A cosmic event not seen in 36 years -- a rare "super blood blue moon" -- may be glimpsed January 31 in parts of western North America, Asia, the Middle East, Russia and Australia.

The lawmakers of the treasury and the opposition benches in the Jatiya Sangsad last night praised each other for their constructive roles in making the current parliament a “most effective one”.

BNP leader Anisur Rahman Talukder Khokon went missing from the city's Ramna area last night, his wife claimed.

An official, who had vanished after allegedly embezzling Tk 14 crore meant as compensation for land acquisition, was placed on a five-day remand yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit Sylhet today to inaugurate different development projects as well as to address a public rally there.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran of wanting "to turn Lebanon into one giant missile site" and warned of the consequences as he left for talks in Moscow yesterday.

A Grammys skit poking fun at US President Donald Trump sparked a backlash on Twitter from Trump's eldest son and the ambassador to the United Nations.

Myanmar's panel of international advisers on Rohingya issues will not get involved in the case of two Reuters journalists charged with violating the Official Secrets Act, its chairman told a state newspaper in an interview published yesterday.

An Indian man died after being sucked into an MRI machine while visiting a relative at a hospital in Mumbai, police said yesterday.

The Syrian government and a war monitor said yesterday that Turkish shelling of the Kurdish-held Afrin region of Syria had seriously damaged an ancient temple.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Poland on Saturday of denying history with a bill outlawing any reference to the Nazi death camps in the country as being Polish.

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez called for unity on Saturday after a bitterly disputed election last year as he was sworn in for a second term, while police skirmished with protesters in the streets.

Japan's foreign minister called on China to increase cooperation on curbing North Korea's nuclear weapons programme yesterday during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing.

Kabul was in despair yesterday, a day after a Taliban suicide bomber killed more than 100 people and wounded at least 235 in the worst attack in the Afghan capital in months.

A Bangladeshi cattle trader was tortured to death by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Burimari border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat early yesterday, locals have alleged.

“Money will be in circulation a bit more this year, especially black money, as it is the election year. So you have to be cautious.”

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said the next election would be “inclusive” even if the BNP did not take part in it.

The cabinet is likely to approve the Digital Security Act-2018, incorporating section 57 of the ICT Act in the proposed law with some modifications despite outcries from rights activists and journalists over the controversial provision.

The High Court yesterday expressed strong resentment over the sentencing of a person by a mobile court when the man was already in police custody.

The High Court yesterday rejected a writ petition filed challenging the legality of keeping the post of chief justice vacant.