The Palestine Liberation Organisation's top leadership opened the way to suspending its recognition of Israel Saturday, but stopped short of ordering the drastic measure immediately.

North Korea hit back at US President Donald Trump yesterday after he slammed rights abuses under the hermit regime in his State of the Union address, with Pyongyang describing the speech as "screams of Trump terrified" by the North's power.

US House Speaker Paul Ryan came under fire Saturday over a tweet that framed a worker's $1.50 per week pay increase as an impressive result of his party's massive tax cut plan, US media reported.

US President Donald Trump claimed vindication Saturday in the probe into Russian interference with the 2016 White House election, following the release of a controversial memo implying partisanship at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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.

The undivided Bengal had a rich history of library culture which emerged as a movement in the 19th century. Many more libraries were

The red carpet was rolled out as the President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset arrived on a four-day official visit yesterday, the first official visit by any Swiss president to Bangladesh.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday accused BNP leaders of lying ahead of the February 8 verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against Khaleda Zia.

Russian pilot was killed in Syria yesterday after parachuting into rebel-held territory when his plane was shot down, the Defence Ministry said.

Hospitals and diagnostic centres in Chittagong are disposing medical waste in open bins, posing serious health hazards.

The world has failed to protect the Rohingya women, UN Under-Secretary-General Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said yesterday as she

Rapid Action Battalion in a drive yesterday recovered 10 rockets and some firearms from a remote forest in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj.

Venezuela's unpopular President Nicolas Maduro got the seal of approval from his ruling party Friday to stand for re-election against a

Police "kidnapped" a Catholic priest yesterday after mass in Kinshasa, witnesses said, amid spiralling tensions between the church and

Sri Lanka has ordered a corruption investigation at its national carrier, including the controversial termination of a management deal

Appalled by ongoing violence in South Sudan, Washington on Friday restricted arms transfers to the African country where tens of

It lies hidden deep beneath Paris's bustling Gare de l'Est railway station, its sprawling subterranean rooms and sparse furniture