How would a teacher feel, if the students he spent years teaching, grooming and even raising, returned one day to set his home on fire?

A man died allegedly in police custody after detectives arrested 13 suspected gamblers including the deceased at Boyra Bazar in Sarishabari upazila in the early hours yesterday.

Rohingya Muslim insurgents said on Saturday that ten Rohingya found in a mass grave in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state last month were "innocent civilians", and not members of their group.

Hearing the sound of the engine of his father's tractor, three-year old Minhaz rushed out to greet him as usual. What was usually a welcome sight for his father after a day of hard-work, quickly turned into a tragedy yesterday afternoon.

Laying importance on literary pursuit to promote values and sharpen rationalism in society, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said there was no alternative to engaging oneself in cultivating literature for self-enlightenment and fight against evil forces.

Noted Islamic scholar and the top leader of Tabligh Jamaat Moulana Saad Kandhalvi returned to New Delhi yesterday without joining this years' Biswa Ijtema, the second largest religious congregation of Muslims after Hajj.

Customs officials arrested a Japanese national in possession of 11kg of gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday.

The BNP yesterday claimed that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's speech disappointed the people as it had no indication of reaching an understanding to hold a free and fair election.

The Indian army and the government are discussing ways to revive a $500 million order to buy Spike anti-tank guided missiles from

Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday it was "positive" that the country's military was taking responsibility for the actions of troops, after the army said soldiers were involved in killing 10 captured Rohingya Muslims.

An Austrian climber has been found dead in the Himalayas after attempting a solo ascent of a peak in Nepal's Everest region, officials

Czechs headed to the ballot box yesterday in a bellwether presidential election pitting anti-Muslim, pro-Russian incumbent Milos Zeman against his more liberal pro-European rivals.

Germany will limit the number of asylum seeker arrivals to around 200,000 annually under a draft coalition agreement sealed yesterday in marathon talks between the country's two biggest parties.

Bulgaria said yesterday it wants to use its EU presidency to improve the bloc's relations with Turkey "without hiding the problems", after ties soured over Ankara's crackdown following an attempted coup.

A 26-year-old Palestinian man yesterday admitted to killing a man and wounding six others with a knife in a Hamburg supermarket, an attack that stoked fears of Islamist terrorism in Germany.

A new security flaw has been found in Intel hardware which could enable hackers to access corporate laptops remotely, Finnish cybersecurity specialist F-Secure said yesterday.

With the start of the brick-making season, dozens of illegal brick kilns have started operation inside the forests and near many schools in Bandarban, polluting environment in the hills.

In a world where wholesome stories are often buried under an avalanche of negativity, it is all too easy to just give in and not bother with issues of morality and virtues.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be served with a counter legal notice in response to the one she sent to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said yesterday.

Buried glaciers have been spotted on Mars, offering new hints about how much water may be accessible on the Red Planet and where it is located, researchers said Thursday.