance on Jerusalem.

A Philippine senator and staunch critic of President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday filed a resolution seeking a legislative inquiry into whether Duterte and his eldest daughter had concealed assets amounting to almost $2 million.

US President Donald Trump yesterday attacked Britain's public healthcare system in comments that are likely to call his much-delayed visit to the country further into doubt.

The United States, which just unveiled a new aggressive nuclear strategy, has met the limits set on its arsenal under the New START Treaty, which entered a new phase yesterday, and reminded Russia to uphold its commitments.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said necessary steps will be taken regarding the alleged loan irregularities at state-owned Janata Bank.

Two crew were feared dead yesterday after a Japanese military helicopter crashed in a residential area in the southwest of the country, setting a home on fire.

Design-related problems in 14 piers of the Padma Bridge would cause at least a six-month delay in its construction.

A South Korean appeals court yesterday dismissed most of Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong's bribery convictions and cut his prison sentence to a suspended term, ordering his immediate release.

A Tangail court yesterday set February 12 for delivering the verdict in the case filed for rape and murder of law student Rupa Khatun in a moving bus.

Dhaka's road traffic earned a horrendous feat quite a long ago. Be it day or night, the roads remain clogged with thousands of vehicles

The by-polls to Gaibandha-1 and Brahmanbaria-1 will be held on March 13 as the Election Commission yesterday announced the polls schedules for the two parliamentary constituencies.

Police so far arrested 200 people for the attack on police and the vandalism of a prison van in the Supreme Court area on January 30, said DMP Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia yesterday.

At least 11 soldiers were killed and 13 wounded on Saturday in a suicide attack near an army base in northern Pakistan, officials said, in a region that was once controlled by a local faction of the Taliban.

Newly appointed Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday said he would always try to protect coordination among the three state organs and do everything possible to strongly establish the rule of law and ensure justice for all.